Yates- the poet and the artist

One of the most intriguing passages from Yates's "The Art of Memory" is when she presents Plutarch's idea that "Simonides called painting silent poetry and poetry painting that speaks; for the actions which painters depict as they are being performed, words describe after they are done." This quote describes this sort of relationship between art and poetry or poetry as art. Yates also points out that both of these forms of art are so visual which only emphasizes their connection. This gets at the idea of memory because memory is very visual. With memory there is usually some sort of vivid picture, image, which perhaps may be blurred, but its still so effective. To describe this image, the memory associated with it and the impact it has on us we use words. These words are poetic in the sense that they work simultaneously with images and provide others with an intimate idea of the other person's memory.