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Category Archives: writing for blogs
Tere liye, life goes on…
Present moments: listening to this still — it came in via Outlandish‘s Facebook feed. I’m still a little open-mouthed at how ebrahim / @eebsofresh wraps his voice in, out and around the lyrics to make something totally new of the … Continue reading
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No words
Please, don’t speak when I’m making art or thinking about palettes with no greens, pigment granulation or studio space. I won’t hear you. I’ll deflect your conversation. Don’t wait for me, I have no words. share?
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Heaven
In Kieślowski‘s Heaven, cinematographer Frank Griebe: the way his eye sees the architecture of people, as well as of buildings… …the way he shoots light, masses, volumes, voids, angles and implied motion… share?
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Questions, answered
For me, movies are a fantastical experience, and when the moviemaker doesn’t honor his or her participation in the world of fantasy, I get bored. On the other hand, movies always raise realistic questions for me, like: Who cleans up … Continue reading
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Confusion
Cr — t and cr — t both have wickets. One’s boring, the other’s chess on the run. Croquet’s wickets I confused with cricket’s, as a kid, so gave cricket a miss for too long. Love it now, though I … Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, love
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Sketches
I think of plans as promises. Since, all too often, life’s crazinesses interfere with promises, my solution is compromise – I don’t plan tightly. Instead, I sketch ideas share?
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Words and art and design
My words come from my heart. I find it hard to write words when I’m analytical. Yet my daily, paid word is often very analytical. I have an even deeper problem when it comes to visual art. I have to … Continue reading
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Afghanistan, Karzai, and the easy-chair critics
Elizabeth Rubin has a new NY Times article about Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan‘s President: Karzai in His Labyrinth She offers a gentle-but-tough, compassionate, and honest view of the incredibly complex nature of Afghani politics, and Karzai’s nature. As excellent as this … Continue reading
Posted in ...Grafetti, ...writers' work, conceptualizing, editing, inspiration, writing for blogs, writing non-fiction
Tagged Afghanistan, Asia, Elizabeth Rubin, global, Hamid Karzai, leadership, news, NY Times, politics
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Back on the chopping block
When I start a blog, I have a sense of a theme and try to write the blog conversationally. As I struggle to express my thoughts, I walk around my points and use too many words. share?
Posted in ...Grafediting, composing, conceptualizing, editing, writing for blogs
Tagged logical errors, sequencing errors, verbosity
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Bittersweet
Of the two marmalades I made this weekend, the grapefruit was the more bitter. The clementine marmalade was lovely to the nose and succulent on the tongue, but the grapefruit felt good in my tummy — it was refreshing and … Continue reading
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Tagged A.I.G., bailouts, bittersweet, bonus payouts, cribs-n-whinges, economy, marmalade, news, opinion, random thoughts, USA
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Why I love newspapers
Or is it newscreens, newswebs or newsnets? I haven’t bought a paper paper in more than a year. One of my fav’s, TOI, isn’t available at my local newsstand. What’s the newsstand guy going to do when we’re all reading … Continue reading
Posted in ...Grafetti, ...writers' work, early poems, early prose, ego, inspiration, Wikipedia, writing for blogs
Tagged economy, environment, global, love, newspapers, religion, scraping
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The Amateur
Calling someone an amateur is a common insult in the USA. But did you know that amateur comes from the French word for lover? An amateur is someone motivated to devote himself to something for the pure love if it. … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur approach, Darwin, emotions, environment, global, love, philosophy, science, Valentine's Day
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NYC’s cop horses
Today’s NY Times carries a story about the horse cops in New York. Not the mounted police, but the horses themselves. These beautiful animals deserve great respect for being able to handle a difficult job. I also have much admiration … Continue reading
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Tagged cops, horses, NYC
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NYC and politeness
The NY Times online edition was redesigned a couple of weeks ago. On the whole, the redesign is effective, in my opinion. I’ve begun to read the online edition with more care, because the site is now more inviting and … Continue reading
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Tagged NYC, politeness, satire
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