1 - We examined Yoko Ono's Poem NO.18 (left) and created our own versions during studio. Originally, we were asked to read the poem aloud in class. Most of us were in confusion as to what the poem was saying because a majority of the words were indecipherable. My conclusion was that this poem was created for contemplation, not performance. The words on her piece are even blurred, but so are our visions as readers. We see what we want to see, and in doing so, we see anything that will make this poem make sense to ourselves. Maybe Ono's poetry was not in the words but in silent statement of the human tendency to search for meaning in all things. 2 - We examined a collection of unique manifestos. The manifesto on the left seems like gibberish, but the adjacent letters are actually organized in alphabetical order, and the names represent delusional main characters of great novels. The piece on the right also seems nonsensical, but it is actually a mockery of Matthew 5:1-9 in the Bible. 3- We created our own accidental/chance operations. |
Honors 345 has been one of the most unique classes that I think I will ever take. The texts and media we examined throughout the course were all very strange and confusing in many aspects, but this provided for thought-provoking discussions about chance, accidents, practice, interpretation, deformance, performance, and the meaning of meaning itself in poetics and poetry.