Sunday, January 24, 2021

i watch the whole end of movies meaning i watch the credits as they scroll down the screen.  when i am in the theater i am usually the last one to stand because of my habit of watching the credits.  & that scroll can be quite long.  even making small independent/exploitation movies requires an army of skilled workers, carpenters, engineers, IT experts, electricians, assistants, drivers, etc etc.  however, i'm a creature of words.  i live in language.  so sometimes the titles of some of these skill sets sound so extraordinary i nearly swoon.  like the job of matchmove artist.  sounds like the title of a poem.  indeed the wonderful bay area poet, kit robinson, wrote a poem titled 'The 3D Matchmove Artist', published in the best american poetry: 2004 [ed. by lyn hejinian, scribner poetry; 2004].  in the notes about his poem robinson said, '[it] was written after viewing Men in Black II on a plane[...]The title was taken from the film credits.  The poem wrote itself quickly and no revisions were made.'  i don't know if in the age of advanced technology robinson used a search engine to find out what a matchmove artist does but the music of that job descriptor led to a poem.  but also, as i watch the credits scroll down the screen i fantasize about me being on the set of a production.  i have no skills at all that would be valuable to the making of a movie.  i love being a poet.  i am a DIY small press digital obscure creature of language.  i wouldn't/couldn't/don't want to change.  but let's suppose for a moment i was an electrician on set.  imagine the poems that would come out of that experience & knowledge.  i suspect that some poets do work in the movies.  as caterers, drivers, assistants, grips etc etc.  i can but imagine myself doing some skilled job helping to create the magic of the movies.  & while doing this work would inform my poetry.  i can just imagine for i have no skills.  i am only a creature of words.   

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