I have ideas or phenomenology before I have names for them, Recently I learnt about Shin Buddhism which has a thrust and philosophy of finding paradise wherever one is, which coincidentally buttresses my own differed path to it’s source which I called the theory of atomization. The fact that I had written about atomization before finding it as a derivative of shin Buddhism obviates the fact that a singular jar from the postage stamp reality will align one to everything that will affirm that break out of the norm in which everything hinges.
With Atomization comes mindfulness one starts taking cognizance of the little things and using them to explain the whole. Atomization in literature is a way of using symbolically the things around us to synecdochise onto the whole world, country or community. it involves a lot of mindfulness and understanding of the holistic characterization of struggle in all life forms and being able to infer from a part, all of the whole. It is very easy to do in poetry than other genres, however it's principles cut across all art forms. For example the poem “utensil maker is a critique of sex crazed modern day Nigeria when carefully appreciated finding the ambiguous use of cell and red colored clouds.
It helps us evaluate ourselves as we see every bit of our toil in everything, meaning we can detach and evaluate all our lot in life and If we can write about it, all the better. Using something form the spatio-temporal to infer into a catholic or much larger whole in order to create through words similar and simpler explanation via the simplification of all things. through atomizing especially in poetry we see the microcosm of all things in every little thing In an ant struggling to get back to it's hill, the resigned eyes of a sheep about to be slaughtered even down to the excess cement on the pavement that stubs your toe, everything points to all things and there is a bit of everything in all things. To achieve,one will have to practice mindfulness and careful observance most of the time.
Atomization in literature have become for me a type of symbolism in my poetry as i enjoy using it due to the momentarily characterization of these things in front of me, I am able to name them again and use it to ingest some of life's hard pill bit by bit, other poems which Atomization is predominant include "Spittle on a Lizard" A fence and a small store, "Yell oh" among others, and with it one can create a poem that is ambiguous, yet so simple, powerful and still almost childish. Using simple things to create and name the world around us, just like Matsuo Basho.
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Victor Samuel
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