“ A: I’m interested in a concept you’ve mentioned before that of ‘living poetry’ – connect our words with our actions and our actions with our will. Could you elaborate a little?
S: I think I was probably talking about just the idea of, the importance of living one’s life as a poem, just realising the necessity of not focusing on; well I can’t say that I don’t; …my main goal up till now has not been on being an amazing writer, my goal has really been on being a more balanced person. And when I choose what I’m gonna read, what I’m gonna watch, who I’m gonna communicate with, who I’m involved with intimately – all those things have to do with me challenging myself to grow as an individual and then all that stuff filters through my work. So up till now I’ve found that, it’s aided me to focus more so on living my life as a poem, on finding the peace within; than just trying to write good poetry and just do that. Yeh that’s it, it has more so to do with realising the importance of being alive and taking advantage of those moments. It’s like the person – there are some people who are photographers who carry around cameras and as a result sometimes often miss out on a lot that’s happening and experiencing a great deal that’s happening, ‘cos they’re just looking for that great shot – and so for me a lot of times its important for me to put down my camera, which is to say put down my journal and just live – live through the moment, and then in a quiet time come back and recollect and reflect and make sense out of it on paper, but live through it.