What is ekphrastic writing

Perhaps he too once stood just here head tilted eyes licking the orangey crescent moon exploding stars flaming cypress swirling silver sky.

Van Gogh whispering to his soul with furious brushstrokes as I cannot with this trickle of words he will never read. Thank you for supporting Poetry Teatime! How would you describe the color palette: is it cool or warm, bright or dull?

What about the composition: is it realistic or fantastical or a combination of both? What is the subject? Where is the subject located? How important is it that the reader know that it was, in fact, stolen in ? Is Youn describing the painting, speaking for the painting, or doing something else? Would someone recognize your poem as ekphrasis? What is the relationship between the speaker of your ekphrasis and the work of art if different?

How would you describe the overall theme, problem, or question at the heart of your ekphrasis, and why do you think it was provoked by this particular image? Interested in more video lessons? Contact Info Email: LiberalArts oregonstate.

I get lost in the writing weeds regularly. I have a lot of ideas, and that creates a certain amount of paralysis. Many of you have heard of it before. Do you know what it means?

It was a nice exercise and a great way to shake loose some cobwebs. Further, ekphrasis makes us good reporters, something I believe is lacking in our awareness of how we write.

Subscribe today to The Writer magazine for tips, industry news, reviews, and much more. In Amy E. In one exercise, she has them spend 15 long minutes staring at one painting. On a class field trip to a museum recently, I used Visual Intelligence to teach some creative writing students to be better observers. We discussed the persons in the painting; the items in the painting; what time of day the painting was depicting. We talked about what we could extrapolate for the whys behind the actions or expressions of the people in the painting and how we might deduce more about the wheres of the work.

In other words, is what we see accurate , or does it just feel right?