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Horse Feathers - Albina (via coffeeandacasio)

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:20:24 -0500

Horse Feathers - Albina

The methods filter

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:20:09 -0500

Frank Chimero (and hurry off right now for a while to enjoy reading some of his writing if you do not already) was interviewed on his design process for the making of Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five poster.

What caught my eye was, when asked about his favorite part of the book, his attention went to process. That, and I felt as if I’d written this myself:

To be honest, I intensely love the parts of the book that are about writing the book. It operates on such a meta level, but it’s so satisfying. It sets up the book as a flawed story with flawed characters, written by a flawed man in a flawed way. It sets your expectations immediately, and there’s a sense of honesty in that, whether the occurrences at the beginning of the book actually happened or not. It’s Vonnegut dancing a dance for 30 pages that only he can do. It’s engrossing.

Whenever I read anything at all, I can’t help but use a kind of methods filter. I see mostly words, sentences, and paragraphs that show process, work, how people think, how people see. How do they write? What do they organize? When do they struggle? Where is it messy? Sometimes I see methods more than story.

rachel’s - system/layers (via popestvictor)

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:00:25 -0500

rachel’s - system/layers

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Video

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:59:00 -0500

Chuck Berry - Maybellene

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:18:53 -0500

Chuck Berry - Maybellene

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:05:36 -0500

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Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:47:35 -0500

Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!

Christmas Goodies

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:44:53 -0500

My wonderful mom made a bunch of marvelous baked goods and sent them to us for finals week. This is going to double, maybe triple, the delicious factor of studying.