The visit poem and work
art direction blog My poem of choice was 'The Visit' by Jenny Bornholdt. You approach the world with open arms and hope it wants you. Hope to be asked in to sit amongst the fine furniture. The world is busy and polite and believes in independence. You want to make friends, be boisterous. You'd expected something a little more gregarious but you'll take a photo anyway to show your friends. Here it is. Here's the world on a good day, turned slightly away, but this is no offence, merely the sun was in its eyes and it turned briefly to avoid being blinded by it. Waiting Shelter (Victoria University Press. 1991) What resonated with me was the beginning line of the poem, "You approach the world with open arms and hope it wants you." Reading this poem and that line in particular made me think about leaving home, being independent, fitting into new environments and getting a job in the real world after uni e...