“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks”—Plutarch
Nov 20
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What sense peers
Why should poetry have to make sense?—Charlie Chaplin
Nov 15
“In art, the obvious is a sin”—Edward Dmytryk
For our sins
Divine comedy
Is no joke
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence—Alice Walker
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Oct 29
“There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write”—Terry Pratchett
I write like I talk and I don’t get talker’s block—Seth Godin
Idle pen
Or empty ink well
Which came first
Oct 21
“Camp is extravagant play for serious ends” —Karl Keller / “Camp is a great jewel, 22 carats”—Kenneth Williams / “Camp is pink flamingos”—Philip Core
“Camp is a mode of perception”—Fabio Cleto / “Camp can be taken on two completely separate levels, and make perfect sense on each”—Evelyn Satz / “Camp’s favourite colour is pink”—Mark Booth
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Sep 27
“It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.” —Lionel Trilling
Artists are low key astronauts. Instead of going to the moon, they sit back in their studio and make the moon
—Michael Bassey Johnson
Sep 17
“You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.” —Chuck Palahniuk
All tales now wending
This one begins
In the alternate endings
Refreshed by rain
A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order
—Jean-Luc Godard
“It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you.” —Lendon Gray
Skittish colts
Wobbling knobby knees
Jumping jocks
The wildest colts make the best horses
—Plutarch
“With parody, you’re referencing and sending up a particular genre, and mostly your material is going to be taken out of that genre.” —Marlon Wayans
Tapping lazily, but doggedly, the lovelorn poet composes a song in praise of his dream amour. To deliver it, though, he is demure: cowered by a muzzle like a dog’s, voice like a frog’s, moves like a bump on a log. Oh, for a way to extend his compliments to the one he adores, without rudely awakening her scorn!
I’d like to say that parody is a celebration of a person’s specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery
—Ana Gasteyer
Sep 2
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