I wrote the poem titled "Neo-American Quilts",perhaps in 2013 in Austin.My friend ,Althea was (and is) a member of quilt club. She told that quilt was not only her hobby but her joy, her meditation. One day She took me to the guild show of quilt. There were more than 100 beautiful quilts on display. But none of them matched with my previously known concept of quilt.Before the civilization flourished,ancient people used bark of tree and hide of animals as clothes.When those became old and tattered, the ancient natives by cutting the different torn pieces and pasting them like patches to reuse.But those quilts on display were made of fine fabric with sophisticated print. No prints represent any image of ancient art, way of life of ancient people or animal skin in printed version. That impression nudged me to write this poem which i wished to give Althea as token of friendship, after copying it fairly in a clean sheet ,which never happened.
Before last week I noticed Academy of American Poets announced to submit poems for the contest. Deadline:30th September.I found the theme of poem suits well to the present time. So I tried to send it to the "contest" but did not find their E-mail address.
Finally I deposited it in Google blog,my favourite treasury box, to share with other readers.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Sipra;s Diary: Intergenerational theater Program of DOROT
Today the final program with the Summer Teens ended with the drama show. It was really exhilarating!
Different groups took different stories from their chosen genre. In each group there were four to five members, both seniors and young adults. First step was picture study. The wall of the hall was
decorated with multiple pictures. Each of us were asked to write down the essence, theme and emotion of the picture according to our own view. E.G. emotion part, love hate,jealousy, greed,friendship, apartheid, enemity, kindness, cruelty etc,etc.
Next step was -a break; to leave the hall empty for ten to fifteen minutes.
After the break as we entered, we saw on each table there was a card on which just one of the emotions was written: like 'friendhip' or 'jealousy',love; we surveyed all the table and selected one table to sit as per to our choice. Now there were different type of stories-in-picture were displayed on the wall:ghost story, fun story, fable, epic mythological, historical, etc .Then we were told to pick up any one of the story in consistence with the emotional instruction of the card on table.
In the second round the old group broke up and new group was formed according to the choice of story based on theme and genre. It was like a great game of fun to dig out the creativity part of two generations and weave a harmonious story:Like connecting two different wires from two sources and charging battery to lit up light.These summer teens were between grade 9 to grade12.
We got the famous story "Lion King" on the table.We needed to build a seperate story on the basis of "Lion King".We,the combined group with the teens sieved the emotios one by one and jotted down on paper: the emotional elements were 1.Jealousy, 2.greed,3. hatred, 4. rich and poor,5. nature in abundance with floura and fauna and also in scarecity causing famine, 6.leadership7.love and respect which are the foundations of community, 8.finally, conflict between good and evil, war and peace.
Next step was the THEME of the story to be set on the pillars of emotions :love and hate , greed and jealousy etc.
I have kept the script of the drama for future to display taking full time that needed at least 45 minutes and 14/15 characters.There were also some other events in the program and ended with health-hearty refreshments.
Different groups took different stories from their chosen genre. In each group there were four to five members, both seniors and young adults. First step was picture study. The wall of the hall was
decorated with multiple pictures. Each of us were asked to write down the essence, theme and emotion of the picture according to our own view. E.G. emotion part, love hate,jealousy, greed,friendship, apartheid, enemity, kindness, cruelty etc,etc.
Next step was -a break; to leave the hall empty for ten to fifteen minutes.
After the break as we entered, we saw on each table there was a card on which just one of the emotions was written: like 'friendhip' or 'jealousy',love; we surveyed all the table and selected one table to sit as per to our choice. Now there were different type of stories-in-picture were displayed on the wall:ghost story, fun story, fable, epic mythological, historical, etc .Then we were told to pick up any one of the story in consistence with the emotional instruction of the card on table.
In the second round the old group broke up and new group was formed according to the choice of story based on theme and genre. It was like a great game of fun to dig out the creativity part of two generations and weave a harmonious story:Like connecting two different wires from two sources and charging battery to lit up light.These summer teens were between grade 9 to grade12.
We got the famous story "Lion King" on the table.We needed to build a seperate story on the basis of "Lion King".We,the combined group with the teens sieved the emotios one by one and jotted down on paper: the emotional elements were 1.Jealousy, 2.greed,3. hatred, 4. rich and poor,5. nature in abundance with floura and fauna and also in scarecity causing famine, 6.leadership7.love and respect which are the foundations of community, 8.finally, conflict between good and evil, war and peace.
Next step was the THEME of the story to be set on the pillars of emotions :love and hate , greed and jealousy etc.
Each of us began to say, 'well,you start,' 'no,no you'!In my group all were teens except me and another one.
At first we started stories based on conflict between land-lord and tenant; between two cousin brothers; between two school-teams of school; but all the stories faced some blockage in midway without meeting end.
I was requested by teens to select some story from Mahabharata.But genre of Mahabharata is epic, quite different from the genre of our base-story...In the meantime the instructor announced 10 minutes left for each team to submit the stories.
Immediately the plot of a fantastic idea based on similar theme flashed in my mind. In a hurry we sketched the outline of a story imbibed with all those required emotions from the base story.To our surprise,out of chaos a completely new story proped up on the basis of 'Lion King'.
Then two of us were asked to write the script for drama and bring it next day for rehearsal.The script written by me was selected;Time for each drama was limited from 3 to 5 minutes;characters-3/4 to maximum 5/6. All total six dramas of different genre were displayed .Niether the teens nor the seniors were professional. But our joint product was quite enthralling; the audience and we both enjoyed the program.
I have kept the script of the drama for future to display taking full time that needed at least 45 minutes and 14/15 characters.There were also some other events in the program and ended with health-hearty refreshments.
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