Experimental Writing: Unlock Your Creativity
Influences
A course by Mara Pastor , Writer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“How did visual possession influence me? To answer this question, I want to introduce you to some of my influences on visual poetry and the technique of poetic erasure. ”
In this video lesson Mara Pastor addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Writing: Unlock Your Creativity. Learn to write unique texts and poems by playing with word associations, original ideas, and the strikeout technique .
Partial transcription of the video
“influences In this lesson I will tell you about my influences in the technique of crossed out poetry. I am convinced that to be a poet you have to read everything. But I'm going to talk to you about a type of poetry that influenced me a lot when deciding to write crossed out poetry, and this is visual poetry. This type of poetry has a long tradition along the history. But I am going to talk to you about some authors and authors that have marked my work. First of all, I am going to talk to you from one of the biggest influences on my work, who is the 17th century poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cr...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Writing: Unlock Your Creativity
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Creative Writing, Creativity, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling
Mara Pastor
A course by Mara Pastor
Mara Pastor is a Puerto Rican poet, editor, and literature professor with a passion for words, as well as visual arts and collage. For her, poetry is like a linguistic playground, an open space to let her imagination run free and embrace the unexpected results.
She has published poetry books around the world with publishing houses like Punto de Partida, Cardboard House Press, and University of Arizona Press, and her poems have been featured in magazines such as World Literature Today. Her work has also earned her an Ambroggio Prize from the Academy of American Poets.
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