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Thursday, January 31, 2013

What's Neat on the Net: Visual Edition

Combinations of poetry and the visual have been showing up on my screen all week. Here are a few of them:

1. The first is the release of this year's National Poetry Month poster. See below. Check out past year's posters here.

2013 Poster, designed by Jessica Helfand

2. The second is a series of guest blog posts about mathematical poetry in Scientific American online. They are all written by mathematical poet Bob Grumman, and feature his work as well as that of many others. Pieces tend to include some kind(s) of mathematical element, as well as words and visual imagery. Here's an example below (and if Mr. Grumman or Scientific American is unhappy about my reproducing this here, please let me know and I'll take it down):
Long Division of Poetry, Frame 7
Grumman's own "Long Division of Poetry, Frame 7"


Here are the articles in the series, displaying a wide array of styles while still using the elements mentioned above:

M@h*(pOet)?ica (link to this misbehaves; go to last blog post on list, scroll down and link from there)
M@h*(pOet)ica: Summerthings
M@h*(pOet)ica: Louis Zukofsky's Interval
M@h*(pOet)ica: Scott Helmes (link to this misbehaves; go to last blog post on list, scroll down and link from there)
M@h*(pOet)ica--of Pi and the Circle, Part I
M@h*(pOet)ica - Happy Holidays! (Check out Gary Barwin's "Circle of Ifs") (link to this misbehaves; go to last blog post on list, scroll down and link from there)
M@h*(pOet)ica - Circles, Part 3 (This is the last post. You can link to all posts from this one. Scroll to end.)

3. Lastly, at Maria Popova's Explore blog, a video explanation of why yellow in the room without you isn't yellow on your computer screen.


2 comments:

gary barwin said...

Hi Jessica,

I tried to leave a comment before, but something in blogworld went awry.

Thanks to the wonders of Google-vanity search (ah poor, little ego, needing constantly to be feed like a frail yet ravenous hatchling) I came across your blog via the listing of my vispo and text in Scientific America.

Your blog: I've looked through and really enjoyed it. Thanks. Being a writer is like being a tree or an electric plug: you're rhizomically connected to other plugs and trees without knowing it.

Best,

Gary

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http://serifofnottingham.tumblr.com

Jessica Goodfellow said...

Thanks for checking in, Gary. I'll have a look at your blog and hope others will too.

Jessica