Doors of Perception
by Christian Jensen
Doors of Perception
Language is a gateway drug to understanding
a door on a floating island
Never locked but often out of reach
learning Te Reo, learning old Norse is not just about
Knowing a language,
and while that is important,
It is also about not forgetting,
not neglecting
the access you were born with,
to this floating island
With doors of new insights and connections
To global eyes feet voice
Floating above our heads shrouded in clouds
But never unlocked and with your name etched on its frames
POET PROFILE
Christian Jensen is an installation and performance poet, originally from Norway and now based on Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. He believes that art, music and poetry can connect us to spiritual experiences and insights through ritual performance and participation. He is focused on working with immersive experiences and digital storytelling.
He has been the creative director of poetry performance troupe the Literatti, co-creator of artist and poet exhibition Metonymy, founder of the NZ Guerilla poets and currently on the advisory panel for Poetry Live. His latest project is the immersive exhibition and storytelling inter-arts project Wayfinders.