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- Daniel Ogawa
- Username: lowerthird
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Joined PRX: Dec 14, 2004
Piece Information
- "Literal"
- Summary: Stephen Thomas reading his poem "Literal."
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Review of Literal
Daniel Ogawa
Posted on April 12, 2006 at 11:32 AM
Interesting piece. I liked the idea behind the work, though at times, i feel like the words got in the way of the moment. Perhaps it's my unfamiliarity with certain terms or my inability to quickly grab a metaphor, but there were times i had to stop and think, "what was just said?" and I lost the moment. After a second and third listening though, the meaning came through.
The notion of looking at a desk, or at a fire and thinking about the walnut tree in all of its life's stages is very compelling. The notion of life as a cycle that starts with sunlight and ends with fire (sunlight again perhaps) was also particularly grabbing.