Over the weekend I read Gaston Bachelard's thirty nine page introduction to his important book, The Poetics of Space. While I agree with (and use) his idea about poetic images resonanating with the viewer/reader's personal past life, his other idea about the poetic image being something new and arising from pure imagination makes me ponder. I guess I'll have to read on.
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Poetics of Space
Over the weekend I read Gaston Bachelard's thirty nine page introduction to his important book, The Poetics of Space. While I agree with (and use) his idea about poetic images resonanating with the viewer/reader's personal past life, his other idea about the poetic image being something new and arising from pure imagination makes me ponder. I guess I'll have to read on.
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