Monday, June 28, 2010
Window on a World
The linked title above will take you down a narrow, cobblestone street where you will witness an old woman looking down at the poet as he passes below her window. This is familiar territory for some of you, as the photograph of the old woman and the poem were the subjects of previous blog posts; however, you will now have the chance to follow the poet as he reconstructs how the poem was written.
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Wonderful! It would be amazing too, I'm sure, to see the poem as it began in your notebook or on a napkin-back or the margin of a bus schedule and watch it, in time-lapse, grow and shrink and twist to find its final shape (as the artist Seamus Berkeley does here). But your Weekly Hubris version will do nicely!
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate poets who are willing to open up the creative process a bit. I liked this poem. It works without the photograph but I think the photo definitely enhances it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe for the kind word and for the link to Seamus Berkeley (how did I ever miss this post?) There are affinities, of course, and poets could profit from observing how a visual artist composes.
ReplyDeleteJim,
Thank you,too! I also thank all those artists "who are willing to open up the creative process a bit" as opposed to those who for one reason or another regard it as one better kept behind closed doors.