Write a 2-3 page statement on the relationship of poetry to your primary art practice.
Think about the way poets use language as a medium—as a vehicle for expressing ideas and feelings, but also as an aesthetic material, worthy of appreciation in and of itself (e.g. for its sounds, shapes, musicality, visual appearance—apart from any semantic/linguistic meaning).
Then consider the following questions: In what way(s), if any, has poetry—or reading more generally, or song—been influential to the way you think about and make art? What aspects of poetry could shape your artistic practice—either directly or indirectly—going forward?
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