So the videos are taking longer than I anticipated. I have a few of them finished, but I don't want to upload them without various permissions and what not. So here is another video that I found extremely interesting.
I've gotta say that I love this video. First off, it's Billy Collins. Second, he is employing what we're talking about in New Media, except it's a lot newer and much more professional. He is taking his poems and turning them into active visual art that illustrates the content of the poem while making statements on its own.
I have to say, some of the videos distracted me from the poems. I think this is a risk that is run when adding visual stimulus to something that's text-heavy. If the stimulus is more attractive or arresting than the words, it becomes very easy to be distracted. Other ones however, like the mouse poem, really bring it to life. I wouldn't have seen the multitude of mice worshipping the fire-starter. I thought the video really added a lot to that that made it funny and brilliant.
I really wonder if this is where poetry will need to go to some extent. I can see how people will get tired of reading poetry without having that visual stimulus. I don't feel like it will ever completely die out, but I feel like a redefinition will happen in my life time.
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