Saturday, March 12, 2011
Taylor Mali
In the two versions of Taylor Mali's poem "Like You Know", it gave me a different sense and a clearer understanding of his poem than if I was to just read it on paper. I did prefer the video where Taylor Mali was in front of the audience and you could see his facial expressions and body movements. Seeing how someones expressions change with the tone of their voice makes the message clearer. What made the other version, the one with the visual text, not very good is that I was distracted by the effects and movement of the words. Although you heard Taylor Mali saying the poem, I was drawn away from the meaning of the poem because I was fascinated with the visual text. I found myself reading the text instead of listening to Taylor Mali read the text and hear it the way the author interprets the poem. How you read and hear a poem makes all the difference to your understanding.
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In this post, you seem to be writing about and not writing through. What's the difference? Instead of interacting with your argument, you write on the surface. Try something like this:
ReplyDeleteTaylor Mali's recorded spoken word performance was more riveting than any print version. Mali's facial expressions and gestures add to the viewer's understanding of his poem's meaning. A one-dimensional page does not offer the same impact. In his movement, he moves the spectator to know and to share his ideas. ...
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