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William Faulkner on Art & The Impossible

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life…. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.

Posted 20 January 2008 † Yuletide § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

about [murmur]

In each of these locations we install a [murmur] sign with a telephone number on it that anyone can call with a mobile phone to listen to that story while standing in that exact spot, and engaging in the physical experience of being right where the story takes place…. We know about the skyscrapers, sports stadiums and landmarks, but [murmur] looks for the intimate, neighbourhood-level voices that tell the day-to-day stories that make up a city.

Posted 17 January 2008 † Yuletide § Multimedia § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Metal-Rules.com Quotage

This “look” is obviously a highly masculine one due to the fact that the human body is basically being draped in dead animal skin (and I suppose this might provide us male members of the species with a glimpse back at our primitive selves)…. Marlon Brando’s use of it in the 1950’s biker film, The Wild One catapulted him into superstar status and Elvis’ cool-as-hell, black leather ensemble played a huge part in making his famous ‘69 comeback so successful!!!

Posted 17 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A National Socialist Rejection of Black Metal

We would not go to this concert, we would only meet our comrade and go our way.My brethen and I arrived early at the concert and from our car we were able to observe the national socialist black metal crowd moving towards the concert hall.

…The vocalist/guitarist of the band Bathory admitted later on that he just wrote about Satan because he, being so young, didn’t have the experience all these other older bands had, enabling them to sing about being drunk, driving motorcycles and having sex with dozens of drunk sluts.

Posted 17 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: , ,

Metal Quotage

Their plastic noise is anything but music to me…. Switch off your brain and make sounds that dehumanize.

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Some links: Fuzzmail & Cliche Finder

We created fuzzmail because we wanted a more emotionally expressive alternative to email, so that an emailed love letter does not have to look the same as a business letter.

…  This is meant for emails and the like, but I think it could be interesting to use for any kind of writing…

Posted 15 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

About 100 Words

The idea is simple: Write 100 Words a day, Every Day, For one Month

…Some writers post finely tuned, perfectly crafted vignettes; others show up at the end of the night and spew drunken nonsense onto the screen.

Posted 14 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Class

So I couldn’t fall asleep forever last night. Result: I managed to sleep through my two alarms.

Posted 14 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (0) °

Quotes for Today

The problem is finding the correct organic shape and emotional shape for a piece…. You have to strip yourself of all your disguises, some of which you didn’t know you had.

Posted 11 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Ugh.

So I’ll try to get up earlyish tomorrow to write the paper. Cause it ain’t happenin tonight.

Posted 10 January 2008 † Yuletide § ‡ Comments (1) °