A poem by Austin, Texas-based writer Brittani Sonnenberg adapted for the Visible Poetry Project by UK artist Jane Glennie. "A key technique in her films is to take hundreds of photographs, which are edited and sequenced into rapid 'flicker films' and combine them with composite soundtracks," as Gklennie's bio on the VPP website puts it.
How to be a mother … who is this being that I am? Wanting to be half-full with the joy of play, a job well done, and the softness of a bed to sink into at the end. Feeling half-empty with a busy brain that won't shut down and twitches into awakening too early. Feeling overwhelmed by the chores and feeling rubbish as a result because surely that's really not important. Tossing and turning and struggling to make a zingy start to each new day.
It's amazing how hard a skilled poetry filmmaker like Glennie can make 37 seconds work. The effect of an enervated, over-active brain is not merely communicated but, one feels, directly represented. Brava!
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