Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

Oct 26

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“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.” — Edward de Bono

Images and words are processed by, respectively, the rear and right, and left and front lobes of the human CPU. Those in this series are processed by the fan. A cool processing unit reboots all the lobes and makes your brain laugh.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

— William James

Nov 27

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“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos” —Stephen Sondheim

Jul 8

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“What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine” —Alex Steffen

Jun 13

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“Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art” —Anselm Kiefer

May 15

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“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life” —Oscar Wilde

May 1

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“MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood” —Sarah Schulman

Apr 19

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“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” —Jack Kerouac

Dec 23

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“Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others’, mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what’s in her basket”—Elizabeth Berg

Tiskets, Taskets 1

Smart baskets
Picnic in Paris
On their bikes

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family—Sister Parish

Nov 15

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“In art, the obvious is a sin”—Edward Dmytryk

No Laughing Matter

For our sins
Divine comedy
Is no joke

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence—Alice Walker

Oct 29

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Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.” — Edward de Bono

Images and words are processed by, respectively, the rear and right, and left and front lobes of the human CPU. Those in this series are processed by the fan. A cool processing unit reboots all the lobes and makes your brain laugh.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

— William James

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“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos” —Stephen Sondheim

Heaving to
Order in chaos
Charts of art

Art is messy, art is chaos – so you need a system —Andrew Stanton

Read more

“What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine” —Alex Steffen

Pepe’s Pods
Inspiring caffeine
Artistry

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons —T. S. Eliot

Read more

“Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art” —Anselm Kiefer

Out of Nah
Foreshadow of art
It’s all Yah

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness —Tadao Ando

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“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life” —Oscar Wilde

Life goes on
Imitating art
Which is long

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth —John Ruskin

“MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood” —Sarah Schulman

Storied blocks
of gilded lilies
Stoop to gag

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation —James Boswell

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” —Jack Kerouac

Once the hare
Wisdom’s souvenir
Tortoise taught

We often attribute ‘understanding’ and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars … but nothing is proved by such attributions —John Searle

“Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others’, mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what’s in her basket”—Elizabeth Berg

Smart baskets
Picnic in Paris
On their bikes

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family—Sister Parish

“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

Read more

“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

Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

Images and words are processed by, respectively, the rear and right, and left and front lobes of the human CPU. Those in this series are processed by the fan. A cool processing unit reboots all the lobes and makes your brain laugh.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

— William James

Heaving to Order in chaosCharts of art

Art is messy, art is chaos – so you need a system —Andrew Stanton

Pepe’s PodsInspiring caffeineArtistry

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons —T. S. Eliot

Out of NahForeshadow of artIt’s all Yah

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness —Tadao Ando

Life goes onImitating artWhich is long

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth —John Ruskin

Storied blocksof gilded liliesStoop to gag

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation —James Boswell

Once the hareWisdom’s souvenirTortoise taught

We often attribute ‘understanding’ and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars … but nothing is proved by such attributions —John Searle

Smart basketsPicnic in ParisOn their bikes

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family—Sister Parish

For our sinsDivine comedyIs no joke

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence—Alice Walker

I write like I talk and I don’t get talker’s block—Seth Godin

Idle penOr empty ink wellWhich came first

Heaving to
Order in chaos
Charts of art

Pepe’s Pods
Inspiring caffeine
Artistry

Out of Nah
Foreshadow of art
It’s all Yah

Life goes on
Imitating art
Which is long

Storied blocks
of gilded lilies
Stoop to gag

Once the hare
Wisdom’s souvenir
Tortoise taught

Smart baskets
Picnic in Paris
On their bikes

For our sins
Divine comedy
Is no joke

Idle pen
Or empty ink well
Which came first