a new poem:
the text:
i have lived this life licking
the caps of knuckles, watching
from corners perched,
ready to swoop into hiding
i have lived this life begging myself to
become less a monster, less a creature to cry for.
when i did not change, when nothing about me
grew more agreeable,
i cried for myself – sulking.
mourning this body,
this life.
but here i am
listening to you talk of
crushes and dreams,
classes and parents, and
i am wondering how i could witness
this goodness, and
call us beast;
how i could know you and
know me, and
still subscribe to this doctrine of
our monstrosity.
link to video: http://vimeo.com/33386031
cripchick
December 9, 2011 at 2:14pmmedia skillshare:
i made this with my iphone and mac’s imovie.
my PA stood above me and recorded me with the video camera on my iphone. all the moving lighting is natural – there were moving flags above my head casting shadows on my body. i then put the video footage on my computer. i liked the sound of the bells and wind so i increased the volume. i found the footage i wanted to use and cut the rest.
i then went back to my iphone. i sat in front of my computer playing the video, and read the poem to match the footage. i used the voicememo feature on my iphone. i then uploaded this audio clip to imovie and added it to the timeline with the video footage of me. recording the audio was what took the longest.
i then added the captions and published it.
a'ishah
December 10, 2011 at 5:29amblown away. (i accidentally typed ‘blown awake’ at first and i think that bears saying too.) thank you for sharing this and thank you for the skillshare <3 love.
cripchick
December 14, 2011 at 7:35pmthank you, love!
Marin
December 15, 2011 at 9:11pmThis is beautiful. If you happen to find you have some time, I’m interested in sharing some ideas about disability. I’m a psychologist, I treat primarily people with physical disabilites and I have a spinal disorder. marinrgodsoe at gmail.dot com
Sheila
February 25, 2012 at 6:34pmGreat post. Thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new posts. Wanna see how freakin’ huge, solid, thick and tight your posts can get. Thanks for the motivation.
Nick
August 13, 2012 at 7:25amHi (:
thanks- I enjoyed your poem very much. and just in response to your earlier post about your sadness,it resonated with my own recent experiences, and I hope your broken heart is mending.
regards Nick
电视棒软件
May 3, 2013 at 4:06am分析的很透彻，很欣赏你的看法，学习了。