AP Studio Art: Rabindrinath Tagore, Imagery

To kick off the new semester, the AP Studio Art students created artworks inspired by the poetry of Rabindrinath Tagore. Excerpts from Tagore's Stray Birds were thrown into a hat and each student randomly drew an excerpt from which to work. Each excerpt was chosen for its heavy use of imagery.

Gojen R

Roots are the branches down in the earth.

Branches are roots in the air.

Rignor W

The trees like the longings of the earth, stand

a-tiptoe to peep at the heaven.

Suwan C

"We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the

storms, but who are you so silent?"

"I am a mere flower."

Luniva S

I sit at my window this morning where

the world like a passer-by stops for

a moment, nods to me and goes.

Christine L

They throw throw their shadows before them who carry

their lantern on their back.

Rahul D

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the

burden of its tail.

Hyeeun C

The woodcutter's axe begged for its handle

from the tree. The tree gave it.

Tanya G,

The hills are like shouts of children who raise their

arms, trying to catch stars.

Akriti P,

What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are

the stars?

Siddharth G,

The bird thinks it is an act of kindness to give the fish

a life in the air.

Yosep L,

The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and

brings out surprises of beauty.

Aditee O

The birth and death of the leaves are the rapid whirls

of the eddy whose wider circles move slowly among stars.

Aditya S,

The bird wishes it were a

cloud. The cloud wishes

it were a bird.

Tina M,

The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering

heart making the music of sadness.

Zarka S,

The grass seeks her crowd in the earth.

The tree seeks his solitude in the sky.

Nayung C

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.