tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post7444726124272717926..comments2024-02-28T10:21:21.000+00:00Comments on visual-poetics: Some more waffly thoughts on subject matter in poemsJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post-90461642797976670562016-09-06T20:50:27.385+01:002016-09-06T20:50:27.385+01:00Thanks for that link Tim - a pretty good discussio...Thanks for that link Tim - a pretty good discussion of the subject! <br /><br />My son has similar approach to Pollock with his art - he thinks that giving his paintings titles doesn't allow people to view them objectively - titles influence how a viewer experiences the art.<br /><br />I get annoyed when people use gimmicky titles for poem - or use the best line as a title - it's a little like those trailers for films that show you all the best bits.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post-78897695345695787312016-09-06T11:11:46.529+01:002016-09-06T11:11:46.529+01:00It seems a popular issue to worry about at the mom...It seems a popular issue to worry about at the moment. There's also http://artoffiction.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/what-are-your-poems-about.html<br /><br />I think my stuff is less and less about "something", though there are more identifiable things in them nowadays. As an analogy - Magritte's painting of a train clearly coming out of a fireplace isn't about trains. Much.<br /><br />And I'm more careful about titles nowadays, in case readers think that they provide the key to the subject matter. Here's another quote - in 1948 Pollock stopped giving his paintings titles, saying that "it would only confuse things"Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com