subtlety is an enabler

in the celebration of e.e. cummings (best last name ever), i will abuse the rules of capitalization. this tribute is due to a very inspiring poem given to my college choir by our director, that simplified performing for me. the poem is titled "open your heart" which i will share with you:

open your heart:


i'll give you a treasure

of tiniest world

a piece of forever with



summitless younger than

angels are mounains

rivery forests

towerful towns(queen



poet king float

sprout heroes of moonstar

flutter to and

swim blossoms of person)through



musical shadows while hunted

by daemons

seethe luminous

leopards(on wingfeet of thingfear)



come ships go

snowily sailing

perfect silence.

Absolute ocean
 
 
-e.e. cummings (1894-1962)
 
 
i do not have much experience in interpreting poetry, but i think the ambiguity here is completely personal. cummings (makes me lwl every time) submits to this writing style often, but here i think it is especially effective. he is indubitably forcing the readers to open their hearts to his words, to make them as personal and self-revealing as they were to him.
 
this exhibits what my director has been telling the choir for years, that he will not limit us to his meaning of a particular piece, but instead asks us to do this of our own accord. this makes each performance personally meaningful, and therefore each performance altogether greater.
 
i didn't want to blog today, i probably shouldn't be doing so, being that I have deadlines, but michael forced my hand. stop typing. dammit michael! this is a respone to mi's previous post:

mi, i agree with you. this facebook fad is distracting from the real problem. it's only really a medium for facebook to seem socially conscious. the more subtly you approach a glaring issue, the less effect you will have on it. please stop understating the severity of child abuse by feigning action against it.

-de

76.7% of you will have known child abuse is bad

Based on the percentage of my friends who changed their profile pictures on le bookface

Raise Awareness! If you didn't know, change your picture to your favorite childhood cartoon, and the child abusers will cringe at all the cute pictures.Sidenote: breast cancer awareness, that is legitimate. I want to know that before a bit ago everyone with an ounce of morality knew that abusing an innocent child was bad, and was aware that it happened. Like rape, and murder most people understand the ethics or lack thereof of such heinous crimes. If you know a child being abused, stop being so subtle.

Do something more!

-Mi