Literature - Pablo Neruda

This illuminated text is all about the parallels of Dante and why he is having a hard time reaching his "Mount of Joy" with IL Postino's fisherman being held back to his "Mount of Joy." Also it also brings into account the common "sins" we see in the world and how it is holding us back from being a utopia just like with the fisherman and Dante.

I chose to create an illuminated text on Pablo Neruda's poem, Clenched Soul. After watching the movie, The Postman, I was really interested in Neruda's works. This poem is written especially beautifully in my opinion and describes vivid images, two aspects that create an interesting illuminated text. I tried to enable viewers to understand the poem through pictures I drew as well as focusing on certain words. Hope you enjoy! [The vivid images that this presenter talks about are recreated in her wonderful Illuminated Text - especially the blue sky dropping on the poets world and later becoming a sunset. JRS]

"The Saddest Poem" by Pablo Neruda is about conflicting emotions inside a person after they've lost the person they loved so much. At the end of the poem, the persona finally admits that, yes, he still is in love with her. At the end, I get the feeling that it won't be the last pain she causes him, but he's able to pick up and move on, even though he'll always have this memory. He's able to move on.

A beautiful enchanting poem set up with romantic touching words, I represent this poem into a colorful collection of pictures filled with its words put to life, one after another.  Pablo Neruda spreads rich words of love in this poem of "Your Feet" to acknowledge the true desire to a lover. The words of the true desire are expressed through a rhythm in a contagious heart touching approach to the reader. So readers, you must listen carefully, appreciate it, put on a smile and think about it. :)

 An illuminated text using Power Point of Pablo Neruda's poem Clenched Soul. Through this particular illuminiated text, we tried to evoke the sadness and longing in the poem while trying to explore the limits of the Power Point system. We used a combination of both words and a few images to attempt to really convey the emotions Neruda set forth in his poem.