Interesting question! Honesty to me is entwined with audio metaphors: it has to do with listening for whether something rings 'true' or is somehow in dissonance with me or the voice I am crafting for a particular poem. Something can be true for the poem that is not true for me, sometimes, and in being honest to the integrity of the poem sometimes I have to put my self and my opinions to the side in order to 'hear' what that line of thought/emotion has to say and then amplify it effectively with my diction and the patterns with which I arrange my words.
Honesty also has a great deal to do with respect when I am incorporating others and others' cultures/background/experiences/stories into my own work. If I am not respectful and humble, then including such feels dishonest because I feel like I am stealing in some way without acknowledging where something(s) came from.
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Date: 2012-03-06 04:11 am (UTC)Honesty also has a great deal to do with respect when I am incorporating others and others' cultures/background/experiences/stories into my own work. If I am not respectful and humble, then including such feels dishonest because I feel like I am stealing in some way without acknowledging where something(s) came from.