Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

May 15

6 Comments

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

May 1

4 Comments

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

Apr 19

10 Comments

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

Dec 23

5 Comments

“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

8 Comments

“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

4 Comments

“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

2 Comments

“Camp is extravagant play for serious ends” —Karl Keller / “Camp is a great jewel, 22 carats”—Kenneth Williams / “Camp is pink flamingos”—Philip Core

ART CAMP sans

“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

Sep 27

3 Comments

“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

Jul 21

““The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.” —Randall Jarrell

Cutting thro’ the rye,
like a whirling samurai,
never say goodbye!

You just never know when you’re living in a golden age

—Alexander Payne

Jul 18

Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

“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

“Camp is extravagant play for serious ends” —Karl Keller / “Camp is a great jewel, 22 carats”—Kenneth Williams / “Camp is pink flamingos”—Philip Core

Adapt with Panache

Advancing the evolution of the planet that gave us the dodo, we see technology and biology merge. As producers of carbon emissions wait for their chips to come in, fjord tundra birds adapt to thin ice.

“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

Read more

“It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.” —Lionel Trilling

Now showing
artwork on our world
from the stars

Artists are low key astronauts. Instead of going to the moon, they sit back in their studio and make the moon

—Michael Bassey Johnson

““The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.” —Randall Jarrell

Cutting thro’ the rye,
like a whirling samurai,
never say goodbye!

You just never know when you’re living in a golden age

—Alexander Payne

“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” —George Orwell

Yes, wee people,
the Elf Sat is cool,
unlike that beater
of Big Brother’s.
Brainchild of three
Twee elves from Thule,
unobserved by Cruel
Stepmother.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards

—George Orwell

Posts tagged ‘Creative writing’

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

Adapt with Panache

Advancing the evolution of the planet that gave us the dodo, we see technology and biology merge. As producers of carbon emissions wait for their chips to come in, fjord tundra birds adapt to thin ice.

“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

Now showingartwork on our worldfrom the stars

Artists are low key astronauts. Instead of going to the moon, they sit back in their studio and make the moon

—Michael Bassey Johnson

Cutting thro’ the rye, like a whirling samurai,never say goodbye!

You just never know when you’re living in a golden age

—Alexander Payne

Yes, wee people,the Elf Sat is cool,unlike that beaterof Big Brother’s.Brainchild of threeTwee elves from Thule,unobserved by CruelStepmother.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards

—George Orwell

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

Now showing
artwork on our world
from the stars

Cutting thro’ the rye,
like a whirling samurai,
never say goodbye!

Yes, wee people,
the Elf Sat is cool,
unlike that beater
of Big Brother’s.
Brainchild of three
Twee elves from Thule,
unobserved by Cruel
Stepmother.