Comments on: The Tyger by William Blake http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/ The best poetry videos on the web Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Bonta http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-236 Dave Bonta Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:08:21 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-236 Cheers, Michelle. Cheers, Michelle.

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-235 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:40:49 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-235 Oops, of course I'm picturing the people involved in the video poem there, too! :D I think I'd better stop this! :D But this is my only celebration (lack of time!) for the most important day in the year: today! Human Rights Day! A beer in Belgium with you all in the company of Blake and Shakespeare on Human Rights Day! Oops, of course I’m picturing the people involved in the video poem there, too! :D I think I’d better stop this! :D But this is my only celebration (lack of time!) for the most important day in the year: today! Human Rights Day!
A beer in Belgium with you all in the company of Blake and Shakespeare on Human Rights Day!

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-234 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:59 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-234 In Belgium -- for the beer and the chocolate! Hurray for Belgians! Hi, Willies! How d'you like this beer? Let's do something on the Net! Let's bust the world with Art and Freedom! What a spree! In Belgium — for the beer and the chocolate! Hurray for Belgians!
Hi, Willies! How d’you like this beer?
Let’s do something on the Net! Let’s bust the world with Art and Freedom! What a spree!

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-233 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:38 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-233 Yes, me too. I totally agree with all you say. Wouldn't it be something if we could have a drink with them all? hahahah... Yes, me too. I totally agree with all you say.
Wouldn’t it be something if we could have a drink with them all? hahahah…

]]> By: Dave Bonta http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-232 Dave Bonta Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:13:49 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-232 Yeah, it might not've been my choice of music either -- I would've preferred something bleaker and more minimalist -- but i don't think it's too distracting, either. Believe me, I've run across plenty of otherwise decent poetry videos which I haven't posted here simply because they used some annoyingly cliched piece of classical music as a soundtrack. Yeah, it might not’ve been my choice of music either — I would’ve preferred something bleaker and more minimalist — but i don’t think it’s too distracting, either. Believe me, I’ve run across plenty of otherwise decent poetry videos which I haven’t posted here simply because they used some annoyingly cliched piece of classical music as a soundtrack.

]]> By: Dave Bonta http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-231 Dave Bonta Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:09:57 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-231 Yeah, you have to watch this several times to figure it all out (which is great -- people will have the poem half memorized by then). This reminds me of some of the more elaborate music videos that the American cable channel MTV used to play back in the 80s: little films with stories quite different from, yet somehow connected to, the poem. It's very touching the way this homeless alcoholic spends all his spare money on a gift for the one person who is friendly to him. Made me cry. I think Blake would've loved it. Yeah, you have to watch this several times to figure it all out (which is great — people will have the poem half memorized by then). This reminds me of some of the more elaborate music videos that the American cable channel MTV used to play back in the 80s: little films with stories quite different from, yet somehow connected to, the poem.

It’s very touching the way this homeless alcoholic spends all his spare money on a gift for the one person who is friendly to him. Made me cry. I think Blake would’ve loved it.

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-230 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:45:33 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-230 Just realized!!! It's not a teddy, of course! How could I have missed it!!! It's a lamb!!!! OHMY! hahahah... So the minisaga would need to be changed to... Tyger, tyger (burning bright in the forests of the night) The night is of a velvety dark blue because it has been raining. There is a black man, a sad orange tiger, begging on the sad cold pavement. With the coins, he buys a cuddly lamb for a girl passing by, craving for sweet caress. I feel lonely and connected. Just realized!!!

It’s not a teddy, of course! How could I have missed it!!! It’s a lamb!!!! OHMY! hahahah…

So the minisaga would need to be changed to…

Tyger, tyger (burning bright in the forests of the night)

The night is of a velvety dark blue because it has been raining. There is a black man, a sad orange tiger, begging on the sad cold pavement. With the coins, he buys a cuddly lamb for a girl passing by, craving for sweet caress. I feel lonely and connected.

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-229 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:37:14 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-229 We've posted the video on a little blog we have at the state-run language school where I work. And well, I might continue posting there better! Thanks to all! :) http://eoigetafebooksnfilms.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/a-video-poem-including-blakes-tyger-tyger/ We’ve posted the video on a little blog we have at the state-run language school where I work. And well, I might continue posting there better! Thanks to all! :)
http://eoigetafebooksnfilms.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/a-video-poem-including-blakes-tyger-tyger/

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-228 michelle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:10:02 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-228 About the music The music is beautiful, and it does contribute to the create moments of intensity, in coordination with other elements. What I'm not sure about is that it is -- how can I explain it -- very movie-like, very BIG, just in certain moments, because in others it's like in silent movies. When it's BIG it feels more like big movies, and in a sense I feel I wouldn't mind it being "more primitive"? I like the fact that at times it sounds like in silent movies, and that the image is in color. It wouldn't have been a good idea to have it in black and white, I think, because the color, with that silent-movie kind of music, creates, I feel, a powerful effect -- it's distant but it's totally actual (familiar). About the music
The music is beautiful, and it does contribute to the create moments of intensity, in coordination with other elements. What I’m not sure about is that it is — how can I explain it — very movie-like, very BIG, just in certain moments, because in others it’s like in silent movies. When it’s BIG it feels more like big movies, and in a sense I feel I wouldn’t mind it being “more primitive”?
I like the fact that at times it sounds like in silent movies, and that the image is in color. It wouldn’t have been a good idea to have it in black and white, I think, because the color, with that silent-movie kind of music, creates, I feel, a powerful effect — it’s distant but it’s totally actual (familiar).

]]> By: michelle http://movingpoems.com/2009/12/the-tyger-by-william-blake/#comment-227 michelle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:06:59 +0000 http://movingpoems.com/?p=1382#comment-227 Oops, instead of "cries" perhaps I should say "craves"... Oops, instead of “cries” perhaps I should say “craves”…

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