299. Song / Poem "Am I Here? Yet I'm Not" Fantasy of Rhizocephalan Barnacles

Am I here Yet I'm Not. Version 1.

Am I here Yet I'm Not. Version 2.
Am I here Yet I'm Not. Version 3.
Am I here Yet I'm Not. Version 4.
Original poem. PDF can be found here: http://stokastika2.googlepages.com/amireallyhereyetimnot.pdf.
Original Photograph. I saturated it a little bit. Taken in Winter of 2003 with Dr. Armand Kuris' Parasitology course. The lighting and camera (Olympus camedia) were crxp, but photoshop can make a really crxppy picture abstractly beautiful. I have had a fixation on rhizocephalan barnacles since then. I fixated so much, I even wrote a poem about them. Sheesh!

I have been writing the speed of light to keep up with my thoughts, and during my journal writing, my brain came across the poem "Am I here, yet I'm not." I think about the poem frequently and dream about escaping my brain for a little while. So, the poem is of great comfort to me. I had a final version sitting in the computer for quite a while, but now it's revealed to all of your eyes, who ever "you" are!

239. "First" Photopoetry Piece: "Jackaranda Bloom" Poem

Final Piece.
Original photograph used. Pretty boring on its own. Photoshop can do amazing things!
Original poem.

http://stokastika2.googlepages.com/jackarandabloom.pdf
Pdf file of original poem.

Wow. Photopoetry has SO many layers to it. Bajeezus. First you have to be inspired. Then you have to formulate inspiration words and spacetime into a poem. Then you have to take a picture. Or you are simultaneously taking a picture and crafting a poem. Some things can go out of order. Then in your frantic efforts of data management, you have to match your finalized poem with a finalized photoshopped picture. You merge and integrate the layers. Then you have a final piece. It's as if I am composing a piece of music.

I had three old photopoems I created through powerpoint. But let's just say those were simple test runs and the origins of getting into good habits. They don't necessarily need to see the light of Internet's day. He he.

I suppose this is a form of storyboarding. In future elaboration of photopoetry, my intention is to handwrite the poems, scan them, and then overlay them on my cartoons and or photographs. It makes the whole photoshop experience a lot more personalized/homemade.

Enjoy!

Self-Environment Dialogue Photo Essay for "Running With Mirrors" Basis for Future MocHollywood Zed Card, Photopoetry, Photo Portfolio, and Music Video

Above is just a sample of my images.

The remainer of the Self-Environment Photoessay can be seen in the YouTube Video "Running with Mirrors," in addition to Photobucket. See below!

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa109/stokastika/SelfEnvironmentPhotoessay/?start=all

I have so many ideas related to this collection. Photo Portfolios. Photopoetry. MockHollywood Zed Card. A Music Video. Sheesh! Self-Environment interactions! Creativity is limitless!