How does the form of the poem affect your apprehension and appreciation for it?
The form of a poem can alter a person’s perception, whether it is expressed through the written word or told orally. In Taylor Mali’s poem, the way in which he orates his piece adds life and humor to a somewhat “dry” lesson in confidence in communication. The ideas worked in the strictly audio form (the stand-up special) because his delivery added a “spice” to the work. However, as good as it was as a stand-alone oral routine, the “written word” version of the speech certainly aided and helped in the overall comprehension and appreciation of the piece. The visual words overlapped by the narration emphasized important wordings and phrases spoken by Mali. The words were a great addition to Mali’s poem, but on their own without the dialogue, the words would not do it justice.
i agree completely about the words. i feel that words and visuals working together really help to get points across to the viewers.
ReplyDeleteIn response to "The words were a great addition to Mali’s poem, but on their own without the dialogue, the words would not do it justice" I feel like we should try to watch the text without the narration and see if one, we can actually read it, and two, if we get the meaning at all. It would be an interesting exercise for this topic and we would be able to see just how dependent or not we are on verbal communication.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that the text helped, it isn't really like the text version was so much more comprehensive because the text was in front of me, I found the physical movements of Taylor to be more helpful in understanding, and more entertaining. Live people are really more interesting (to me, and I assume to most people) that a textual representation.
ReplyDeleteI *love* the typographic video. I'm the type of person who looks around for good typographic remixes of songs, speeches, and movie scenes. Here, though, we have a video of the poet performing his own poem... I find myself preferring that video over the typographic video because I can see the poet's own physicality as he performs it.
ReplyDeleteWhich side are you taking? Which one do you like better? Or do you like both?
ReplyDeleteI agree that the two forms of this poem really do alter ones perception. Do you think if you changed the order in which you watched these two, would your perception still alter? If you watched the one with words only make you feel different about this poem?
ReplyDeleteDo you think that your feeling on the written version was affected because you where thinking of his actions in the other video? do you think that the transition of the words in the written form, or size, or appearance, somehow work as his expression?
ReplyDeleteI actually feel the opposite about this post, I felt like the words were a distraction in the way they were presented. I felt that seeing Mail "preform" added a visual statement that had must more of an impact on the viewer.
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with you on this one. I feel like the watching Mali act out his speech and just his image in general is a better visual than the words. I feel that the the words are more of a distraction and one wouldn't feel as much from just watching the words.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the visual words without the narration would not have been as powerful than with the narration. But did you not find the movement of the words distracting? I found even with the narration I was focused on how the words moved than what the words were.
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