Surrealism
The surrealism movement was an avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. They believed the rational mind repressed the power of imagination.
Dada Poetry
The Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. The aim of Dada art and activities was both to help to stop WW1 and to vent frustration with nationalist and bourgeois conventions that had let to it. They believed that art was not meant to be beautiful but was meant to raise questions about subconscious and reality.
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To replicate their ideas about the subconscious we did an activity of cutting words or phrases from magazines, then randomly chose the clippings out of a bag. The poem that was created from the clippings was suppose to represent us. I first pasted my poem in my journal (above) and then made a beautiful collage with them (below).
Surrealist Book
The intentions of these books were to create our own surrealism art. The cover of my book is a collage of societies expectations on women and the title is "Truths Amid Ugly Realities." I tried to represent the surrealist art style by clipping pictures that don't always make sense with each other. Inside my book I have many fun surrealist portrayals including a page dedicated to surrealist quotes from Salvador Dali, who is my favorite surrealist artist. He is my favorite because his paintings really make you think.
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"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."
"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
-Salvador Dali
"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
-Salvador Dali
Ode to Poem
In the ode to poem we had to take a common loved object and write and ode to it. I wrote mine to a frame that holds a picture of my grandpa and I.
Frames are lovely
Lovely like whimsical flower crowns on witches Or polite daisies amongst poison oak Or warm butterflies of anxiety They trap memories Of happy moments That bring up Melancholy feelings of loss With a wide grin A couple of dimples Heart with a buzz Falling in love Love Love Love All Over Again |
They have character
Lots and lots of beautiful character Bubble gum blowing Sand in toes Grizzly bear hugs Character Soft cream swirled Ice cream Embellished with little droplets of jewels Gum drops With a big bow on top Ya know the kind that wraps your birthday present |
A present
To make the pearls beam It was a child's gift But it’s not a child's frame A new relationship Too delicate but still adored The child loved it Now the faces stare My grandpa is gone He lives in the frame So I now thank the frame The beautiful frame For letting my grandpa live On And on And on |
Awakening Poem Analysis
The speaker in Robert Desnos’ poem “Awakenings” is reluctant to face the self he is when he is good or evil. The speaker personifies the ideas and thoughts he has while sleeping by referring to them a single being, a “nocturnal visitor” and “seeks” something mysterious. He wonders about the nature of this visitor, noting his uncertainty with repeated questions about whether he is a weaker figure “in need of shelter” or something more sinister, like a “thief.” Desnos denotes that the speaker had previously encountered the visitor by saying the “the key no long turns in the lock.” This means that the speaker use to be ok with the visitor coming around. In other lines in the poem, specifically the third stanza, the speaker refers to “it” or the “visitor” personally by saying “we’ve changed.” This means that visitor and speaker are connected and that they’ve changed. At the end of the poem the speaker doesn’t want the visitor to come again, as indicated by the line “no longer knock at my door visitor.” Showing that a part of the speaker is bad and that is surfacing in these dreams which the speaker is scared of. In cartoons this good or bad self is portrayed as an angel and demon sitting on the subject's shoulders, but in “Awakenings” this contradicting selves our a speaker, good, and visitor, bad. Everyone can relate to the dichotomous good and bad within their subconscious.
Surrealism in the Round
Another embodiment of Surrealism is our mural that all the students in the team are participating in by paint at least one grey scale image. The idea behind this project is surrealist artist would often take random objects and put them together to make an art piece that would make you think. We are replicating this idea by taking the paintings that all the students created and placing them together. To the right and left are the butterfly, alarm clock, and Albert Einstein that I painted.
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