A poetic experiment: Walt Whitman, interpreted by three animators - Justin Moore
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Take a journey through Walt Whitman's poem 'A Noiseless Patient Spider' with the help of three animators who each used a different animation style to bring this beautiful poem to life.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Justin Moore
- Director Jeremiah Dickey, Lisa LaBracio, Biljana Labović
- Narrator Rives, Mahogany Browne, Joanna Hoffman
Often, as you listen closely to a poem being read, feelings, a specific mood, or certain images c...
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Which animation do you feel best represented your personal insights into the poem? How did you fe...
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Think about your soul and the bridges you are building. What are you using as bridges and whom or...
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Take a moment and read “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” out loud. What words did you find yourself a...
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Some listeners may consider this poem optimistic, some may consider it to be pessimistic. How mig...
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Although you are often with groups of people, social media can make one feel isolated, surrounded...
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Watch this video of a spider creating a web. As you watch it, create a list of what words come to...
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