![]() ![]() Takanaka’s The Rainbow Goblins is a dreamy jazz-rock affair, at turns whimsical, ponderous, and downright groovy. What The Rainbow Goblins (1981) by Masayoshi Takanaka and The Desaturating Seven (2017) by Primus provide is the opportunity to hear the impossible done twice, and see how ekphrasis can extend beyond poetry. But translating such an illustration-heavy book into a medium entirely lacking in visuals would seem impossible. I mention ekphrasis because some kinds of adaptation are more direct than others a novel into a film, for example. ![]() ![]() One of the most well-known and most straightforward examples is “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” by William Carlos Williams, after the painting of the same name for another perspective, W.H. It’s not so much about exact reproduction of the original work as it is the celebration of it, and the reconstitution of its spirit into a new form. De Rico’s vivid, massively detailed illustrations and the gruesome morality of the story have given the book an enduring popularity over the years-so much so that it inspired two separate concept albums, almost forty years apart.Īdaptation is the term most often used for translating a work of art from one medium to another, but in poetry this is called ekphrasis. Originally published in 1978, it tells the story of a nefarious group of goblins on a quest to catch a rainbow and drink its colors, only to drown in their would-be meal in the end. One of my favorite books as a child was The Rainbow Goblins by Italian artist Ul de Rico. ![]()
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