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Sum 1 ' ' v A pen became his tool, I nature caught his eye B Tern Ornie Tribune Staff Writer There was a point in his life when Brewster (ihisi in thought he might bei ome a painter However the tools he Ciime to use did not include a palette brush, or canvas Instead words be- aine his p:ents a pn his brush, a reader s imagination his canvas The images Brewster Ghiselin puts on paper are from a man in love with nature 'Whether it he div mg for abalone off the California coast, or watching a sea gull glide above the Great Basin desert, his eyes are open to the lessons nature teaches When I went to high school in Menu County , I used to walk home by way of a nearby mountain to shake myself free of the repressive atmosphere of the c lassroom, say s Mr Ghiselin And to lx- - on that peak from which one could sec Ml nules north, south, inland, and out to sea this was a delight that had nothing to do with the sedentary world that pcxjple picture as the refuge of poets The excitement of living is what sustains xxtry Within this ex c dement lie insights to bfe I Founded W riters' Conference Brewster Ghiselin is the patriarch of in Utah In 1947 he founded the University of Utah Writers Conference and continued to direct it for 19 years He taught English at the university for 3h years, becoming professor emeritus m 1971 Besides his four volumes of poetry and poems published in magazines and anthologies, he is the author of several critical essays and articles on creativity He is probablv best known for The Creative Process. a collection of essavs to which he contributed and edited pex-tr- Along with aw aids from poetrv public atoms Mr Ghiselin was honored by the National Institute of Arts and letters and the American Academy of rtx and Letters in 1970 for his literary contributions Early this year, he joined other American poets, at the invitation of Rosalynn Carter, foi a "The excitement Brewster Ghiselin of A living new reception in their honor at the White House Over 100 pcx-twere invited, including James Dickey, John Nims Ihilip Levine. Gwendolyn Brooks Rh hard Hugo, John Clardi, Karl Shapiro, and Dave Smith, a current instructor of creative writing at the University of Utah Biewster Ghiselin is a xxt held in high regard by his peers James Du key in The Water of Light w rites Brewster Ghiselin has a true per sonal relationship to a couple of kinds of experiences These are the sea and the desert, and when he engages these themes in what I cannot help thinking of as a bodily way, his poetry rise's to rather astonishing heights Influence on Poetry Oregon poet William Stafford talks about Mr Ghiselins influence on his own pex'try in the same collection of essay s, poetry , and short stories "1 discover attempts of my own to be haunted by his influence The patterns of water, for its fluidity, like the readiness needed for creativ e work , the sea for its everlasting readiness and power, the forms of wild things, for their unpredictable variety It is these images of wildlife and water that pervade Mr Ghiselin's s Vvt jU j- dKZjK' i X ' 'skN V w ? t. -- A: &s4: .. sjs v-- Vs , . . f1 z i'L, iiA' ft v? 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