Jake Hajer

Posted 16 Years Ago

Hello Jake, thanks for reviewing Art macht frei. I wasn t here on PC. I explained on that poem already, now I just copied. Hopefully you like it, too?

Explanation, because some friends asked me and I see that I can say to this something in addition:

In Nazi Deutschland there was the slogan: ARBEIT MACHT FREI they put it in the area of concentration camps (Konzentrationslagers). I made of this ART MACHT FREI, so I am using this slogan in a good way.
We still have wars. Those pigs in the image have got weapons around their bodies so they are armed. Putting on the whole piece Richard Wagner (Nazis loved his music and many ego-centered persons do) and the overtoure of his opera which is a march, like it is used in war movies, I try to reach the parody the moment of showing the absurdity of wars. Saying in my first line"art macht frei: stoic" I try to say that an artist is not showing his feelings but his art does. an artist doesn't complain about anything, he is just presenting, his art does complain, it is piercing for the watcher. The second line "The compulsively working" I am offering a mix of feelings related to holocaust this incomprehensible Deutschland and we still bear the fault, this never will disappear. I refer also to wars nowadays somewhere on this planet, to all those who love to fight, it is a kind of compulsion as on the other hand, they need to survive themselves. The third line is relativing everything saying - what I do and artists do "Words of artistry." here saying that artists have their ways to reach mass. And as those 3 lines are a Senryu, it fits requirements of a poem so I am posting here.

Posted: 08:57 AM on July 14, 2007

Posted 16 Years Ago

Thank you for submitting to the contest - good luck, Jake!

~ Caroline ~

Posted 16 Years Ago

Posted 17 Years Ago

oh yes. and thank you so much for your kind review FOR ME....glad you understood....I describe Zen.....and just try to live it and I speak to an imaginary cosmic lover. Weird, but if a poetry book - the reader wouldn't ask. Would he?

Posted 17 Years Ago

I loved the way you access my site.....with this programming. It was very charming. Now I fear, I want more of you!

Posted 17 Years Ago

thank you for you kind words regarding "the fly". i appreciate your thoughts

Posted 17 Years Ago

Thank you, Jake. I appreciate it. Your artwork is very powerful, I just have to say. I shall return when time allows to read your words.

Stop again.

~ Caroline ~

Posted 17 Years Ago

hahaha thanks for the review.
it made me laugh, as one could tell.

Posted 17 Years Ago

k will hit you back when the time gets closer...

cool. and i owe you mad reads. it can take me some time, but i will. you know, the days run away like wild horses over the hills....

Posted 17 Years Ago

several poets will be in chicago 420 (heh okay)

trying to decide about doing a reading there for a couple of hours that evening.

what do you think?