What do we know about this piece? <\/p>\n
We know it is an excerpt from “The Conversation.” <\/p>\n
We know it has two speakers, a male and a female. <\/p>\n
We know it is set in contemporary times. <\/p>\n
We know that the characters are speaking informally, colloquially, at times crudely. And they know a thing or two about science, particularly astronomy. <\/p>\n
We are not quite sure whether to take them seriously. <\/p>\n
We are not sure whose side we are on. <\/p>\n
There are a few images that are striking: <\/p>\n
there is a sky which is roiling with a thousands of colors never seen before \u00e2\u20ac\u201dpoisongreen, hellishred, stinkingpurple, venomeorange.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mars could be covered with a nice surface, perhaps copper \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to contrast with the chromed moon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Kenneth Goldsmith is known as a Conceptual Poet, and has a background in visual arts. <\/p>\n
What do I wonder? <\/p>\n
I wonder about “The Conversation.” Is this excerpt the only part that seems to fit in Ecopoetics? or is the whole piece on this topic? (Does it have a topic?)<\/p>\n
I wonder if it is important to connect to a piece emotionally. <\/p>\n
I wonder if human are infinitely adaptable to distortions of their natural environment, or if there is a limit. What is the nature of that limit? (I think we need the oceans.)<\/p>\n
I wonder about the place of dystopias (or utopias) in ecopoetics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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