I love the poem. And I believe trees are like humans. They send life energy to us just like humans can. When I hug a large tree and close my eyes, it makes me feel as though I'm in mother's womb before I was born.
I also thought the POV was interesting. It was a bit removed and cool headed, yet it has love and warmth to it. I agree with Rebb about the ending.
I'm sorry for delayed response. I should have mentioned before, but I have a bit of difficulty reading your poems because they are in small letters. And this time, I couldn't read it at all from my cell phone. I finally got access in normal way today. By the way, I love the pictures. They are perfect with your words. They are so together like great friends.
Thanks Keiko! You mean the poems at Wooden Box? I´ll increase the font size. Thanks for letting me know! Well, I know how trees are important to you, I´ve been reading your blog.;-) You know,symbolically/psychoanalytically speaking, as with everything, some trees have to be cut so that we can move on. When their branches and roots are suffocating us or bringing us down to the ground when we want to fly, we have to let them go. I think you did the right thing, if you allow me to say. :-)
Woodenbox has very tiny letters, but Storybirds is worse. It shows only dots when I try to access from my cell phone. But I'll get to it eventually when I open my notebook.
I was moved by this storybook. It contains a truth in a form which can be intuitively appreciated by children and adults alike. I don't know what the truth is, but certainly there is the possibility of a close relationship between human and tree or shrub. I've felt it strongly at certain times.
I'm also fascinated by the technical side of Storybird. Is it that you assemble a set of pre-painted pictures and write a story to them?
The other day I head of the death of Eric Thompson, who wrote and narrated The Magic Roundabout, a series for children which appeared daily on BBC TV. You can read about it here. What I never realized till the other day was that it was created in France, where the characters had different names. It was animated to correspond to a script but Eric Thompson knew no French and made up his own stories based on the visuals alone, creating a semi- surreal soap opera based upon idiosyncratic characters of his own invention, which of course fitted the visuals and continued from episode to episode.
Keiko, If you´re using a cell phone it´s going to be small, anyway. If it´s an iPhone, you can increase screen size. I´ll increase the font size at Wooden Box, but there´s nothing I can do about Storybird. There´s no font size option there, but thank you for letting me know, anyway :-)
Vincent, I´ve just watched 2 episodes of the Magic Roundabout on You Tube. They reminded me of some of the animations in my childhood. I believe that either in a book or in a cartoon/animated movie, the visual part can have a life of its own, and it can also fit many verbal texts. What happens at Storybird is that artists submit their work and writers are free to use it in their books.The artist´s name is always credited, as you probably have noticed. Recently they opened for publication, that is, you can print your book with them. Probably part of the money you pay for publishing will go for the artists´work, which is fair, in my opinion. It´s been a very good experience for me, but I plan to expand it and illustrate my own stories. It´ll take a while until I´m satisfied with my own drawings, but that´s my plan. :-)
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Wonderful, Lu!
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Thanks, Rebb :-) Thanks for reading it!
Lu,
I love the poem. And I believe trees are like humans. They send life energy to us just like humans can. When I hug a large tree and close my eyes, it makes me feel as though I'm in mother's womb before I was born.
I also thought the POV was interesting. It was a bit removed and cool headed, yet it has love and warmth to it. I agree with Rebb about the ending.
I'm sorry for delayed response. I should have mentioned before, but I have a bit of difficulty reading your poems because they are in small letters. And this time, I couldn't read it at all from my cell phone. I finally got access in normal way today. By the way, I love the pictures. They are perfect with your words. They are so together like great friends.
Thanks Keiko!
You mean the poems at Wooden Box? I´ll increase the font size. Thanks for letting me know!
Well, I know how trees are important to you, I´ve been reading your blog.;-) You know,symbolically/psychoanalytically speaking, as with everything, some trees have to be cut so that we can move on. When their branches and roots are suffocating us or bringing us down to the ground when we want to fly, we have to let them go. I think you did the right thing, if you allow me to say. :-)
Lu,
Woodenbox has very tiny letters, but Storybirds is worse. It shows only dots when I try to access from my cell phone. But I'll get to it eventually when I open my notebook.
I was moved by this storybook. It contains a truth in a form which can be intuitively appreciated by children and adults alike. I don't know what the truth is, but certainly there is the possibility of a close relationship between human and tree or shrub. I've felt it strongly at certain times.
I'm also fascinated by the technical side of Storybird. Is it that you assemble a set of pre-painted pictures and write a story to them?
The other day I head of the death of Eric Thompson, who wrote and narrated The Magic Roundabout, a series for children which appeared daily on BBC TV. You can read about it here. What I never realized till the other day was that it was created in France, where the characters had different names. It was animated to correspond to a script but Eric Thompson knew no French and made up his own stories based on the visuals alone, creating a semi- surreal soap opera based upon idiosyncratic characters of his own invention, which of course fitted the visuals and continued from episode to episode.
Keiko, If you´re using a cell phone it´s going to be small, anyway. If it´s an iPhone, you can increase screen size. I´ll increase the font size at Wooden Box, but there´s nothing I can do about Storybird. There´s no font size option there, but thank you for letting me know, anyway :-)
Vincent, I´ve just watched 2 episodes of the Magic Roundabout on You Tube. They reminded me of some of the animations in my childhood. I believe that either in a book or in a cartoon/animated movie, the visual part can have a life of its own, and it can also fit many verbal texts.
What happens at Storybird is that artists submit their work and writers are free to use it in their books.The artist´s name is always credited, as you probably have noticed.
Recently they opened for publication, that is, you can print your book with them. Probably part of the money you pay for publishing will go for the artists´work, which is fair, in my opinion.
It´s been a very good experience for me, but I plan to expand it and illustrate my own stories. It´ll take a while until I´m satisfied with my own drawings, but that´s my plan. :-)
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