One of the final projects of this sabbatical is a group undertaking, where five friends and I will be creating works of art based on six photographs by another friend. Some of the photographer's other work is here.
So now I am attempting (with fear in tow) to write 6 poems, and realizing I want these to be much better than my skill level will allow. Hence, research.
Here is a great little article about blank verse, what it is and how it is "at the heart" of much good English poetry. I like the idea of putting words on paper with 'a minimum of excess.'
We'll see how this goes. At some point after the visuals, words, music, stories and drama are created, I will post some of them for you to consider. I am not expecting perfection from myself on this, but I am looking forward to 99% perspiration.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, December 05, 2011
Maybe, baby
I was just reading a post about women pictured on television and how far those female characters have (and in some cases haven't) come in the past 40 years. I am not a regular tv watcher, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
It concluded with the thought that "the realities of rape, women's ability to choose abortion without shame; the fact that not all women are hungry for marriage and babies; and women's genuine experiences of having passion for their work" are still not comfortable scenarios for writers/broadcast networks/corporate advertisers/audiences -or whoever controls these televised situations.
I read that and I thought "that's true," because I know so many ambitious, talented, caring and capable women in their twenties and thirties who could be wonderful moms, but are deeply ambivalent about whether they should or will ever have children someday.
For some women, it's partner issues - they haven't met a good man (mostly) or they can't see themselves parenting with the person they are with (value conflicts) or they like their lives as-is and are not sure if they are ready for the lifetime commitment that parenthood entails or they can't afford to have kids because of their financial situation. Lots of varied reasons, a spectrum of doubt.
So, I just wanted to put it out there that there are lots of fine ladies on the 'maybe, baby' train. And I don't see that stopping anytime soon.
It concluded with the thought that "the realities of rape, women's ability to choose abortion without shame; the fact that not all women are hungry for marriage and babies; and women's genuine experiences of having passion for their work" are still not comfortable scenarios for writers/broadcast networks/corporate advertisers/audiences -or whoever controls these televised situations.
I read that and I thought "that's true," because I know so many ambitious, talented, caring and capable women in their twenties and thirties who could be wonderful moms, but are deeply ambivalent about whether they should or will ever have children someday.
For some women, it's partner issues - they haven't met a good man (mostly) or they can't see themselves parenting with the person they are with (value conflicts) or they like their lives as-is and are not sure if they are ready for the lifetime commitment that parenthood entails or they can't afford to have kids because of their financial situation. Lots of varied reasons, a spectrum of doubt.
So, I just wanted to put it out there that there are lots of fine ladies on the 'maybe, baby' train. And I don't see that stopping anytime soon.
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