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03/01/2008 09:16:52 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by raish:
So there's the analogy. I don't think I have ever seen a combination of picture and lyric wherein the whole were greater than the sum of its parts. If either were excellent the other would be almost certain to detract. |
This is an important point, an excruciating point, a daunting point, a point that I have struggled with this past year or so, but it's a point more for the end of the race than the beginning. I see this thread as the beginning of a creative process, a cross-stimulation that could very well lead to photos that are perfect on their own, or poems that are perfect on their own, or it could lead to the Holy Grail of both needing each other, or it could lead nowhere except to the bliss of trying.
Romantic that I am, I seek the picture/poem combo that works like wine and meat, or coffee and chocolate... not quite combined but electrically adjacent. Perhaps it requires not two excellent works but rather two flawed works, each with something missing, and the excellence comes from the desperate beauty of their embrace. |
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03/01/2008 09:19:59 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
each with something missing, and the excellence comes from the desperate beauty of their embrace. |
Exactly. I love how your mind works.
It is truly the flaws that create the ultimate perfect!! |
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03/01/2008 10:20:37 AM · #28 |
This type of discussion adds so much creative stimulation to the thread. I do hope that I can keep up. :)
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by raish:
So there's the analogy. I don't think I have ever seen a combination of picture and lyric wherein the whole were greater than the sum of its parts. If either were excellent the other would be almost certain to detract. |
This is an important point, an excruciating point, a daunting point, a point that I have struggled with this past year or so, but it's a point more for the end of the race than the beginning. I see this thread as the beginning of a creative process, a cross-stimulation that could very well lead to photos that are perfect on their own, or poems that are perfect on their own, or it could lead to the Holy Grail of both needing each other, or it could lead nowhere except to the bliss of trying.
Romantic that I am, I seek the picture/poem combo that works like wine and meat, or coffee and chocolate... not quite combined but electrically adjacent. Perhaps it requires not two excellent works but rather two flawed works, each with something missing, and the excellence comes from the desperate beauty of their embrace. |
Message edited by author 2008-03-01 10:26:27. |
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03/01/2008 11:36:12 AM · #29 |
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03/01/2008 11:45:47 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by raish:
So there's the analogy. I don't think I have ever seen a combination of picture and lyric wherein the whole were greater than the sum of its parts. If either were excellent the other would be almost certain to detract. |
This is an important point, an excruciating point, a daunting point, a point that I have struggled with this past year or so, but it's a point more for the end of the race than the beginning. I see this thread as the beginning of a creative process, a cross-stimulation that could very well lead to photos that are perfect on their own, or poems that are perfect on their own, or it could lead to the Holy Grail of both needing each other, or it could lead nowhere except to the bliss of trying.
Romantic that I am, I seek the picture/poem combo that works like wine and meat, or coffee and chocolate... not quite combined but electrically adjacent. Perhaps it requires not two excellent works but rather two flawed works, each with something missing, and the excellence comes from the desperate beauty of their embrace. |
Gets a big grin from me :-D |
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03/01/2008 01:08:19 PM · #31 |
Already this is just too much fun. This morning I hunted for a poem - browsing Dorothy Parker, who is one of my favorite poets. Found what resonated and then went about creating an image to illustrate the poem. Yesterday I found a poem to describe the image.
But Not Forgotten |
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03/01/2008 01:20:22 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
I am WAY beyond my depth here (I keep to the shallow end) so I shall just watch and enjoy. Carry on... :-) |
Oh mercy - come on in! Have fun! You are such an amazing artist. I would love to see what you come up with. |
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03/01/2008 04:20:06 PM · #33 |
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03/01/2008 05:08:08 PM · #34 |
#2 The Hawk
With coiled energy
The hungry hawk
watches, waits. Ready to spring
A word of explanation here. When I first heard of this side-challenge I thought we were to write the prose or poetry accompanying our images. Since then, I learned that it was perfectly okay to illustrate someone else's words. Still, some long unused portions of my mind are beginning to lose their rust spots, and I'm going to try to keep my stuff original. It may be little more (or less) than doggerel at times, but what the heck. this is all fun.
As usual, my notes are on the image. |
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03/01/2008 08:17:11 PM · #35 |
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03/01/2008 09:24:45 PM · #36 |
I was looking for 'my' words that I applied to an old photo. I ended up finding this old thread.
Some nice stuff in there that relates to this months activity.
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=306728&page=4
Message edited by author 2008-03-01 21:25:01. |
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03/02/2008 12:37:42 AM · #37 |
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03/02/2008 01:24:03 AM · #38 |
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03/02/2008 05:21:18 AM · #39 |
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03/02/2008 09:25:25 AM · #40 |
 Spring is like a perhaps hand
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03/02/2008 10:49:54 AM · #41 |
I reworked this image which I had posted previously during the Slice of Life Challenge. I thought that it worked well for the Illustrated Word.
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03/02/2008 12:14:21 PM · #42 |
This challenge looks a bit more serious and poetry-based than I was expecting, so I scrapped my original photo which was based on Monty Python's "I'm a lumberjack" song :-)
Here's the replacement, but in all honesty I probably won't keep up with this challenge cause I really don't do poetry...I'll sure check in on everyone else's wonderful contributions though!
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03/02/2008 01:03:54 PM · #43 |
lumberjack song!!!!!!!
please?
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03/02/2008 01:14:07 PM · #44 |
#3 San Francisco
The silvery city
fits the hills snugly.
Falling into beauty.
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03/02/2008 04:19:24 PM · #45 |
| You gotta do the lumberjack song! Everyone should do it! |
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03/02/2008 05:00:36 PM · #46 |
I am not a wordsmith. So for those of you who are, here's my humble submission complete with flaws, in need of words to bring it a bit of comfort. I've not provided much in way of details or title - do with as you please.
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03/02/2008 05:32:57 PM · #47 |
 Day 02 |
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03/02/2008 08:04:22 PM · #48 |
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03/03/2008 12:02:45 AM · #49 |
| Thanks for all the input on mine, folks! Very much appreciated! |
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03/03/2008 12:11:52 AM · #50 |
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