tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post7917754643522719345..comments2024-02-22T15:48:50.427-08:00Comments on Poems and Poetics: Xi Chuan: Two Sequences from Eagle’s Words, a prose-poem in ninety-nine stanzasJerome Rothenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166931849293504537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-578642079418537512011-06-12T12:20:06.141-07:002011-06-12T12:20:06.141-07:00Ah. Quantum Field theory is a theoretical physics...Ah. Quantum Field theory is a theoretical physics complex involving the irreducibility of bosons and the non-linear transformations between waves and particles (properties written about by Poe, by the way). The free flow of creation in the quantum field – ie how easy it is to influence behavior and matter creation at the quantum level – has led this rather arcane knowledge into wider metaphysical usage, particularly through the book <i>The Holographic Universe</i> by Michael Talbot, which talks about the “practical” implications of physicist David Bohm’s work in understanding the indistinguishability of perception and reality. The short, short summation: our thoughts create reality. There are millions of people cultivating the implications of this right now, from modern-day mystery schools of enlightenment to popularizations such as “What the Bleep?” and “The Secret.” Many poets, too, are understanding that poetic worlds of words extend into tangible actuality in subtle but powerful ways. I didn’t mean to suggest Liu Jun was consciously doing this too, but I thought of it when I read lines like “I’ll change into any form you wish, but not for too long, or my true form will be revealed” or “I paint a portrait of a fictitious girl. An acquaintance says he recognizes the girl in the picture.” Quantum field work depends on the consciousness of the observer – but the true mystery is what is the observer anyway? This poet tweaks that notion, but I think now on closer exam Liu Jun looks more like a trickster poet, Chinese style, secular variant.<br /><br />BillWAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-60741982416447833962011-06-11T22:03:09.061-07:002011-06-11T22:03:09.061-07:00I'm glad you like the poems, William. Could yo...I'm glad you like the poems, William. Could you explain what you mean by "Quantum Field poet"?<br /><br />LucasLucas Kleinhttp://www.CipherJournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-37883739130593486812011-06-08T19:26:55.839-07:002011-06-08T19:26:55.839-07:00A fine example of a Quantum Field poet, albeit wit...A fine example of a Quantum Field poet, albeit with a distinctly Kafkaesque sense of humor. I like the sense here, when reality can be created like a poem, of identity finally forced to look at its non-reflection in the mirror.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.com