introduction to poetry...

 

 stars in the mail and on the way to someone i do not know, but am thinking about.

Introduction to Poetry

Billy Collins

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

they only come out at night...

recently i completed my first big order for 3 sets of stars. seeing them done got me inspired to document them all together. i thought this dark and glowy image represented my idea of these pieces and how i see them well.

painting with light is easy. its a fun photographic experiment with serendipitous results. while looking for a how-to link i came across these "spray can" lights, by Aïssa Logerot, made for "painting" with light graffiti stylie. so good. how smart is it that when the batteries run low you recharge them by shaking the can. snap.