As we begin to study about literature in motion, a new way to look at art and literature has been exposed. I his poem, Migrations, Merina is able to capture the essence of a traveling ship. He does this by combining his poem with a video that gives the viewer an abstract look at his poem. By combining the traveling and fast paced images with the illusion of a traveling ship a sense of travel is created. Merina does not only use visual aids to create the traveling environment. He uses words in other languages and mentions certain ingredients that make the viewer feel as if away from home.
I enjoyed this poem because it allows the author and the reader to create a relationship that would otherwise not occur. Because the author can transmit his ideas by different means, he is forcing the reader to embark in the journey with him. If we look a ways of travel over the years we can see how it has become faster and easier to exchange cultures as time moves on. I wonder if the Internet has become the new way of traveling that takes so many people on a trip each day. It allows you to meet new cultures and see new places in a new and exiting way.
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