Friday, February 29th, 2008
“Writer’s block is a phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing, usually due to lack of inspiration or creativity.”
There are writerly ways of overcoming the blank page, or you can Hack Your Way out of Writer’s Block.
But if you had only one sheet of paper, you could…
or this
or this
Or this
Each image is made from a single sheet of paper and an amazing imagination (in this case, Peter Callesen’s).
For more beautiful single sheet art visit: A Single Sheet of Paper and Peter Callesen’s selected works.
No matter how you try to overcome that blank page, keep in mind Steve Martin’s famous quote:
“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”
Now please excuse me. I’ve figured out how to fix my first novel and I need to find a pair of scissors.
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
That pretty much sums up my life for these past three weeks – and my excuses for not having posted.
I plan to get back on track with posting 2-3 times per week. In the meantime, you can check out the movie review I wrote for Spiral on the QuietEarth website.
QuietEarth is a website “Dedicated to genre film and everything Post Apocalyptic.” They post news and reviews of books, movies (including foreign), and more. I link to QuietEarth on my blogroll – they are just that cool.
Check out what they say about Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. This is a short story collection that includes authors like Stephen King and Octavia Butler. I’m about a third of the way through and loving it!
If you happen to be looking for another great science fiction resource, visit io9 – a website “strung out on science fiction”
I star a lot of their posts not only for content but for the incredible images they find. Some are so cool and inspiring – like this concept art from Hatch FX about the Gorgeous End of the World:
Some are just hilarious – like this one, about how Evolution Explains Why LOLCats Control Your Mind:
(Click on images to enlarge)
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
People use any and all mediums to write: computers, paper and pen, papyrus, stone engravings, wet sand.
Ariana Page Russell writes on her skin:
I have dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched.
This allows me to painlessly draw patterns and words on my skin, which I then photograph.
The words/welts on Russell’s skin look like they should have hurt, even though she states it’s a painless process.
It’s a fascinating combination of art mediums that turns the written word into something beautiful, intimate and disturbing, all at the same time.
Click through to view the full post on the blog to see the photograph.
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