Description
The cryptic prompts - fragments, really - of Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies unveiled themselves to Leslie Ullman as rough translations from an obscure language. As an experiment, Ullman used each one as a poem title, and in doing so she accessed a thrill of freedom, uncertainty, and propulsion beyond her own familiar patterns and landscapes. In the process, she found herself exploring the literary, visual, and musical arts from angles that had never occurred to her before.
Unruly Tree showcases the most successful of Ullman's play, and the result is a marvelous work by a poet at the height of her craft. At its heart this book is about process itself - even when it applies to experiences outside the arts - and about reclaiming an inner freedom many of us lose in our lives as adults in these noisy, rancorous times.
About the Author
Leslie Ullman is the author of several books of poetry and nonfiction, including Progress on the Subject of Immensity (UNM Press and Little Soul and the Selves.
Reviews
"In conversation with the Oblique Strategies-a deck of cards created in 1975 by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt-Ullman's collection is filled with curiosity, a desire to understand the thinking of other artists, and the beautiful uncertainties of the self."-Jehanne Dubrow, author of Exhibitions: Essays on Art and Atrocity
Book Information
ISBN 9780826366702
Author Leslie Ullman
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint University of New Mexico Press
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
Unruly Tree showcases the most successful of Ullman's play, and the result is a marvelous work by a poet at the height of her craft. At its heart this book is about process itself - even when it applies to experiences outside the arts - and about reclaiming an inner freedom many of us lose in our lives as adults in these noisy, rancorous times.
About the Author
Leslie Ullman is the author of several books of poetry and nonfiction, including Progress on the Subject of Immensity (UNM Press and Little Soul and the Selves.
Reviews
"In conversation with the Oblique Strategies-a deck of cards created in 1975 by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt-Ullman's collection is filled with curiosity, a desire to understand the thinking of other artists, and the beautiful uncertainties of the self."-Jehanne Dubrow, author of Exhibitions: Essays on Art and Atrocity
Book Information
ISBN 9780826366702
Author Leslie Ullman
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint University of New Mexico Press
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
