Tangled Garden, a videopoem

*Tangled Garden* (a long, slow art film, like meditating, a meditation) is a triptych of earth poems:

-A Floral Opera (2011)
-In the Hands of the Garden Gods (1979)
-Slipstream, the Tangled Garden (2006)

(with impromptu speaking between the poems, which each end with ~~~ in the subtitle track.)

Beautiful singing by the musician, Catherine Corelli from her album, Seraphic Tears (2010) (with her permission): http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/79547

Note: This video is subtitled. Click on the CC on the play bar to activate or de-activate the subtitles. YouTube will also automatically translate the subtitles into 25 languages if English is not your main language and you would like to get the gist of the poetry.

A blog post describing the making of Tangled Garden: http://brendaclews.blogspot.com/2012/01/videopoem-tangled-garden-triptych-of....

I am humbled and amazed by the responses (on Facebook, G+, Gather, here and by private email) to my latest and most ambitious and longest videopoem, Tangled Garden. It took nine months to produce, and is 22 minutes long. I thought no-one would take the time to watch it, and I am still taken aback that anyone has. I have a confession to make, I save your comments for bleak days. You have no idea how you inspire me and how much I love you all.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art film
• dance
• videopoem
• dancing in nature
• garden
• green fire
• mother earth
• Nature poems
• poetry
• Catherine Corelli

[digitalpoetryDOTorg]

Awesome. I added it to my "Other Videos" on my digitalpoetryDOTorg channel playlist Wonderful music flows so well with words.. It takes me to beautiful place.

m. d. friedman

[brendaclews]

@digitalpoetryDOTorg Thank you so much! Great videopoems that you have included in your channel playlist, many I, too, love, and so am especially honoured, m. d. friedman.

[2darbit]

Bravo. Bravo! The beginning...into eternity with no want to end. Is this not how life is?

(I am screaming!!) This is like a book of life, no matter how it is approached or turned, one learns or discovers something new. From relic and beyond time. Gives me chills, the entire, video!!

"Beautiful work"?, is not well said.... It is Brilliant, Poetess.

[brendaclews]

@2darbit I can't tell you how much I love your comment, but you can guess. Such a response, dear Rachel, beautiful artist! With great and humble appreciation, thank you.

[PumaGhostwalker]

Beautiful work my friend......

[brendaclews]

@PumaGhostwalker thank you, much appreciated!

[LRockMusic1]

Hi Brenda :) "It is at the edge of a petal that love awaits." Tangled Garden is beautiful! Thank you for sharing :)

[digitalpoetryDOTorg]

Hi Brenda. Thank you. I think it is time to start making waves with some of the wonderful digital poetry that is out there. I am planning on making up a free online collaborative gallery (of youtube players?). I would love to include some of your work. Please hit me up on facebook at mdfriedman and we can talk about this.

~md

[brendaclews]

@femmecorbeau thank you so much - this was a long, hard, difficult film to make not just in length but weaving the many elements that compose it together and to receive a comment like yours, Laura, makes it all worth it. Many blessings to you, dear.

[femmecorbeau]

how gorgeous this is... so much work. it shows! takes me away from my bitter existence. oxoxoxoxo