{"id":299,"date":"2012-09-25T10:40:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T17:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/?p=299"},"modified":"2012-09-25T11:35:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:35:05","slug":"fall-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/2012\/09\/25\/fall-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

falling to the ground
\nI watch a leaf settle down
\nin a bed of brown<\/p>\n

~ Anonymous: Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following from our discussions last week, I selected a short anonymous Haiku from the UCLA Asia Institute site and identified certain words I felt carried greater weight: “falling,” “ground,” “leaf,” and so on. I created a text file, pasted in the original poem and then repeated words I wanted to emphasize. I pasted the resulting text with some words repeated many times into Wordle and manipulated the display using the “layout” and “randomize” features. Here’s the text I used:<\/p>\n

falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling
\nto the
\nground ground ground ground ground
\nI I I I
\nwatch watch watch watch
\na
\nleaf leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf leaf
\nsettle settle settle settle settle
\ndown down down
\nin a
\nbed bed bed bed bed
\nof
\nbrown brown brown brown brown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The resulting adaptation may not be particularly effective in conveying the sense of the original Haiku; however, does it have any merit on its own? And does the above text, as an intermediary step, have any aesthetic merit? <\/p>\n

I’d be interested in seeing more explorations of visual adaptations of poetry for this week’s seminar on literature and image.<\/p>\n

Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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