Alive Quote by John Berger
“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.”
About This Quote
Source Essay: Ways of Seeing, 1972
Poets' unspoken verses become restless souls, echoing the longing to express.
In simple terms: Unwritten poems turn poets into restless souls.
Key Takeaway
Find ways to voice suppressed creativity.
Themes
art
silence
expression
Mood
poignant
inspirational
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- writing workshops
- art therapy
- personal journaling
Key Concepts
Unrealized potential
creative yearning
Questions to Reflect On
- What prevents you from writing your poems?
- How can you channel that yearning into other art forms?
A Different Perspective
Not all silence is negative.
![“There's the artist's intimacy and truthfulness to himself, but an equal intimacy to the Other [the one drawn]. Picasso drawings are like that... the Rembrandts are like that. The artist who most often did that was Van Gogh.” quote by John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d1/john-berger-1590_art_there-s-the-artist-s-intimacy-and-truthf_155171.jpg)
