THE SEASONS | SHIRIN NESHAT

Summer

Before My Eyes

watch the visual poetry

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/19/opinion/20110619_Seasons_Neshat.html




As spring ends, we grieve what has been lost and cherish what has been gained. We measure the rise and fall of our hopes in the Middle East and remember the catastrophic earthquake in Japan — a natural disaster erupting into a human one. As we enter a new, uncertain season, our destination is unknown, yet we travel against the flames of fear toward the promise of a better future ahead.

Shirin Neshat, an artist, is the director of the film “Women Without Men.”


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Silent, thank you. It's interesting how adding an artificial time dimension to the visual images does make it seem like poetry in a way. Makes me see this aspect of poetry in a way I haven't before. Tom