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> [When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poems. If I'm successful in this part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/when-i-am-writing-poetry-i-try-to-make-my-mind-go-a-little-lazy-to/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

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## More by Dawn Lundy Martin

> [I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-often-feel-trapped-i-often-feel-like-i-m-trying-to-escape-some-trap/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [ “\[I wanted silence in the flowers, not to not say, but to not have the impulse of saying.\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-wanted-silence-in-the-flowers-not-to-not-say-but-to-not-have-the/)

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> [I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-think-the-occupation-of-my-poetry-is-akin-to-this-desire-to-be-many/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [I'm interested is the oblique as a concept deeply connected to human lived experience, not separate from it. I was listening to an interview…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-m-interested-is-the-oblique-as-a-concept-deeply-connected-to-human/)

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> [With my students I give them lots and lots of guided writing. Part of it is as simple as writing a lot but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/with-my-students-i-give-them-lots-and-lots-of-guided-writing-part-of/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [The precise laziness is akin to letting your eyes blur or glimpsing what's at the corners in peripheral vision. Or those moments when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/the-precise-laziness-is-akin-to-letting-your-eyes-blur-or-glimpsing/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [At the Third Wave Foundation, we were asking questions like, "How can we get more voters registered who support our issues?" or "How do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/at-the-third-wave-foundation-we-were-asking-questions-like-how-can-we/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [I once asked Myung Mi Kim where gender is located in her work, and she said simply, "it's everywhere," resisting the notion that gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-once-asked-myung-mi-kim-where-gender-is-located-in-her-work-and-she/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/my-goals-as-an-artist-have-nothing-to-do-with-speaking-to-an-audience/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-reach-readers-rather-unintentionally-i-think-and-those-readers/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [Can poetry be a form of social change? I don't know the answer to that. I do think art can have a social impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/can-poetry-be-a-form-of-social-change-i-don-t-know-the-answer-to-that/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/when-i-am-writing-poetry-i-try-to-make-my-mind-go-a-little-lazy-to/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [I've long been a fan of Adrian Piper's work. I find her performance pieces moving in their willingness to lean toward the absurd. Yet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/i-ve-long-been-a-fan-of-adrian-piper-s-work-i-find-her-performance/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that means is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/when-my-work-does-speak-to-audiences-when-it-creates-audiences-around/)

[Dawn Lundy Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-lundy-martin/)

> [For me, a lot of Discipline was very personal writing, like writing through and working out being inside this gendered body and also the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-lundy-martin/for-me-a-lot-of-discipline-was-very-personal-writing-like-writing/)

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