Analysis of Radial Photography, Human-centered
Radial Photography, Human-centered
By Xiaoyuan Yin
You never exerted gravity, the way neutron stars do, so why are all celestial objects attracted to you
Forming an equiangular spiral, like crested ibises underneath draperies of the dusk (the glistening tracks are not detailed in this shot
But an inevitable storm is brewing from their roots) all stars are hanging there in the shade
All rivers honor you as their very first explorer
There were ropes, invisible beyond the clouds: tightening up, driving them inwards
From chaos into sequences, from sequences to a singular point--
As if they were shoals charmed by sound waves: light and energy are converging on the edge. While within the circle,
The closer to the head of the rope, the larger holes there are, dispersed into space
‘Scenes of high density, die almost exclusively on the skyline/horizon
Or among sinned humankind.’ Forests, cobwebs, winding stairs, prayer flags…
(You are as smooth and as serene as a spinning cloisonné vase. Now light is chiseling cocoons of everything, from which giant mirages will emerge)
Whatever will come will be lodged among us: your features imitated, your tempo followed,
Your irises duplicated, just as in the eyes of a descendant
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001001010 111 1100101000111111110101001011 101010010110101100101010011101011 11010001110111111101001 11010111101010 1010100010110011011 110011001100101001 111011111101001010101101010 01010110101011101011 111100110100101010 10111010110111 11110101101011111100011101110010101 10111110111101001110 11001001100110010 |
Characters | 1,220 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 66 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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