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Video: Walt Whitman — “Song of Myself”

Produced by Harvard University, this series of animations looks to poetry to explain what science renders dry and academic.

November 11, 2023 · 1 Comment

Jorge Guillén: Death in the Distance

What’s urgent is the ripe
Fruit. The hand already peels it.

January 29, 2021 · 1 Comment

Sandra McPherson: Landscape Painter, Salmon Creek, July 1991

Doesn’t everyone
covet an easel? — its smart little body
named after onagers and donkeys, ancestor
of art kept trim.

June 10, 2020 · Leave a comment

Video: Soleá — The Flamenco of Seville

Soleá — The Flamenco of Seville explores the living present of the folk tradition in its most iconic city, showing how a vibrant history resonates through quotidian challenges, inspiring devotees and neophytes alike.

March 29, 2020 · Leave a comment

Video: Soulmates

This video by Farid Ghanbari is a compilation of surrealistic clips from his previous films. The images have been juxtaposed in provocative ways to create a weird visual poetry.

December 8, 2019 · Leave a comment

Federico García Lorca: Simple song of the first desire

In the green morning,
I wanted to be heart.
Heart.

March 29, 2019 · Leave a comment

Video: A Joan Miró-inspired Animation of Federico García-Lorca’s “Romance Sonámbulo”

. Winner of a dozen international awards in 2016, “Sonámbulo/ The Sleepwalker” is a fantastic dream journey through colors and shapes inspired by the poem Romance Sonámbulo by Federico García-Lorca. The … Continue reading

February 19, 2017 · 1 Comment

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