Net Galley Challenge
Friday, November 3, 2023
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Antony and Cleopatra
Fulvia's interest in politics is reminiscent of Kaikeyi (sing this name in the tune of the song "Informer" song by Snow).
Fulvia's dealing with the power is similar to Haseena Parkar's tryst with accumulated loyalty in need of continuity.
Nay, pray you, seek no colour for your going,
What was the color for going? green in Shakespearean time? “How green!”: The Meanings of Green in Early Modern England and in The Tempest and A Study of Colour Words in Shakespeare's Works
How now, lady!
Switching between texts, I read it as "How now, baby!" which reminded me a modernized Iliad for teens.
CLEOPATRAI would I had thy inches;
You understand the old english in flow but when you try to recall it, you replace it with modern words or grammar.
He's speaking now,
Or murmuring 'Where's my serpent of old Nile?'
I guessed as Zecharia Stitchin suggests that "serpent of Nile" might refer to the form of the Nile.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Novelist as a Vocation
Our tools and our thinking
When Murakami sees the dimming novelistic intelligence from razor's to hatchet's to axe's edge, you can see our stone age and iron age thinking. Whats after space age?
Its interesting the moment, Murakami realised that he could write a novel.
Even the process of writing it first in English, a language he wasnt much familiar in and then translating it back to Japanese was his way of finding his style and infusing the status quo with novelty.
Monday, October 30, 2023
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Ideas for writing
Can hot air balloon experiments find something that space agencies cant?
Hypothetical cosmic impact scenarios referred in The Effort
Ablation of meteoroids - melt spraying model
can dust particles cloud the earth
Domino and butterfly effects in space
According to panspermia theory - can we engineer or divert a big meteor to another planet and make the planet livable?
Can we make a close mass to us like moon? asteroid capture
What if someone wants to mimic earlier processes that made moon ie engineer an impact from far and make a moon 2. How will that be inhabited?
How Mars lost its magnetic field and then its oceans
"Without the magnetic field, the solar wind would strip our atmosphere, and the oceans would evaporate and be lost to space."
Climate change effect on earths magnetic field?
"Henrik Svensmark’s (and teams) theory that says that variations in the cosmic radiation reaching the Earth depend on the strength of the Sun’s magnetic field and that this radiation contributes to creating aerosols, thereby variations in the cloud formation. Solar storms contribute to temporarily strengthening the Earth’s magnetic field."
How to write a novel
How to outline your novel - "structure, plot, characters, scenes, and more"
Mind map your novel
track timeline, Chapter, POV, location in tables
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Black Phoebe
Courtesy:natural history journal
Wearing a tuxedo
O' gentleman or gentlewoman
No tee-hee no tee-ho
Should we thank our lake waters for your visit?
theres loose sand other side probably
piled by some hardworking ants
Our muds can work for your nest
Maybe I wull find you
under the bridge
in April
Maybe you were here last year
October fun with Shakespeare
Definitely does make your Roman numerals revision right? Thats 130.
My twist
to
its no grey matter there..
Sonnet 29 recited by Dame Judi Dench I cracked open my other world colored complete shakespeare book and now I can say that I read atleast one sonnet of it. I think I know now, that I just need others to read it out loud first.
Amie Bjorklund mused about how Romeo Juliet seems different each time you read it. Over the years, you end up liking different characters. Ironically while Dench recalled the sonnet elegantly, Bjorklund said she couldnt recall any of her favorite lines. In Shakespeare fandom, there is a place for every one, even if your memory is good or not.
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
" I have to carry a thousand pieces in an increasing complex configuration toward the luminous vision of a story that remains a mirage" - Amy Tan
I wish we get a view into the thousand pieces from any author. In the end we are a sum of our wonders.
Having read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, I was excited about The Backyard Bird Chronicles book by her when I heard of it in this video.
pencil miles
Drawing spider webs to deflect bird collision. Spiders have learned to build a UV visible web for birds so they know its a sign to not ruin their hard work.
How to cool hummingbird nectar in hot weather? Who knew that it was bad for them to have it hot or that it can get so hot.
Handwritten and llustrated notes pulse with bird life.
Birds taste buds and sensing abilities.
"New Bird tachycardia" when you see a new bird. I had this recently with Cayuga ducks.
Apart from the anthropomorphization, there's lot of humor in the book. Amy's Bistro. Breaking news. Even a who-dunnit which shows you how to write.
The bird voice-box synrinx, a true evolutionary novelty.
The Challenge of an Equestrian statue
Who all hold the Key to the City for your city?
While Equestrian statue is different from equine statue - " A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce" made me wonder. But as you see the statues, you understand the big job on the two hind legs of the horse. I could imagine the statues toppling off if the balance is not right.
I was curious how Clark Mills made the equestrian statue without much prior knowledge. Are there any courses that help you appreciate the difficulty in making a bronze equestrian sculpture on hind legs. Clark Mills studied a horse
Furnace explosion, crane breaking
cubic yards of concrete
cubic yards of concrete poured as an indication of the size of growth and progress.
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