Guru, even after writing 200 poems, my poetic sense hasn’t developed! On the contrary, barring those intuitive poems, these later poems aren’t as good as the sonnets and lyrics of the first glorious days. Decadent genius?Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1938
Letter ID: 2129
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
June 17, 1938
[Sri Aurobindo and the Mother]
It would be advisable to give Z now and then some vegetables like karela, cucumbers, potatoes – which she can eat raw or boiled, at home; extra milk too.
[The Mother marked the whole question with a vertical line.]
[Mother:] You can propose to her any of these things. She may choose. If there is any objection to her eating spices, it is better not to let her cook because she likes food when it is terribly hot.
I think it would be better to screen-examine Bala’s lungs.
[Mother:] Yes.
He is very nervous and his diet is very poor.
[Mother:] Yes, he needs badly a tonic – what about Cacodylate injections?
Guru, even after writing 200 poems, my poetic sense hasn’t developed! On the contrary, barring those intuitive poems, these later poems aren’t as good as the sonnets and lyrics of the first glorious days. Decadent genius?
No decadence, but the throes of an attempt at change of cadence.