I’ve decided to begin work on a
visual poetry adaptation of the Bible, starting with the Old Testament. I’m
doing this for many reasons. The work is meant to be an offering of love and a
blessing relating to my health crisis. It is not meant to be heretical or
polemic. There are many who interpret the Bible quite literally to use to
support bigoted agendas. I do not
support such interpretations or attitudes. I hope this is obvious. But the
Bible is an important work, both from the point of view of religion and
literature. It is the source of numerous great works that I love and engage
with, such as Milton’s Paradise Lost and Dante’s Divine Comedy. It has been the
inspiration for art, theatre and music and poets, such as William Blake. Now it
will be my inspiration for visual poetry. I don’t know how much of it I will
post on line or what I will do with the work as far as publication goes. I
doubt it will be finished in my lifetime.
You can keep in touch with the
project via my visual poetry
blog. & on Twitter on my @KikiFolle account via the hashtag. #vispoBible
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