Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Take that Mr.Prufrock!

This may be my favorite art journal page from this month, and it comes from a very unlikely source. This semester in A.P. English, my daughter Clara studied the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot. I helped her analyze and understand the poem and one line stuck with me, the saddest line in the poem to me - "I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think they will sing to me." 
As this page came together, I thought about the poem and the mermaids. And I changed the journaling to read: "I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. And I know they will sing to you." It is, not surprisingly, a message to my teenage daughter. 
As my month long revisit of art journaling comes to an end, I hope that I continue to hear the mermaids singing to me. And I hope that they sing to you. 
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10 comments:

  1. KarenMarch 31, 2015 at 9:59 AM

    This might be my favorite, too! I just love the way you've created the backgrounds and the beautiful colors. Good change to the poem, as well!

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  2. scrappyjackyMarch 31, 2015 at 10:31 AM

    What a lovely page...and change to the poem.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 31, 2015 at 2:06 PM

    I always love your art and this one certainly doesn't disappoint. Such beautiful colours.

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  4. SianApril 1, 2015 at 6:18 AM

    It's a beautiful page.

    That's an interesting poem for the class to be studying

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  5. Jennifer GraceApril 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM

    What a lovely page, I like the warm glow behind the mermaid. And I like how you changed the poem! x

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  6. GalleryJuanaApril 3, 2015 at 10:19 AM

    It's been a long time since I read this amazing poem. And now I am eager to revisit the poem after seeing your journal page. Beautiful journal page and I like how you changed the mermaid quote. That's what I love about journal pages: they get right down to the heart of the matter.

    Thanks for letting me know one of my cards arrived. I am glad to have discovered your blog!

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  7. BeckyApril 3, 2015 at 11:19 PM

    Beautiful page. Penny did this poem as part of her degree and wrote a fantastic short story based on its. Your page would make a good illustration!

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  8. alexaApril 4, 2015 at 3:17 AM

    What a wonderful layered background you have created here - so full of warmth and promise. Isn't that such a mournful line of TS Eliot's ... glad to read a more optimistic one!

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  9. AlisonApril 4, 2015 at 12:45 PM

    I much prefer your version of that line xx

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  10. AnonymousApril 18, 2015 at 7:22 AM

    A lovely page and like Alison I much prefer you version.

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