Experimental Writing: Unlock Your Creativity
The Poetic as a Process
A course by Mara Pastor , Writer
About the video: The Poetic as a Process
Overview
“I will talk about the importance of the process when making crossed out poetry. Many times, when we think of poems, the product comes to mind, that is, the poem, and not necessarily the process or poetics behind it.”
In this video lesson Mara Pastor addresses the topic: The Poetic as a Process, 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
“The poetic as a process In this lesson we will talk about the importance of the process when making crossed out poetry. Many times when you think of poetry, you think about the product, that is, about the poem and not necessarily in process or poetics. In these last years, since I moved to rural southern Puerto Rico, I have begun to be interested in what is known as ethnobotany. Ethnobotany studies the relationship between people and their plant environment, that is, in the exploitation and use of plants, in cultural spaces and in time. Precisely the book I chose was written by the author c...”
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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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