New Poetry Collection Announcement

1+1=2

That’s the equation behind any kind of non-creative work. Its products are always explicable.

1+1=3

This is the equation behind all art. It's just never fully comprehensible.

If we are to break both equations down, though, we'd find that the following is true in each case:

A human being + Work materials = An end product 

And since any person that I’ve ever met is capable of creating art, then there are a few questions worth asking:

• What's so special about the materials of art that they manage to turn math on its head?

• Why do we praise the artist and the artwork, but the materials never get any of the credit?

• What are those materials anyway?

• Where do you find them?

This is the most efficient way I found to explain what my next poetry collection is going to be about without revealing too much.

Provisionally called "Written By a Poem", it will be made up of poems forming a narrative, though each could also exist on its own and still make complete sense. 

Over the next months I will share them all here on Vanauthor. Some may still be at a draft stage. Others may be ready to go.

In any case, you’ll be part of the process in more than one way – you’ll be the first to see the poems, you’ll able to give feedback, ask questions and share your reactions with me.

Sometimes I’ll also give you the chance to vote on several alternatives for a line (as I did here).

Along with my work related to "Written By a Poem", you can also expect bonus posts – other poems, songs, essays, etc.

Follow the process on my Instagram (@vanauthor_), where I'll share behind-the-scenes and some other cool stuff.

Time for 1+1=3