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Monday, March 19, 2012

Still describe

Two visual inspirations.
Blue Antelope and Orange Elephant got me started for the theme 'lush'.
The orange colour of the elephant reminded me of Hanuman

When I thought of the theme of lush, I couldnt think of anything but green, but now I think from what has struck me luscious in these pictures, any single colour in abundance has the same effect of submerging us in its hue.
Green lush is of nature, artists have defined lush in their own terms by the lusciousness of their imagination.

Monochromal flourishes

1. Blue antelope
With a buoyant
Web of blue
Antlers

Antlers poking
in different directions
Like birds of paradise

An artist settles
a white bird on
the head
two on the back

2. Orange elephant in the room
with gold floral patterns
matches the wallpaper
orange like
the statue of Hanuman
smeared with the sticky paste


While revising it, I stopped at the 'like' and was reminded of the shadows game. I then removed the description of the white birds and replaced it with

like fingers held in
the dark to cast
shadows
thumb and forefinger
join to form the head
and the rest antlers

Writing Exercise:
When I saw the elephant picture yesterday I couldnt explain why I was taken with it. Today I looked at the blue antelope, a thing like that stays with you for a while. So I just described them. After that when I came to the like
, it was like stopping at a log in your way to look around more for something
the like was my passport to many other lines.
A like in a poem is the starting point of infinte things to be said. Massage the like which has a hold on half of the poetry world.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Describe

In The ransom of red chief 0.Henry talks about a town called Summit.

It contained inhabitants of as undeleterious and self-satisfied a class ofpeasantry as ever clustered around a Maypole.

Describe humorously by changing the subject to an object reflecting the culture of the subject.

Welterweight
500 acres and no place to hide

When things go viral

World of viruses
The loom
Naica caves. Heard of Belum caves just now.

The discovery of virus by Beijernick is a goose chase story.

How do viruses move DNA between species and generate new genetic material?

The author's Emeral wasp works has been quoted in another book sex on six legs, unfortunately the subject of viruses lacks that charm.

Rev the food writing

Missionstreetfood

Zhaliang


Decision-making is more important to cooking than exact amounts, temperatures or times - Anthony Myint.

Anthony Myint's articles on food are creative. for example, the one reviewing NOMA.
Sex on six legs

Earwig

Friday, March 16, 2012

Readers of past

A room size
library
I have chosen
few books

The issuer is here
Have you read your
Bhaktin and Chekov

I adjust my answer
from Yes to
No (since its been a while)

The book without front cover
has philosophy on it

But philosophy is in between definitions

I show my choice of two
Reviews - literary magazines