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.
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ReplyDeleteJe suis d'accord avec vous. These indirect "efforts" are as useful as doing nothing at all.
thanks for agreeing with us, how did you know we spoke french, oh mysterious one?
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