<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Poetry reaches forms of knowledge that literal... > Poetry reaches forms of knowledge that literal exposition sometimes cannot. Image, rhythm, ambiguity, and compression let the mind hold relationships before it can fully explain them, which makes art a laboratory for new conceptual structure. **Source:** [[livestreams/Language, Self-Dialogue, and the Practice of Transformation - Workbook|Language, Self-Dialogue, and the Practice of Transformation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Poetry reaches forms of knowledge that literal exposition sometimes cannot. Image, rhythm, ambiguity, and compression let the mind hold relationships before it can fully explain them, which makes art a laboratory for new conceptual structure.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-poetry-reaches-forms-new-conceptual-structure ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->