Eurythmy Performance
This secret eurythmy, which already lies in the treatment of language, is actually already present in every true poet. But true poets – they really do not make up even one percent of those who are considered poets today. We can say outright that ninety-nine percent of those who write poetry today are not really poetic artists. But by going into what the how is in the treatment of language, [one recognizes] how this how of the treatment of language gives a much greater possibility of expressing something soulful than the prosaic content of the word. For the prose content of the word actually expresses the non-artistic, while the how expresses the artistic. One must always, through a kind of divination, first redeem the artistic from that which can only be given to one indirectly through the medium of print when communicating the poem.
Cite:
GA 277d/1923-07-22/p020 · edition English