5 min
Poem a Day in Translation Muqabalal
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- Hantverk
I had the pleasure of meeting Clifton Gachagua a few days after I fell in love with 'Promenade'. And being me, of course asked him about the poem: what inspired it; what does it mean; who's the dog; the lady?
He shrugged as all genius creatives do when asked such needless questions; for once art is consumed, it's down to the 'beholder' to shape it as they please.
What excites me about Promenade is how EVERY time I read it, I want to read it out loud. It demands to be heard, whilst obstinately remaining an enigma. And everytime I read it out loud, the cadence of the hues of the words, the mini worlds each sentence forms, the shape of the feelings it evokes, they keep morphing, like I'm reading it for the very first time. Who maps water?!
— Mapenzi
I had the pleasure of meeting Clifton Gachagua a few days after I fell in love with 'Promenade'. And being me, of course asked him about the poem: what inspired it; what does it mean; who's the dog; the lady?
He shrugged as all genius creatives do when asked such needless questions; for once art is consumed, it's down to the 'beholder' to shape it as they please.
What excites me about Promenade is how EVERY time I read it, I want to read it out loud. It demands to be heard, whilst obstinately remaining an enigma. And everytime I read it out loud, the cadence of the hues of the words, the mini worlds each sentence forms, the shape of the feelings it evokes, they keep morphing, like I'm reading it for the very first time. Who maps water?!
— Mapenzi
5 min