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Daily Archives Monday, January 2008

Metal Listening Theory: Why Squinting Makes it Better

Given the law of sensory deprivation (if there isn’t one, there should be): when you see less, you hear more/better…. Anyways, as a result, this allows the beautiful “flowing metal” (in the words of some European guy who made a poster for my radio show) to more completely infiltrate your system.

Posted 07 January 2008 † Yuletide § Shorts ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

In-Class Exercises: Found Objects and Marco Polo

5 minute short, “Boxes” Constraints Navy block letters, lined in white a la found object (a scarf for FC Bayern München) From found writing: Reading the great works, Knows someone from Boston Something related to the game MASH et al…. Closer narrative distance I once read that, “Marco [Polo] devoted his prison time to composing his book.”

Posted 07 January 2008 † Yuletide § Exercises ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

10 Images

Deference:

Future:

Individuality:

Complication:

Fragility:

Serenity:

Secure:

Surreal:

Forboding:

Commiseration:

Puzzlement:

Posted 07 January 2008 † Yuletide § Exercises § Multimedia ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: ,

Delgerhaan

The motorcycle’s lone headlight danced its way across the steppe; I leaned back, resting my hands on my knees, and gazed up at the endless starry dark. My stomach full of боодог (boodog, Mongolian roasted goat), сүүтэй цай (suutei tsai, milky tea), айраг (airag, fermented mare’s milk) and архи (arhi, vodka), I smiled at the uniqueness and beauty of this experience, and drank in the Mongolian night.

Posted 07 January 2008 † Yuletide § Creative Nonfiction ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Reflections on Mongolia

Big Brother is watching, don’t say the

…[From Reflections on Mongolia | Chinggis Khan Moves to the City ]

Posted 07 January 2008 † Yuletide § Commentary § Creative Nonfiction § Finished § Poetry ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,