August 15, 2008
Storytelling
Courtesy of boingboing.net, I was introduced to a video on the intelligence of crows, and one video led to another, and then another, and before you know it, I'm addicted to ted.com (it stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design).
Today, I stumbled upon Jonathan Harris' collection of storytelling:
Watch it, it's absolutely brilliant.
August 14, 2008
Graphic Novelists + Poetry
The Poetry Foundation has begun a series of collaborations, inviting graphic artists to help re-interpret poetry from well known writers.
See?
1. David Heatley and Diane Wakoski: Belly Dancer | PDF
2. Gabrielle Bell and Emily Dickinson: It was not death, for I stood up | PDF
3. Jeffrey Brown and Russell Edson: Of Memory and Distance | PDF
4. Ron Regé Jr. and Kenneth Patchen: The Snow is Deep on the Ground | Slide Show
5. Paul Hornschemeier and Ted Kooser: The Giant Slide | PDF
6. R. Kikuo Johnson and A.E. Stallings: Recitative | GIF
Also, there's a feature-ette of sorts: Poetry in the Landscape:
Check the group out on flickr.
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