This visualisation of text I feel is directly influenced from concrete poetry. On the one hand text is explored visually as a form and on the other the way the text is animated can reveal a subtext in meaning [eg. "I met the walrus" below].
I am drawn to language, how it is used and what it means to different people, how it shapes our thoughts and understanding of our world. It often mystifies me how these lines and circles create meaning as well as how easy it is to misunderstand it.
For my 1st Brief I did an animation with the text from T.S Eliots Burnt Norton [from Four Quartets]. I was particularly drawn to the idea of parallel dimensions that the poet hints to that follow on from '... the path we did not take". This is directly linked to my interests in parallel narratives, timelines and space.
I would now like to take this further and reinterpret the poem dynamically, concentrating on the idea of parallel narratives.
If every word changed continuously with a synonym would this create the possibilities of new meaning and interpretations, thus strengthening the focus on parallel narratives?
Would this become more prominent if the verses changed position?
By using something like PostScript and RandomFonts as a starting point for my interpretation of the poem and adding the change of words with synonyms as another rule multiple different poems could be created.
fig. Example of different forms the first verse could take.
