Net Galley Challenge
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Struggle to recall where I read of it recently
There has to be a word for it.
I 'struggled to recall where I read of it recently' when I came across The Death of Archimedes by Antoni Slonimski.
I searched all the essays in my email. I recalled the recent poetry books I read. BJWard, Billy Collins? But I knew it was a female writer. I was going to look in the library reading history.
This blog is a Reading log
I 'struggled to recall where I read of it recently' when I came across The Death of Archimedes by Antoni Slonimski.
I searched all the essays in my email. I recalled the recent poetry books I read. BJWard, Billy Collins? But I knew it was a female writer. I was going to look in the library reading history.
This blog is a Reading log
The power of adjective
1. Wax candle stays with you long after you read the following poem. The next time you read of a candle (flame), you are sure to think of this 'wax candle'.
Wax candle would strike redundant at first but now since we have the Flameless candle , its a point in time from where man has learnt to seperate the light and warmth from the flame.
2. I recall reading about Archimedes death recently in The Calculus diaries that he was frought in geometry while the death not knocked on his door but really barged in. This poem To the Germans with the reference to adder nests in the marble of the house, through its plunge in image takes the mind along the process of dislocating the floor reflecting the disorbitation of the guy who could move the earth from a firm spot.
Virgin and Child in Quentin Masys poem by Jaroslaw.
To get your creative juices flowing, look out for adjectives that can be added into any drab piece of reading to make it unique and memorable.Wax candle would strike redundant at first but now since we have the Flameless candle , its a point in time from where man has learnt to seperate the light and warmth from the flame.
2. I recall reading about Archimedes death recently in The Calculus diaries that he was frought in geometry while the death not knocked on his door but really barged in. This poem To the Germans with the reference to adder nests in the marble of the house, through its plunge in image takes the mind along the process of dislocating the floor reflecting the disorbitation of the guy who could move the earth from a firm spot.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
MCSweeney poetry series
Recently I came across Mcsweeneys poetry series and now I am reading The Boss by Victoria Chang which is a part of that.
Trimeter
Trimeter
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Clive James poems
Taw in the memory game in Stagedoor Rocket science
Poems with pictures
Whitman and moth
Shark
Exercises:
1. Write a poem with strong first, second, third lines - Nefertiti in the Flak tower
2. What is poetry to you? for e.g Poetry as Numismatics. In this poem, the poet compares the process of writing poetry to making coins out of Planchet
3. A petrels fast movement is likened to an agile dancer in Against gregariousness.
Whitman and moth
Shark
Exercises:
1. Write a poem with strong first, second, third lines - Nefertiti in the Flak tower
2. What is poetry to you? for e.g Poetry as Numismatics. In this poem, the poet compares the process of writing poetry to making coins out of Planchet
3. A petrels fast movement is likened to an agile dancer in Against gregariousness.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Business writing
A colleague of mine writes very good emails about the history of a problem, its solving.
1. Whats in it for them.
2. Benefits not features.
3. Using Relationship building techniques. But we feel a certain way and only then ask about.
Older book
Older book
Sunday, November 17, 2013
View from the top of a slidy mountain
Al Jaffee's Mad Life
Recently I started reading 'Inklings: A memoir by Jeffrey Koterba', but I had to put it away as it was too evocative of the family conditions. I am not made to read well written books like 'Angelas Ashes' by Frank Mccourt.
The material that Al Jaffe has could have been written in a similar way, very well and never be read. But written in the collabarotive way that it is, with Jaffe's unique sketches of his childhood and Weisman's writing, 'the book will be read' (Paraphrasing Adam Levine).
Even if you try to get ahead of the book with the sketches, they need explanation of all the mischievous things that Al Jaffe has been upto in his life. This way the writing and the sketching take the yarn ahead smoothly. This book is an example of how difficult situations like displacement from your familiar environment into a different culture back and forth, can be looked at in a 'funny' perspective at some cost to the author.
Talking of funny, its the 'funnies' that he looked forward to in the tough time and little surprise that he grew up to be such a big contributor to MAD magazine. Fold-ins. Tall tales.
Feb 19, 2011
The material that Al Jaffe has could have been written in a similar way, very well and never be read. But written in the collabarotive way that it is, with Jaffe's unique sketches of his childhood and Weisman's writing, 'the book will be read' (Paraphrasing Adam Levine).
Even if you try to get ahead of the book with the sketches, they need explanation of all the mischievous things that Al Jaffe has been upto in his life. This way the writing and the sketching take the yarn ahead smoothly. This book is an example of how difficult situations like displacement from your familiar environment into a different culture back and forth, can be looked at in a 'funny' perspective at some cost to the author.
Talking of funny, its the 'funnies' that he looked forward to in the tough time and little surprise that he grew up to be such a big contributor to MAD magazine. Fold-ins. Tall tales.
Feb 19, 2011
Go put your apron on
Pure and Simple: Vidhu Mittal
I tend not to make pulao dishes for the excessive amount of rice in it, but this book has cast a green spell on me with its 'Broccoli-Zucchini-Spinach pulao'. It tastes good and while chewing spinach, you get to understand why this dish does not need many spices. Yellow looking 'Sabz Pulao' with cauliflower, potataoes and peas is a good way to get all the veggies in.
The book increases your interest in cooking. Its both the pictures and the simple steps. Finding a pictorial how-to for the 16 layer paratha, I dived in.
The book increases your interest in cooking. Its both the pictures and the simple steps. Finding a pictorial how-to for the 16 layer paratha, I dived in.
Jan 11, 2011
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