Yesterday’s email included a poem in a zine — a booklet created on one piece of paper:
My friend Wendy [@wentale] drew and wrote the poem as a zine— a lovely poem called “ECHO.” In return, I remixed her poem as a “lifted line” poem, using her poem to create a new one, an echo of her words.
An Echo
Echo of a Dusty Leaf
Dusty leaf
floating,
wishes–
well–
shout nothing:
lifted whisper
that wish
calm with grace.
After coloring her zine, I filmed myself turning her pages while reading my lifted lines, as a thank you to my friend.
Wendy and I are part of a collaborative group called CLmooc, and one of our favorite activities is sending occasional postcards.
Imagine my surprise and joy at receiving such an awesome gift — a drawing and poem by a friend. Thanks so much Wendy!
Now, give it a try yourself?
Prompt:
Go ahead — create your own zine — here’s how– just save the image [larger version on Flickr here] and follow the directions.
Your zine can be a comic, a story, a poem, a series of drawings, a list of questions you want answered. The ideas are endless.