What is the “time” of the poem?
By now you have selected a poem that you will use as a jumping off point for this symposium.
Identify the poem's temporal element. Consider its duration, its moment, its progression, its pace, its beginning, and/or its end.
Use any means or media (a written explanation, a series of images, a video, another poem, a song, a hypermedia piece, or something completely new) to communicate your insights about the “time” of the poem to the rest of the group. Your contribution can be witty or obvious, straight or unconventional. You can be concrete or abstract. Just think about the poem and the time it represents. And then do whatever the hell you want to.
Note: If you want to read about time, start with the Wikipedia entry, here.
Post your results by the end of the week (July 8th). And have lots of fun doing it.
“A card printed: You will decide to read this score or not to read it. When you have made your decision, the happening is over.” by Ken Friedman, 1966 (later included with an Uncle Sam sign with the slogan “Fluxus Wants You”)
This is my poem. It is obviously well suited for assignment one.
Should I post my research on it here or someplace else?
I would post your work in a new heading (Maybe something like “Week 1: [and then some title or descriptor]”), rather than as a comment to the initial assignment. This will enable you to load videos and images and will allow others to comment on your work.
But I am interested in what you come up with. That’s a great poem. I’m doing Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to Broken Things.”