Billy Collins used the metaphor of an eye chart. When you get your eyes checked there's that big "e" on top of the chart that everyone can see. Then the print gets smaller and finer and eventually you have to work harder. He wants his poems to have a point of entry that is fairly effortless, and we want our songs to feel that way too. To have a line or a moment where the whole room can enter in effortlessly. But then those that want to go deeper and work harder and find other layers can explore the fine print.
-- Linford Detweiler
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