James Falen, An Odelet in Praise of Constraints
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Every task involves constraint,
Solve the thing without complaint;
There are magic links and chains
Forged to loose our rigid brains.
Strictures, structures, though they bind,
Strangely liberate the mind.
James E. Falen. Quoted in Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language (p. 272) by Douglas Hofstadter. (Thanks to Stephen Frug for this one: Attempts: James Falen, An Odelet in Praise of Constraints.)
Tags: Constraint, poetry
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