I like this site about the artist Joseph Cornell and the Thoreau quote they find applicable to his work: "the question is not what you look at, but what you see."
http://americanart.si.edu/education/cappy/13acornellbio.html
Also, here, for a short film, Faces in the Flower (S?) that I found compelling although I wasn't sure why beyond the lovely children's faces...
http://invisiblecinema.typepad.com/
but like Cornell, assembled meaningful nothings, found objects, so many of these good odd things that I respond to are like the best poems - they let me in but keep their mysteries even after my examinations.
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Here is a poem such as you describe for Joseph Cornell.
http://jeffrobertspoetry.blogspot.com/
Hi Susan,
I just would like to thank you for mentioning my video and for your beautiful, thoughtful remarks about this work. I am delighted to discover your blog, and I especially love the photos!
So, you are a Leonard Cohen fan too? :)
Best wishes!
Oh, thank you, Jeff, how fantastic that you have a poem about Mr. Cornell's art. Lovely.
Jmac- not too many people have noted the nod to Cohen! Hope my mention gets others get to see your work.
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