Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about a kiss or kissing. On a blanket in the wildflowers counting shooting stars It’s a waiting gameonce the thought beginsit grows and becomes all encompassinga wish in the abyssevery look a questionevery sigh a possible signevery motion a suggestioneach inch an invitationContinue reading “On a blanket in the wildflowers counting shooting stars”
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Abstract as a Verb
This last week my images were inspired by some things I read in Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson. He says, “The expressive quality of a photograph depends on the photographer’s ability to abstract, that is, to separate the parts from the whole. Abstracting is recognizing both the basic from of somethingContinue reading “Abstract as a Verb”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Now that I’ve explored my process of Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) for a while, I thought I would combine my RNLN focus post with my Contradictory Abstractions post on Tuesday, but then we had surprise snow and the sun came out, so I took a snow day. Then yesterday was the Heron TreeContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
Procedural Tips Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey is the first novel in this series that I read on my tablet. Using the Kindle functions were more difficult, even frustrating, on my tablet. When I attempted to highlight with my finger, the whole page moved. I had to place my finger, wait and then when theContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey”
Contradictory Abstractions: The Dynamic of Action / Reaction
This morning I read, in Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for the Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee, “Every consequential moment in life pivots around a dynamic of action/reaction. In the physical realm, reactions are equal, opposite, and predictable in obedience to Newton’s third law of motion; in the human sphere, the unforeseenContinue reading “Contradictory Abstractions: The Dynamic of Action / Reaction”
Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Procedural Tips Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was available as a free e-book on Project Gutenberg, so it is the first book in this series that I read on Kindle on my laptop. After years of reading on kindle, I finally looked at all of its great note-taking features and went through them on Monday’sContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert”
Contradictory Abstractions: The Synthesis of Beauty and Ugliness
It’s the last day of the first month of the new year, and I woke up early, tore apart my mirrorworld, and started fresh. Though conceptually I feel like my ideas are coming together, the images aren’t yet what I’ve been hoping for. How about you? How did your month go? This week I’m exploringContinue reading “Contradictory Abstractions: The Synthesis of Beauty and Ugliness”
Dialectic Thinking and the Study of Contradictory Abstractions
Last week, while thinking about the first of my new calls to action “To find the truth in deceit and the deceit in truth; either deceive the truth, or unveil the deceit” (I now think reveal works better than unveil), the idea of deceiving truth, along with the blues songs I’ve been studying, got meContinue reading “Dialectic Thinking and the Study of Contradictory Abstractions”
The Week in Review: Reading, Writing, and Abstraction
How was your week? Did you try reading like a writer? I really enjoyed applying the things I learned from The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny to my short story. This week I’ll be talking about The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. I’m enjoying my coursera.org course “The Modern and the Postmodern”Continue reading “The Week in Review: Reading, Writing, and Abstraction”
Dream Imagery
The poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to “write a poem inspired by a vision, dream, or both.” I tried to do the spoon in the bowl trick to induce a dream state, but all I saw was a big orange square of color with a read shadow moving around, so I decided toContinue reading “Dream Imagery”
Experience Writing 