Jackson Denahy
The purpose of my concentration was to interpret famed poet, Allen Ginsberg’s, “Cosmopolitan Greetings” through the use of visuals.
Ginsberg's poem reads similar to a stream of consciousness; stating philosophical thoughts in each line with little consistency in his choice of topic. Several of these lines stuck out to me as they triggered numerous thoughts of my own. The images I created with Sharpie are projections of the ideas they provoked whether they were entirely the product of the statement or a combination of it and my current situation in life. The acrylic behind the sharpie is a loose interpretation of the mood it provoked within me through a combination of color and stroke. Combined the two mediums create an image of my mental state following reading the line. Whether the two follow each other's boundaries and lines is fairly random.