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Graffiti's Gray Area
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Graffiti's Gray Area
"Reading Karen Lillis" copyright 2014 Kristin Fouquet Perpetual Poetry: Words Inspiring Words a review of The Paul Simon Project by Karen Lillis I have a confession to make. I am not a poet. I write fiction and I believe writing poetry is a completely different process. I love reading good poetry, but I am in no way a poetry scholar. These are the reasons I usually do not review poetry chapbooks. The Paul Simon Project by Karen Lillis is only my second exception to this rule. Influenced by Simon’s words and music on the album Still Crazy After All These Years , Lillis duplicates the song titles for her poems in this collection. Some follow a similar path as the subject of the song; others venture in their own direction. The album’s title song inspires a poem which mimics the melancholy and sentimentality of the original. Yet, she pumps it up with a contemporary edginess and gender reversal. In “M...
what great photos, Kristin. Graffiti in black and white - it works surprisingly well. Wonderful job - as always.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks to you both. I was so pleased they put it in the Issuu format.
ReplyDeleteI have always been attracted to graffiti as I feel it reflects our culture, especially in other foreign countries where posters and graffiti are more political then here in the USA that focuses more on commercialism.
ReplyDeleteThough I normally show my graffiti images in colour, I have found that some are best shown as a B/W or duo-tone, since we then focus on the textures and the message imbedded within.
Thank you for sharing and have a wonderful weekend,
Egmont
Yes, as Paula alluded to earlier, the color is a bit of a departure from the usual graffiti photographs. I felt that the B&W did display the texture as you said and also worked with the gray theme. Most of the street art displayed was in black or gray tones anyway and the ones that had some color didn't depend on it, at least in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThanks for viewing and commenting. I'm always interested in your insights.
Wonderful weekend to you as well.