The Mash Up Project
The mashup project is about maching a poem from the Harlem renasseince and mash it up with another poem from the Harlem renassience or an artwork from modern time(which I did) or a artpeace from Harlem reneissance.
The Mash UpIn this art piece, the person is playing the saxophone and he is sinking in water. He is surrounded by sharks. It looks like he is not afraid of being surrounded by the sharks. While he is playing the saxophone, stars appear to be coming from the saxophone. The stars appear to be created by his music. They are scattering into the sky. It seems that he is creating the world.
This seems to be a dream because usually the person who is dreaming makes that dream. Dreams come from the heart. It looks like this person is creating this world from his heart. It looks like the man is singing upwards away from the danger, just as Langston Hughes says in his poem “that I may wrap them in a blue-cloth away from the too-rough fingers of the world.” In the poem the dreams are being wrapped in the clouds away from the fingers where they cannot reach it. In the art, the dreams are being placed upwards into the sky where the sharks cannot reach it. The Dream Keeper: “Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, Bring me all your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world. In Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Dream Keeper,” the speaker is telling someone that he will keep their dreams protected for them. When he says, “bring me all your dreams,” he is telling someone who has a dream that he will keep it for him. He says he will protect the person’s “heart melody,” or their warm, meaningful dreams. He is going to wrap it in a “blue cloud-cloth,” or something very soft to keep it warm and safe from the “too-rough fingers / of the world.” Ultimately, he’s telling the reader that he’s going to keep his dream safe. This would be significant during the time period because many artists and writers, like Langston Hughes, put their heart into their work, and they needed one another to keep their dreams alive. |
The The art peace“Sinking Sax” am using is make by Eric Drooker
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