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Scalar Class Project: LossMain MenuCollective IntroductionAbout the WorksAbout the AuthorsWho We AreWorks CitedMadeline Tobias7378da82b909bca8a5df63148b1d90cff58f214bJerry Chenaec50bbe8bd353223081e5dc517b93c06deb424cKyle Yuanbc84047bc24f942789df70757fc91e851f7323f2William Siegefa3be04f6f0fd0a07d8b890b0fc5b40fb9290cb9
Dawn
12019-11-18T18:11:33-08:00William Siegefa3be04f6f0fd0a07d8b890b0fc5b40fb9290cb9354946Screenshot from Dawn, taken by William Siegeplain2019-11-18T18:14:53-08:00William Siegefa3be04f6f0fd0a07d8b890b0fc5b40fb9290cb9Dawn, by Alan Sondheim, is a poem about a person coping with the inevitable loss of their Father. The piece makes use of changing images with a constant background noise to show the flow of time. The images in the background range from calm pictures of bright green plants with light mist, to a dark swamps with impenetrable and foreboding fog in the distance. THe change in tone created by the background does not mirror the flow of the tone created by the words, because nature is not connected to humans. strife. It is independent and does not pause for an individual's grief. The end of the world in one perspective doesn’t even register from the perspective of a forest. The sound also remains constant and provides a sense of stability throughout the piece. The simple crackling with vague sounds of rustling branches and natural sounds further isolates the words from the feeling of the poetry. The piece shows the difficulty of moving on and the dichotomy of both beauty and cruelty in nature. The caption of this image summarizes the feelings of the speaker, with their frustration of both the wonders of life and how temporary it is, and how impossible it is to halt the flow of time.
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1media/THe good dawn_thumb.png2019-11-17T13:11:53-08:00Dawn2Screenshot from Dawn, taken by William Siegemedia/THe good dawn.pngplain2019-11-19T10:42:13-08:00