Neuro Poem

Part A (“Neuro” poem):

The first Day’s Night had come – Emily Dickinson

The first Day’s Night had come –

And grateful that a thing

So terrible – had been endured –

I told my Soul to sing – 

 

She said her Strings were snapt –

Her Bow – to Atoms blown –

And so to mend her – gave me work

Until another Morn – 

 

And then – a Day as huge

As Yesterdays in pairs,

Unrolled its horror in my face –

Until it blocked my eyes – 

 

My Brain – begun to laugh –

I mumbled – like a fool –

And tho’ ’tis Years ago – that Day –

My Brain keeps giggling – still. 

 

And Something’s odd – within –

That person that I was –

And this One – do not feel the same –

Could it be Madness – this?

 

Part B (top 3 choices for project):

  1. Starn Twins (artists-Structures of Thought)
  2. Jessica Rankin (artist who created a series of “mental maps” that explores the idea of memory, intuition and interpretation)
  3. Susan Aldworth (neurology patient, created “brainscapes”)