I learned in this project that it is not just about what we read but how we read it. You must break down the art of reading and see all the different responses our body has. The combination of imagery with writing forces the body to break the page apart into image and word. When you can combine the two, you will have a greater impact on the body.
I wanted to achieve with this project a sense of movement with the text. I wanted the implied movement from the image to reflect the movement as the text appears. Imagine the text as a fly line in motion through the air. As you read each section that is a stage of casting the line. This continues until the line lands softly on the waters surface.
A big part of inspiration came from the Cummings poem; "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r" my text is not reversed or jumbled it has movement, which may make the piece harder to follow. In Cummings's poem, the movement of the text seems to me like it could imply a leap from the grasshopper.
The kinesthetic involved in viewing my project is the use of inner sight and inner speech. The viewer will first see the image and start to imagine a dialogue that would accompany it. Then as the reader begins to read the text, the viewer will be trying to connect it with the image in the background.
I got the quote for my project from FlyFishingJoy.com. Charles Kuralt wrote the quote and I took the photograph. I thought that the image included some of the key points of the quote. I hope that the viewer will be able to understand the link between the text and the image.
4 comments:
Your image fits well with the words in your project.
I really like the outdoors, so naturally I liked your project. The piece isn't too flashy or abstract, and the color and distribution of the letters/words flow together well. All in all, the project does a good job of presenting an overall feeling.
The only suggestion I can think to give is to think about the positioning of the words on the picture itself. Maybe you could tinker with that.
The fishing picture and the poem was creative. I get a sense of trying to catch a fish when the sun of beating on my back and mosquitoes are biting at my neck.
Visually the picture is powerful but some of the colors that you use for the text is hard to see. Also, I think that you should make the picture a little bigger.
I LOVE the relation between word and image in this text! I didn't understand the relation between the spacing of the words and actual fly fishing until I read your meta text, but SO cool :)
Your project makes me feel like the man in the picture (or whoever is speaking) has found that thing in life that we all look for - the thing we can do to get away from it all, to open our minds, and to express ourselves. It makes me feel peaceful and content.
It sucks you had the same problem I did technically - I can imagine how much cooler your project would have been had there been timing involved (among other things) with the placement of the text-like you could really see the line being cast (correct terminology? I'll never know...).
I like it ! Good job :)
To sound odd, the words flow like the stream. To top that the colors remind me of the colors of a stream. I like the image of the man fishing in the back ground, as one can imagine that he is the person feeling the effects mentioned.
The only suggestion is changing the background color because the word streams is hard to see...then again you can change the color of the word.
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