TY - ART
TI - Meditation on a Bar Stool
AU - Natalie Zeriff
AB - <p>"<em>Meditation on a Bar Stoo</em>l is a video poem [and] a meditation on breath, life, and death inspired by Buddha's teachings, which may or may not have expired. The poem uses simple animations suggestive of the swelling of a chest as one draws breath, the thinness that comes from letting it out, and the burning of a cigarette. Aptly paced for the meditative contemplation of words, and lines, the poem begins with a quote from Buddha, emphasizing some of its language through animation and scheduling, and then presenting a response from the speaker, who sits at a bar stool, savoring some of the guilty pleasures life has to offer. As you read (and reread) this concise lyric poem, think of what it's doing with certain binary opposites: exhale/inhale, life/death, outside/inside, and via negativa / via positiva." -- from <em>I Love E-Poetry</em></p>
C3 - Web
PY - 2000
LA - English
M3 - Audiovisual, Music, Poetry
UR - https://the-next.eliterature.org/works/404/0/0/
DB - The NEXT
Y2 - 2025-04-01
ER -