a deceptive word, obvious
what is obvious to one would not be so to another
the artist might try to avoid the obvious and so be original
but there will always be someone who finds that work obvious
‘what is the next note?’ the musician asks, ‘is it the obvious one?’
‘or is it one of the obvious many?’ another asks, who has studied much
but what is obvious to one culture is not obvious to another
what is obvious to one generation is not obvious to another
perhaps the word obvious could be described as a trap
and if you look at this ‘Dawning’
you can see that I have
been trapped into
using the word
‘obvious’ a lot
obviously