“The purpose of poetry is to awaken sleepers
by
means other than shock.”
- Denise Levertov, American Poet
Last
week, I overheard someone, somewhere utter the words, “I’m
searching for poetry.” I don’t remember who, when, where, or why, but the words lodged in my subconscious and only surfaced when I came across Denise Levertov’s quotation. I’d been searching for a theme for
this week’s blog post – and suddenly, there it was!
That’s what
I do with my camera – I search for poetry.
I want to
do more thinking – and photography – with that thought in mind, but for the
time being, today’s blog post is a first run at trying to understand photography
as visual poetry. In the same manner, I believe my husband’s quilts are also visual poetry.
For today,
here are ten photos than I made last week, each of which is a form of visual poetry.
Nine of the
photos come from a Good Friday visit to the newly reopened Canada Museum of
Science and Technology in Ottawa. What a fine museum! I thoroughly enjoyed my
visit, especially because the museum was packed with hundreds of children
having a great time.
The only
non-museum photo is of Otis, our dear miniature longhaired dachshund, a dog
that Bill saved from premature death almost seven years ago. Surely this photo
of Otis sleeping qualifies as visual poetry.
I hope you
enjoy the photos!
Otis
The final two images...poems that stay with me. One serene, the other with such energy and movement - disturbing (what is it I'm pondering over, incidentally?)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback! Red steps lead up to the lighthouse at the entrance to the Canada Museum of Science and Technology. The second is a close up of a huge enlargement of some microfibre...or at least I think it is. Signage wasn’t clear. I prefer to think of it as poetry!
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