So, basically I decided to take on what we did the very last week of class--I know I already had another idea that I thought I was going to do then, but I got really inspired by our work together in class and thought I could write a paper over it! Basically, I'm taking some of the concrete poems we worked with in class and creating a useable theorem to decipher between which of these are "artful" or not. "Artful," a term much like painterly--don't even get me started on that!--is defined to the best of my abilities in the essay, but my question to you guys is: What do you think? Which of these fit with YOUR definition of art? It's a really interesting idea, I think, and I'd be even more interested in seeing if my classifications fit with yours or if what our ideas about what "art" is are different! Here's some concrete poems (I basicallly used the ones we talked about in class)! Actually, it won't let me add another picture, so what I'll do is just make new posts with links!
I thought working with this type of expression was very appropriate, seeing as how the course's name is "Painting with WORDS!"
[Update from PFP: James's links, coming to you live:
- James's 1st link: a new one on love...
- James's 2nd link: Il Pleut (It Rains)
- James's 3rd link: Apfel
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- James's 2nd link: Il Pleut (It Rains)
- James's 3rd link: Apfel
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It's impossible to show you what I wanted with these posts! Here's some links to a couple, but it's super hard to hit you with the bulk that I'd like to! Anyway, best way to look at it, if your interested, is either just google-image search "concrete poetry" (for the ones that tend to be less "artful"), or use Harvard's Academic Search Premier for some more interesting ones!
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