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Monday 25 April 2011

Picture by a poem? Is it possible?

Hell yeah it is possible! First of all,we must understand that Poetry is a type of literature which is written. Basically,it only feeds the mind of the readers with words and not images. The mental process after reading a poem is a mental process which is normally done by imagining things. This is of course due to the nature of Poetry which is vastly abstract! Two different person that reads the same poem will eventually comes out with different points of view. Why?? Because the understanding of an abstract matter is uniquely up to the individual itself! Depending on the level of knowledge,he/she might comprehend the poem and imagine a suitable context to visualize the words and its subliminal messages. 


Okay,for example... The word 'Rose' has a variety of meaning in the realm of Literature.
Basically,a rose is a type of a flower... But that's not all to it. Rose is associated with romance. In Literature,rose is a symbol of love. 



"Give a lady a rose is like giving your love to her."


Moving on,recently I purposely created a poem which essentially puts certain vocabulary that triggers the mind to think of some places that exists within the gap between the real world and the faculties of mind as per say. Here is goes... It is entitled -A Date With Destiny-



Take my hand
Let’s go out on a date
Enjoy a joyous glimpse of vision that you shall apprehend
Witness the World of Happiness that we could create

Proceed to the Palace of Pleasure
We enter without caution
Even though envied by the Sands of Time
We managed to stop at every attraction

Instead, Fate took a malicious turn
We found ourselves trapped inside the Theater of Pain
Unfortunate events are displayed soon
After the play ends we left with a frown

Under the Dome of Despair
There we kneel, begging for mercy
Praying for our souls to be spared
Thus reclaiming our sanity

Dive into the Sea of Serenity
Overflowing with indescribable emotions
We swim away from those sufferings
Finally floating into the current reality

Head back to the Forgotten Path
We traced our previous mistakes
To solve the past that will alter the future
Undo that and maybe we'll stay together.

After reading this,Ntuli Aswile whose a friend of mind promised to create a picture based on my poem. I'm truly excited as this have never happened before! A picture is worth a thousand words,right? Haha so Ntuli is equipped with a Graphic Tablet which is the perfect tool to carry out this noble duty. God bless Ntuli as his work left me speechless for a short moment... It was breathtaking beautiful! Thank you so much and I'm looking forward to your next visualization of my words! :D

This is Ntuli's visualization of The Forgotten Path.






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