Adagio: A Collection of Poems by Katara

by callmecalli

When Zuko became part of the Gaang, all Katara could do was wait for the other shoe to drop. Her way of processing the emotions that came with the addition of the firebender to their group was to write them down in the form of poems instead of expressing them to Zuko himself. *HUGELY inspired by a poem book called The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace*

1. Glossary

Adagio- A tempo having slow movement, restful at ease

Abstraction- The process of creating art that is not representational or based on external reality

Artifice- Deception or trickery

Automatism- The process of creating art without conscious thought

Background- Area of an artwork that appears furthest away from the viewer

Belle Epoque- "Beautiful Era" optimism, relative peace, and new discoveries

Camouflage- To hide or disguise the presence of something

Caricature- A rendering of a person with exaggerated or distorted features with satire

Coda- Closing section of a movement

Compression- The state of being pressed down under a weight or squeezed together

Der Blaue Reiter- German artist group wanting to express inner desires in a variety of forms

Dissonance- Harsh, discordant, and lack of harmony

Erasing- To rub out or remove

Exposition- The first section, written introductions

Exposure- Exposing a photographic film to light

Foreground- The area of an artwork that appears closest to the viewer

Framing- The method by which information is included or excluded from a piece of art

Gesture- A category of artistic practice having a particular form, content, or technique

Glissando- Sliding between two notes

Grotesque- Ludicrous, repulsive, ugly, outlandish, or bizarre, as in character or appearance

Hardboard- Stiff board made of compressed and treated wood pulp

Illusion - An unreal, deceptive, or misleading appearance or image

Improvisation- To make, compose, or perform on the spur of the moment with little or no preparation

Juxtaposition- Placing things close together or side by side for comparison or contrast

Manifesto- A public declaration of an individual's principles, beliefs, and intended courses of action

Melodrama- Exaggerated emotions, stereotypes, interpersonal conflicts

Monochrome- Having a single colour

Muse- The guiding spirit that is thought to inspire artists; source of genius or inspiration

Opaque- Not permitting the passage of light

Ostinato- A repeated phrase

Perspective- A technique used to depict volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface

Rubato- Strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone

Tension- The state of being stretched or strained