Found Poetry Series

Found Poetry is an exercise in creativity and composition. The first challenge is finding words from the page that make sense together, without being next to each other. The next is to find a way to tie them together in a composition that leads the eye through the poem the way it is meant to be read. The difficulty for this series was not only finding poetry on the selected pages, but arranging it in a way that works around the portrait with which it is paired.

The portraits themselves are of my siblings, the only exception being my niece, who joined us recently. The order in which these are presented is the birth order of my siblings, my niece, and I. Each portrait is a different medium, ranging from pastels to laser-cut fibers to digital painting, to keep from the banality of working in one medium.

The Practical
Remembering every
Desirable proof
At the end
I trust you

Watercolor pencil & pen

You notice
This question of the book
Will reach for
Various pupils
How many?
How many?

Pastel

I started and ended
By the surest way I needed
My chapter differs from the first two

Photoshop digital painting

As far as faces are concerned
Picture
and learn to ask questions
The purpose of Creating
Exists
In the power of Learning

Felt-tipped pen

Remember
Feel it and know
You are a wish
From the gifted.
Take with you the
Idea
And they will recognize you

Laser-cut fabric

Delivered
They will recall
This trend of knowledge
With the perfect existence

Photoshop digital drawing

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