AADS/ENGL 3328.01
I found this piece in McMullen. It is titled: Untitled by Omar El-Nagdi. The piece (with its natural colors and perfectly imperfect poignant shapes) is welcoming, safe, comforting, hopeful, realistic, natural, and simple while being incredibly powerful and meaningful. The piece flows and moves as I have said but to add onto this the piece…
“‘I am sassafrass/my fingers behold you I call upon you with my song you teach Me in my sleep/i am not a besieger of yr fortress/i am a crusader/for you are All my past/i offer you my body to Make manifest yr will in this dungeon Of machines & carolina blues/i wanna Sing yr joy/&make…
The visual text… or moreover what I like to call “the imaginary” offers a contrasting take on reality when compared to the “real”. They complement one another and play off each other to develop meaning and a picture of reality. They are both a reality in one way or another… As they are the experiences…