The "Song of 81 Poems" is a work in progress, an experiment in weaving poetry.
The works may be viewed on my blog, "Ravenofferings". You may access any of the in-progress poems from the grid of links below.
When finished, it will consist of 81 poems, existing as structured echoes woven multidimensionally from "Muse Poems I", and "Muse Poems II"which were composed between 2005 and 2009 as part of a tantric art work which I've called "The Tracing Project".
The works may be viewed on my blog, "Ravenofferings". You may access any of the in-progress poems from the grid of links below.
When finished, it will consist of 81 poems, existing as structured echoes woven multidimensionally from "Muse Poems I", and "Muse Poems II"which were composed between 2005 and 2009 as part of a tantric art work which I've called "The Tracing Project".
Each of those 81 poems resulted from a collaborative painting with a model, who served as a companion in a ritual of painting and poetic 'listening'.
As with all ritual, the editing of these works is highly structured, and ritualized. Changes occur via a set of rules, that allow for change.
As with all ritual, the editing of these works is highly structured, and ritualized. Changes occur via a set of rules, that allow for change.
The initial ritual was directed at eliciting a mythos that I theorized exists uniquely in every human being, and so could be contacted, and given reign to 'compose' subconscious content. These experiences have been hugely powerful, "Song of 81 Poems" is an attempt to refine and purify the language resulting from rules of ritual. Though the methods are different, the results I believe are similar to the services provided by ancient oracles of antiquity.
The work is described more completely here. The 'Tracing Project" paintings may also be viewed as a slideshow.
