I was originally planning on writing and creating my digital essay about Baraka’s “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” but after procrastinating writing this post all day by watching Eileen Myles videos, I’m jumping ship. Watching her speak and read her pieces was awesome. She seems like an awesome person honestly and is super interesting! All of her pieces are very honest and blunt, I love it. No lie, I just downloaded her book Inferno for my trip this weekend.
Anyways, I think I’m going to use her poem “The Honey Bear.” I have read it and re-read and I am still not sure that I understand the true meaning of it. I think I might be cheating by still not having a thesis statement, but I know that I will understand the poem soon.
So far. what I take from this is how Eileen points out so many small details in an everyday occurrences. From the song on the radio, to specificity of her tea, to the “noodle” of dripping honey that dripped down the bear’s face. I just find Myles’ writing style and the way that she breaks up her lines and the organization in general very interesting. With that being said, I am also wondering if there is any organization. Her poems often seem to jump to new, random topics every few lines. I also find, however, that she usually comes full-circle and re-introdces a line or two later in the poem.
Although it is cliche, and a lot of people are probably doing this, I am hoping I will be able to find a new and interesting way to do my project. For the digital essay component, I would like to either do a fast-paced slide show (reflecting her quick line breaks) or short video clips of the small details in life that often go unnoticed by the average person. I am hoping that my creativity will help me to find interesting frames with a bit of a new perspective.
PS: If you’re bored and like poetry, or don’t like poetry (cause I’m not the biggest fan) read/watch some stuff with Eileen Myles, she is rad.