Poetry has recently been a great interest of mine. I've been writing some of my own, mostly inspired by things I dream of or imagine. Especially a life filled with love, freedom, and adventure. My main source of inspiration is Alan Watts, a British writer and speaker who has inspired me to create a deeper meaning for the sole purpose of existing. Lana Del Rey, my favorite artist, has recently released beautiful poetry; I listen to her audio almost every day.
I came across Ari Banias, an American poet and teacher. His poem, "A Sunset," caught my attention mainly because of how I was able to imagine everything he was saying and the truth he was speaking. Banias talks about how he is watching a woman take a photo of the sunset, but a photo cannot capture the true essence of really watching the sun go down. “Sunset the word holds more than a photo could. Since it announces the sun then puts it away.” Banias is referring to a photo of such nature as cliche because he realizes that once a photo like this is taken, it will never be looked at again. The truth is that we all take pictures of nature knowing that it will just sit in our camera rolls, but we do it anyway. We put in so much effort and “[we try] and [try] to make it right bending [our] knees, tilting back” knowing that it is a total cliche.
In the poem after Banias discusses how he watches this woman take the photo and he knows no one will ever see this picture again, he then says “I have taken photos of a sunset.” We are all guilty of doing so and even the author recognizes this commonplace. Are you also guilty of a nature photo in the back of your camera roll?
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