yes, the poet and the reader bring meaning to the white-space/silence.
For a long time I've wanted to do a performance of 4'34" in which the
audience watches a count-down which speeds-up and slows down but which
always takes 4'34" to complete, messing with their heads somewhat
I have the urge to tippex
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everytime I see it.
Roger
On 12/6/05, George Hunka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That's a particularly fascinating idea, especially when it comes to the
> concrete poetry of the 1960s (a fad in which both Czech poets Vaclav
> Havel and Jaroslav Siefert participated). Certainly Williams'
> versification would present that sort of challenge. Naturally, sometimes
> whitespace has meaning; and then, sometimes whitespace is just whitespace.
>
> Roger Day wrote:
> > Weren't the Czechs also particularly good at this sort of programming.
> > I remember they used to scare me silly when I was a kid. Still had to
> > watch them though.
> >
> > Playing against type, I share an office with a Norwegian who can't
> > STFU. Computer programmers work in silence, with only the sound of
> > keyboards clacking so there is a conflict somewhat. After a year of
> > fierce exchanges, I no longer hear the Wagner choruses...
> >
> > Maybe poets have an analogous relationship with white-space?
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 12/6/05, Knut Mork Skagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Dec 6, 2005, at 03:34, George Hunka wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I can't speak for Europeans, but I think we Americans are a little
> >>> afraid of silences and empty spaces; we want to put something there,
> >>> make some noise, have a presence.
> >>>
> >> Scandinavians, at least, live almost exclusively off silences and empty
> >> spaces. Its influence reaches as far as children's television, which is
> >> full of anxious facial expressions, eery music, and dramatic pause.
> >>
> >> --Knut
> >>
> >>
> >
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