April 27, 2011

Blackout poetry

Hi there, everyone.

I'm blogging to share with you a really cool idea I just discovered. It's called newspaper blackout poetry. You take a newspaper article and scribble over all the parts you don't need, leaving a only a few words that make a poem. The idea comes from a guy named Austin Kleon. You can check out his site here. I made my own piece earlier today using only my iPod Touch. I went to NY Times and took a screenshot of an article. I added the blackout parts using a free drawing app. It's really fun to mess around with.

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