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Poetic Creation and Recreation:
The Magic Spell and the Cloud Syndrome

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand

Abstract

Poetic Creation and its Recreation or Interpretation are two major issues which have always challenged poets and critics alike. When and how poetry is created is a debatable point, at which unanimity is nearly impossible. And, how it is subjected to the tortures of interpretation, dissection, deconstruction etc., when it is put into the concentration camp of criticism, yet the conclusions remain variable and elusive. Creation is a highly individualized process. It is perhaps not possible to show how the mind of a poet works at that time, which I call the MAGIC MOMENT. What can be said in general, and accepted too, is that, it is a personalized experience, varies from poet to poet, although same can be said less in case of criticism, which has its accepted tools anyone can apply to a piece of poetry, with almost same, if not entirely identical results, though unanimity here too, is entirely absent. The reason is the same, poetry writing and re-writing of poetry are individualized experiences. And what mostly works in both cases are two major factors: the time, the split second at which the stimulus strikes the poet; and in the case of re-writing of poetry too, the moment at which the poet accesses the poem. Apart from this moment, another major issue is the mental state of the poet, or the critic’s, which inheres not only how he is feeling at that time, but also what lies in his conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious mind. Just as stimulus in case of the poet stirs up a part of his memories, his submerged impressions, a part of his consciousness, in the same way, the poem, stirs up a set of memories, impressions submerged in the consciousness of the critics. Wolfgang Iser is concerned not with what poetry means, but what poetry does. These two aspects determine the MAGIC MOMENT in both cases: how the poetry is written; and how it is interpreted. To be more precise, time reality and biotextual reality force the meaning to remain in a dynamic state, and on both sides of the bridge, the poet, and the re-creator are deeply affected by the politico-historical element, which is also included in the idea of time.

The Cloud Syndrome

A cloud is the mental turbulence that takes place in the mind of an author, after he receives a stimulus. The cloud is formed of various impressions, readings, memories, suppressed desires, which are lying buried, conscious and unconscious, and even the subconscious of the author. So many things are stirred by the stimulus. But, some portions are lying dormant. The others are working. That is the formation of the cloud. When, some other stimulant stirs up poet’s emotions, then other memories, impressions, etc. come into light. The formation of the cloud, then, is different.

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Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Founder President, PhilosophiquePoetica
Awarded Lord of World Peace and Literature
Icon of World Peace and Icon of World Leadership [Nigeria]
Cross of Peace; Cross of Literature
Ex-Secretary General, World Parliament of Literature
Ambassador, World Union of Poetsy [Italy]
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