I was shocked the first, second and third time I listened to this speech/rap/song. Although I could barely keep up with Williams' words, the way in which he speaks lifts and pushes me through this linear distance of images. Beginning with what I though was something along the lines of a Declaration of Independence I went to picturing a mother and child then to the Universe. Then he speaks faster and images zoom by...
While I feel an essay thesis could be written on every sentence he spoke, what do you guys think?
The imagery of the universe is definitely a key to my vision of his words. Then abruptly I got the image of a young African American boy, in which he was very angry. It was like he was fighting for freedom beneath himself. Then towards the end of the poem I got the image of the same small boy smiling traveling through the universe. I’m not sure what all of it means, but that’s the image I get from listening to this.
ReplyDeleteI went onto the link and this was pretty good, he had a lot of strong opinions and definitely had them voiced. If in a odd manner, the long sheet with his poem on it made a strong impact. I have to say I agree with what he was conveying, if at certain points I will be honest I got a little confused.
ReplyDeleteI have only begun to listen to spoken poetry and the one that I like the most right now is Oveous Maximus. He came to Oswego last semester and I thought what he said was all the way cool and showed true respect to females all over. If you like spoken word the try this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkoVhHT1Kaw
I watched the video and although the guy was presenting his work so fast, I really did like it. Senior year of high school we watched a lot of Def Poetry and I think it't way more interesting and especially more entertaining as opposed to just reading it. I kept thinking about change as he presented his poem and I dont know if it was the way he spoke or the poem itself, but you could tell that he was so interested and really cared for what he addressed in the poem. The topics in the poem were very easy to admire and I certainly agree with a lot of what he was saying.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of this sort of thing, but this was definitely one of the better spoken word performances that I've seen. I can't help but imagine someone doing this with a long roll of toilet paper though... or some other cartoonish object.
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