tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19876080721375871912012-03-19T15:47:29.276-07:00amandanoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987608072137587191.post-37462651166739727002011-04-15T10:21:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:48:53.864-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.radiantlongevity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/OLSON-creative-otern11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 1550px;" src="http://www.radiantlongevity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/OLSON-creative-otern11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This is my OLSON Creative O-tern project. It's a poem made out of words found in/on my phone!<br /><br />Words from the phone are indicated graphically by the phone icon and contain a photograph of that word as it appears on my phone. I was inspired to explore what it means to work within such tight restrictions ("using only your phone"). I visualized taking apart my phone to discover its different constituent "pieces" and how I might rearrange them into something new and beautiful. As a woman of letters, my next thought was to apply that same idea to words contained within my phone - the prompt suggested to me the idea of closed forms and strict poetic structures. <br /><br />So, OLSON, I wrote you a poem. This is me at play with the connotations of connection. I love the juxtaposition of the somewhat stilted and unemotional language of techno-communications alongside the starkly intimate moment it describes.<br /><br />Cool? Meaty? Beautiful? I think so. Do you?<br /><br />Full text:<br /><br />Staring into space<br />I am blind without my contacts<br />On the car ride home after<br />Blackberry picking with dad<br />Unable to disconnect<br />I filter the dirt from my fingers<br />And search for something bold<br />To say, to reconcile now <br />The silent day, loud history between us<br />Today there will be new contact<br />Word by word, layer by layer,<br />We are building this call log cabin with our bare hands<br /><br /><br />Medium: Blackberry Bold 9700<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1987608072137587191-3746265116673972700?l=amandatheotern.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>amandanoreply@blogger.com1