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.
Comments for Literal
This piece belongs to the series "Jack Straw Poets"
Produced by Jack Straw Productions
Other pieces by Jack Straw Cultural Center
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Daniel Ogawa
Posted on April 12, 2006 at 11:32 AM | Permalink
Review of Literal
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.