marie howe, in an interview with krista tippett of on being
from marie howe’s 2017 collection of poetry, magdalene
[id: Two screenshots. First, an interview. Ms. Tippett: What do you mean? What is the assignment? 10 observations of their actual world? Ms. Howe: Just tell me what you saw this morning like in two lines. I saw a water glass on a brown tablecloth, and the light came through it in three places. No metaphor. And to resist metaphor is very difficult because you have to actually endure the thing itself, which hurts us for some reason. Ms. Tippett: It does. Second, a poem, Magdalene at the Theopoetics Conference. Yes, the scholar said, but why ask your students to write these close observations? What use is it to notice the rusted drainpipe? The young woman asleep in the library her head resting on her folded arms? Why should they look inside the petals of the purple tulip to the yellow pollen-coated stamen? Or under their beds to where the dust has collected? /end]
Alexander von Riesen, German 1892 - 1964 Wolkenformation mit versteckten Luftgeistern [Cloud Formation with Hidden Air Spirits] Oil on hardboard, 78 x 61.5 cm
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“Alexander von Riesen, German 1892 - 1964
Wolkenformation mit versteckten Luftgeistern [Cloud Formation with Hidden Air Spirits]
Oil on hardboard, 78 x 61.5 cm
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