Hopefulness of Nature : Week of 3.28
Over the course of this week, we have talked about how poetry can make you feel, and how many different interpretations. The thing that I have held onto this week and hopefully for a long time is the idea of seeing the future or having hope because of my surroundings. Yes, interpreting the ocean as a hopeful future that is always renewing was not quite incorrect in the way to interpret Gulliens's poem, I have, however it was an interpretation that brought along many feelings. We have been talking so much about the massacres and horrors of the Cuban revolution, reading Gullien made me feel hopeful for a post-revolutionary Cuba. I did not see the ocean as a representation of the Cuban population, I saw it as a hope for what the future has to bring. Nature, as I have said before, is the greatest inspiration and muse for growth. The constant renewal of something so much larger than yourself makes you hopeful for what may come next.
Hello Illy, I really enjoyed reading about your interpretation of Gullien's poem and how the poem brought out hopefulness for you. I found this poem to be a good break from the sad things we talk about as well. Overall, I found your interpretation to be very beautiful and it made me think about life in general.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Illy, for your blog. I am glad you enjoyed reading Guillen and that you were moved by his writing. I like the optimism you see in the ocean and how every wave brings with it hope for the future. This was a new way of reading Guillen and I appreciate and am grateful that this was brought up in class.
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