A visual representation of "fence" by Eddie Tay
LEE Yin Yan Irene
Sha Tin Government Secondary School
The poem ‘fence’ is about the lofty ambitions in life and an optimistic view of the city. For this reason, I decided to use warm colour tone for the artwork.
Nowadays, we often drive on the highway. Therefore, I use the rear-view mirror to reflect our inner thoughts, including hidden dreams and goals. While driving, we can see lots of skyscrapers that symbolise our goals and achievements on our way. Yet, there are different barriers and challenges in life which are suggested by the fences in between.
Usually, a fence is not extremely high and there are holes on it. So, I drew a fence with the shape of an eye in the middle, meaning we can still see the skyscrapers through and beyond the fence. Despite the unpredictable difficulties we would encounter, we should overcome obstacles, jump over fences, and continue to pursue our dreams!
fence
skyscrapers
all eyes looking at the centre
henry aspires to havard business
and throws away his harmonica
jenny is driving a car
into her global spider networked future
jonah unfurls like a creased carpet
on the eighth floor to watch voodoo tv
someone is working on her tablet cv
on winning beans and influencing people
dorcas must pass her abrsm
she bangs on her piano or else her mother
skyscrapers, fence
all eyes looking
Eddie Tay
“fence” was published in Dreaming Cities by Eddie Tay, p.32. Copyrights © 2016 by Eddie Tay. Reprinted by permission of the poet.