Surrealism is an artistic, cultural and intellectual movement oriented toward the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative faculties of the "unconscious mind" and the attainment of a state different from, "more than", and ultimately "truer" than everyday reality: the "sur-real", or "more than real".
Classwork - .
Sit at a table with pen and paper; put yourself in a 'receptive' frame of mind, and start writing. Continue writing without thinking of what is appearing beneath your pen. Write as fast as you can. If, for some reason, the flow stops, leave a space and immediately begin again by writing down the first letter of the next sentence. What is crucial is the un-premeditated free-association that creates the basic text.
Homework:\To make a Surrealist poem:
· Take a newspaper.
· Take a pair of scissors.
· Choose an article ( you are planning to make a poem. )
· Cut out the article.
· Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag.
· Shake it gently.
· Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag.
· Copy conscientiously.
· The poem will be like you
.Exercise on your own.
Find a bathroom with tile floors and subdued fluorescent lighting.The bathroom tiles one half inch by on half inch are preferable.The tiles with the speckles are preferable.Find an empty stall and sit on the toilet.Sit so you are comfortable.Stare at the floor in front of you through the bottom edge of the closed stall door.Stare until columns of tiles oscillate rapily back and forth, chaotically at first, but more rhythmically in passing.Move your eyes towards your feet to perceive rows of tiles moving against the columns.Observe the speckled patters for insights as to the flux of images now ready to be accepeted upon your retina.
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