The Vispo Bible: Exodus Completed

Exodus 40

I began Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament in January. It contains 40 chapters. I completed it today, August 31. As I was reading through Exodus, it began to occur to me that the content of the work could be reflected more in what I was creating. I started to think of the 10 Commandments, their creation from stone, their being smashed into pieces, distortion of text. The visual poetry evolved accordingly.

Now on to Leviticus, after a hiatus...

For those who haven't been following along, you can read more about this project, which i began in June, 2015 & plan to keep working on until I am no longer capable of doing so or until my demise, whichever comes first.

Vispo Bible - update on progress Exodus 14

I am on Exodus 14, the 2nd book of the Old Testament; i hope to finish all 40 chapters of Exodus by the end of the summer. I began Exodus in January, 2016. I completed The Book of Revelation from the New Testament (March - May, 2016). Genesis (June-October, 2015). 

The Vispo Bible: Genesis, now a little movie

The Vispo Bible: Genesis, now a little movie of all 50 chapters translated into visual poetry:

h& publishes one of my collages

a collage made in conjunction with firstwalks of the year (In/Words Press, 2016) now on line at h&. thanks Ian Whistle http://handandpoetry.blogspot.ca/2016/06/amanda-earl-firstwalks-of-year-three.html

Vintage Drunken Boat Selection

Drunken Boat is kindly highlighting two of my visual poetry pieces, published as part of a concrete and visual poetry feature curated by Sina Queyras in 2010. This comes as a lovely surprise.

Read what the DB 90 editors have to say here.
& do go back & take a look at the visual poetry in the issue & the video poems also.

This work is a precursor to my current project, the Vispo Bible.

Genesis 22-26 in Dreamland X, Spring 2016

 Thanks to Jeremy Stewart for publishing 5 pieces from the Vispo Bible, Genesis 22-26 in the latest issue of the Prince George publication, Dreamland Magazine.

Some gorgeous work in there, including a poem suite by Jason Christie & the artwork of Caton Diab.

Buy a copy of the issue for $7 or get a 4-issue subscription for $25. 

Those of you who follow along may remember that The Vispo Bible is a lifelong work in progress with the goal to render every book of the Bible, Old & New Testaments into visual poetry. in 2015 I completed Genesis; in 2016 i have begun Exodus & completed Revelation.

Pieces have been published in illiterature issue v. (Puddles of Sky Press, curated by Michael e. Casteels ); h& (curated by Ian Whistle); our teeth (curated by Kevin McPherson Eckhoff); Ustanga & Dreamland IX & X; a few pieces have also appeared on this blog.

Thanks to all the above publishers for the encouragement & support of this project. Such support is rare & vital.

collages: firstwalks of the year on h&

in conjunction with my chapbook "firstwalks of the year" from In/Words Press, 2016, i made collages.

the first of four is posted over at h& here

subsequent collages shall be posted on the site
June 23

July 28

and August 25.

thanks to Ian Whistle, the curator for h&.

file this under other oddities.

Chapter 4 of Exodus on h&

Chapter 4 of Exodus from the Vispo Bible published over at h&. thanks Ian Whistle!

Utsanga.it publishes four pieces from the Vispo Bible, Book 1 - Genesis

Thanks to the Italian online journal Utsanga for publishing the last four chapters of Genesis. Take a look here. I am in good company with visual and text based pieces by artists and writers from all over the world.

a few pieces from Exodus in h&

today is chapter 2.

March 3 is chapter 3

& April 3 is chapter 4.

thanks to Ian Whistle.

The Vispo Bible in Dreamland IX, Winter 2016

 I'm chuffed to  have excerpts from the Book of Genesis, from the Vispo Bible in the print magazine "Dreamland" published in Prince George, BC by Jeremy Stewart.

It's rare that my visual poetry is published in a print magazine and this is the first time in my memory that it's getting a full page spread.

There are some great poems in the issue and art as well. Subscriptions are available here & you can also order single issues.

Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Visual / Concrete Poetry

In December I curated the above. 17 visual / concrete poets agreed to share their work and brief discussions of their influences and methods.

Part 1 includes Jordan Abel, Gary Barwin, Derek Beaulieu, Michael e. Casteels, Judith Copithorne, Helen Hajnoczky and Donato Mancini.
Part 2 includes Billy Mavreas, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, gustave morin,michèle provost, a rawlings, Shane Rhodes, Eric Schmaltz, Chris Turnbull and Eric Zboya.

Singular Vispo

Nico Vassilakis invites visual poets to discuss a specific visual poem that captivated their imaginations. So far there have been five parts. It's a great opportunity to gain insight into visual poetry and to read about some spectacular vispoets. I talk about Mary Ellen Solt's "Flowers in Concrete" in Part 5.

The Vispo Bible: Exodus 1

happy new year

Vispo Bible: the Book of Genesis completed

Genesis 50

Our Teeth publishes four excerpts from the Vispo Bible

thank you to kevin mcpherson eckhoff for including some of my vispo bible in his latest project.
note that i am up to Genesis Chapter 20. the project continues...slowly...

new work on h&

5 pieces from "the Bible, a Vispo Adaptation" Genesis 2-6
thanks to Ian Whistle for publishing my visual poetry once again.

a visual poetry adaptation of the Bible, a life's work, begins now

Emily Carr - a vispo adaptation of her work

in the poetry workshop i'm taking with rob mclennan, he often assigns homework. last week's homework was to write a poem from  Emily Carr's excerpts from "whosover has let a minoutaur enter them or a sonnet--"published at Posit.

i decided to make some visual poems out of the poems & artist's statement.

JD 2457179 by Gil McElroy, a vispo adaptation