James Broughton
James Broughton
James Broughtonwas an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 November 1913
CountryUnited States of America
unique artist self
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.
american-director rarest
Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.
american-director
The American public does not know poets exist.
american-director farther hundred nourished poems poetry
Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers.
poetry magic literature
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.
reality miracle trying
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
vision acting world
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
madness distraction acclaim
Acclaim is a distraction.
past eternity here-and-now
Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.
adversity stimulus
Adversity is a stimulus.
eight magic toys
I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
dance children drama
Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.
walks prose walking
For me, prose walks, poetry dances.
amazement corners
Amazement awaits us at every corner.