In January I took part in the Funaday Dundee (FADD) daily art challenge (which was in itself quite a challenge - I didn't do much writing in 2019, never mind work on any other artistic pursuits). The offline exhibition of the work done in January, due to take place in April, has been postponed of course but in the meantime FADD are posting weekly prompts on social media and last Monday's was 'continuous line'. At the moment, unfortunately, the first line my mind thought of was that on an ECG machine but I decided to keep away from that thought and turn towards something more about life (my last post was fairly death-centred, as it was...). So on Tuesday I reworked an old poem ('The big sound') and the result is above. I'm never sure whether it's a pessimistic or an optimistic poem (which I think is a good thing, I know some of my work is obvious 'bash you on the head, it's so clear what I am saying' stuff so a bit of ambiguity is more than welcome for me and, probably, for you too, dear readers).
Most of the FADD work is on Instagram (using the hashtag #FADDcreatives this time around) so hop over there to see what people are up to. You don't have to be in Dundee to take part (or even in Scotland). The distraction is good, if you can manage it.
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4 comments:
I do like the ambivalent nature of the poem, and I love how you used it to show a line. Well done!
Thanks, Dana, because when I say 'dear readers' largely I mean you!
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I lived the poem a lot. There's an air of predictability but also of unexpectedness. It's difficult to explain. The last line probably explains better than I can. :-)
Greetings from London.
Thanks Mario! Predictable and unexpected could describe our days right now perhaps...
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