WORD AND IMAGE
WORD AND IMAGE SUMMER WORK For our summer work and introduction to the module we were to pick a pice of prose and make a 'soundscape' influenced by it and then finally use that to create some abstract artworks. I chose the poem The Goose and The Common which is an English orally transmitted poem from the 18th century by an unknown author. I first read it in Suzanne Collin's Sunrise on the Reaping and thought that the repetition, rhyme and theme would inspire me. It's themes being that of social injustice caused by the rich taking land/privatisation of land. I only focused on a few lines of the poem to not overcomplicate it: " The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who take things that are yours and mine." I do think my soundscape matches the atmosphere...
