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The Arts :: Book Reading
Poetry Reading and Presentation
7:00 PM (America/Denver)
Montana Natural History Center
Poetry Reading and Presentation Description:
Evening Lecture-On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs from the American West

Join the Montana Natural History Center for this very special presentation and poetry reading! On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs from the American West, highlights the black and white landscape photography of Missoula local, Barbara Michelman and the nature poetry of Charles Finn.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Books will be available for purchase at MNHC the evening of this event.

On a Benediction of a Wind, Book Description:
In this lyric work, poetry and image are merged to become reflections of one another. With its emphasis on birds, the innate holiness of nature, and experiences shared by an unnamed couple, On a Benediction of Wind, is an invitation to leave the distractions of the modern world behind and listen once again to “the confessions of snow” and “the breathing of stones”.

Often when poetry is paired with photography, the words and images sit separately, disconnected. In the book Michelman and Finn set out to create a conversation between their two art forms. Michelman’s photographs, black and white images from the Pacific Northwest and Southwest, are not narrative supports for the poems, while neither are the poems descriptive monikers of the photographs. Rather each act as a reflection of the other, evoking and enhancing the feeling, emotion, and idea investigated by the first.
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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Montana Natural History Center
Address: 120 Hickory Street, Suite A Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 406.427.0405

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