First the historic photos Ramsgate Margate and Broadstairs,
these should expand well if clicked on a couple of times.
These were copied straight from the album one page all first
shots and I hope I am getting better at using the camera in my Wileyfox Swift 2
Plus phone. The light at my desk is artificial and could be better so this is a
bit of a learning curve.
Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’ at Turner Contemporary
Margate is a difficult and demanding exhibition and having gone today in
company I realise that unless you are reasonably convercent with the poem, the
exhibition probably won’t work for you.
On the other hand (four fingers and a thumb) if you have
heard and read the poem on and off since your childhood then you are up against
a priori concept type of thingy in terms of the imagery related to the poem.
I for instance have an image of Lil imbedded in my mind that
probably predates the time I knew about abortions, and it was probably that part
of the poem that formed some sort of understanding. Whatever it’s a mile from
the series of three pictures where the girl – I suppose it’s the social class and
the age which is hardest to rewrite.
I took a few more pictures in Margate today with my Nikon
P90 which I am getting used to, this is with the camera image size set in 1 mega
pixel which gives an image size of 1280x960 and the quality set on fine which
means the minimum amount of file compression.
What this means is that the file the camera produces is abut
the size of a computer screen and I can publish it straight to the internet
very easily and quickly.
Here is the content of my camera card
and
As you see mostly of the exhibition and the views from or
near Turner Contemporary, as I said a difficult exhibition, demanding and I think
a fairly brave move on the part of the gallery.
My first visit was last Saturday, here is the link to my
blog post about it http://thanetonline.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/journeys-with-waste-land-at-turner.html
I think I am a long way from being able to write a review of
this one, as a bookseller I do appreciate a local art gallery putting on an
exhibition where you really do need to read a poem before you visit the
exhibition.
I would add the caveat that listening to the poem being read
to you, reading the poem using some sort of technology, reading it from a paper
book and reading it from your own book are different experiences. Just having
it on the shelf where you live may mean adventures that you wouldn’t otherwise
have.
I’m afraid my own poetry doesn’t appear to be in order although
hopefully it is in the bookshop http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/poetry/
Here are the books that went out in the bookshop yesterday http://michaelsbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-discworld-in.html
