Documentation for Interpretations of the Poem

In my brain-storming period I wanted to blur out some of the type so that the feeling of uncertainty would come across. I also wanted to do something on brail, but then realized it would defeat the purpose of the exercise, working with recognizable fonts.

My interpretation of what the poem I generally exudes is as such; The general tone of the poem is gloomy overall, the notion of looking for something, searching, uncertainty being, repetition is extremely present throughout the stanzas.

Interpretation 1:

For my First interpretation of Jason’s poem I decided to use the 8.5” by 14 layout.

All the pieces of the interpretations are meant to be view as print based objects.

For the final product of interpretation 1, I chose to print this on a slightly texture Ivory color paper. Initially I tried to print it on a slightly glossy white surface, but it did not visually look as good as the tinted ivory paper.

There are two-type face that is being used Monotype Corsiva and Stencil. These two fonts are completely contrasting each other and that was one of the main reasons I chose to use them.

There are 3 main layers to the document; the basic break down goes as such:

• Layer 1: I slightly lightened the opacity of the entire poem to portray the notion of being unclear, lost, slightly faded out much like his dream.

• Layer 2: I used the Monotype Corsiva font, which is very script like and soft (dreamlike) unlike the fist half of the poem, which is somewhat dark, hence the reason I left the font color as black.

The alignment in each stanza varies, in the second and seventh paragraph everything is right aligned to give the overall work some balance it also emphasizes on the repetition of the last word in each paragraph being somewhat similar.

The positioning of the paragraphs on the page gives it a sense of movement and swaying sensation (relating back to the poem).

The first letter of each stanza is enlarged for a aesthetic purpose: note( I probably should have fixed the letting between certain letters, or alternatively used drop o caps, did not notice until after printing)

• Layer 3: I placed the title of the poem on this layer using the “Stencil” typeface. The title is broken up and placed between the stanzas so that you would have to almost search for it as thou it were lost, confused in need of being found.

Interpretation 2:

I think out of all the 3 works this one turned out the most interesting when it was printed on transparency and placed on top of each other as a finial product.

Breakdown:

Font choice, Bookman Old Style, Bold and Italic

I chose to work with one font for this interpretation in various ways in order to give it dimension; it also appeared visually like I used multiple fonts. Repetition was widely

used in creating this work, by altering the positions of the 3 basic stanza formats I applied on the first page though out the whole document.

The alignments was differed to create shape, justifying the text created blocks while using the other alignments not only created shapes with the text itself but created shapes within the white space.

Interpretation 3:

For my third interpretation I explored the notion of repetition once again. This time it was more literal, I took the stanza that mainly used throughout the work, and placed on the page according to the white space that needed o be occupied. Played with the opacity, relating the first and third together and the second and fourth. Specific words were pulled out and emphasized. The fonts were alternated between the two types that were used on the emphasized words.

Font choices:
Wide latin bold, Wide latin and Times new roman

The reasons for these choices were due to the string contrast between these font types. Times new roman is a commonly used serif font that brings simplicity to the work, while wide latin brings the feeling of playfulness to the work with its round bubbly style.