SUCCESS in the arts, as in many other endeavours in life, is often equated with money: either how much you can make from your venture or how much you have made. We—meaning artists and patrons alike—may be so stunned by those who reap fortunes from their talents and opportunities that we forget how much the pursuit of excellence, of meaningful enquiry, actually plays in the process.

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A quick look at the debate between the page and the stage

FOR me, it’s the page first. I must be able to sit quietly, read a piece of work and still appreciate it, but there is definitely something to be said for spoken word/performance poetry.

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SHE ignores me. I have lived with her all my life. She nurtured me, housed me, thrilled me with her beauty, but she did all this without paying any attention to me.  I tried, but I could never get her attention and fulfill my wish to be important in her eyes.

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