I look at this video, curious about the title. I never heard of a serval cat before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhwkmcGr00
After seeing the cat in action and what he look like, my little neurone start to work. Of course, I learned something new in the process. On the other hand, it is not an animal that is commonly seen in my little part of the world. I am sure the same thing would be said by people from other part of the world about the animals that live here.
So, seeing that cat that look foreign to me makes me think. I wrote a lot of fantasy stuff that are set of other planets. I never been much specific on the flora and fauna of those places. Seeing this beautiful serval cat makes me wonder if I would be able to create something special for each of the worlds I had created. It is a bit a challenge that I set for myself. I have nothing to loose and my worlds would gain in precision in the process. I just have to create somethign plausible.
I know that in other well known fictious universes, really weird fauna and/or flora had been created. I know that I don't want to go to the end of the spectrum where everything is alien looking for us. I just want to find a equilibrium. I want to create a sense of familarity (where people would says: "I have seen that somewhere") while throwing some perticuliarities, for a sensation of off balance and uneasiness. A thought order, I know. I think I may guide a bit on animal a little bit like the serval cat. I think he have the qualities I want in what I want to create.
I think it will a joyride, well, could be using that to feed my inner soft mad scientist in me!
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
homemade notebooks
I discovered some videos on the coptic stitch binding. Here one of them, to get an idea of what it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue52htX3j0k
I finally looked at them. It brought back fun memories of my first year in college. I had a class on book repair. The very first thing we made was a notebook, to understand how books were made. It was a different technique than the coptic stitch. We made groves instead. After that, we put some strings in the groove. Glue was applied, we also added a cotton mesh, also with glue. It was left to dry on a book press or heavy books. After that, we applied something similar to a duck tape on the back. And I think it was pretty much all. I don't remember if we put an cardboard in front and in the back. I am not sure. I remember seeing a tape being put between the cover and the rest of a book (or was it our notebook. Frustrating that it was so long ago!)
Well, I took a look on another site for a tool I remember using at school and that I saw in one of the videos. I found it but I also found books about book binding. If I didn't made that research, I wouldn't know there was books on that subject! After the videos and my unexpected discovery, I am tempted to make other homemade notebooks. It been a while since I ap picking up an "craft" after leaving it for a few years. I also think that now it is the right time to return to what I have learned in my class on book repairs and on how to do notebooks. I am ready for that. Maybe I will make some people jealous or envious so it will give me the opportunity to make notebooks as gift. Would makes me practice more! (-:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue52htX3j0k
I finally looked at them. It brought back fun memories of my first year in college. I had a class on book repair. The very first thing we made was a notebook, to understand how books were made. It was a different technique than the coptic stitch. We made groves instead. After that, we put some strings in the groove. Glue was applied, we also added a cotton mesh, also with glue. It was left to dry on a book press or heavy books. After that, we applied something similar to a duck tape on the back. And I think it was pretty much all. I don't remember if we put an cardboard in front and in the back. I am not sure. I remember seeing a tape being put between the cover and the rest of a book (or was it our notebook. Frustrating that it was so long ago!)
Well, I took a look on another site for a tool I remember using at school and that I saw in one of the videos. I found it but I also found books about book binding. If I didn't made that research, I wouldn't know there was books on that subject! After the videos and my unexpected discovery, I am tempted to make other homemade notebooks. It been a while since I ap picking up an "craft" after leaving it for a few years. I also think that now it is the right time to return to what I have learned in my class on book repairs and on how to do notebooks. I am ready for that. Maybe I will make some people jealous or envious so it will give me the opportunity to make notebooks as gift. Would makes me practice more! (-:
Monday, 24 November 2014
40 000 is the new 30 000.
Nanowrimo ends in a week or so. It was another good experience. I wil have another story on paper. Even if it is a first draft, it is better than nothing. I am also doing well, in general. There was many scene that were really easy to write. Usually, my writing can be categorized into fantasy with some tiny bits of science fiction. Most of my characters have magic or psychic powers. The setting is most of the time on other planets. In one story, there are the beginning and the end involving a spaceship orbiting a planet. At least two of my stories had taken place on earth. Lately, I started to explore other genre. In 2011, I have done erotica. It was really kinky. In 2013, I try my hand in the gothic. Last year, I took a break. I had no stories in my head at the time and my mind was set on other things. This year, I try horror. I haft succeded in that. I do have some element of horror, specially in my characters. For the rest, I kind of miss the mark. There is only once scene that I am satisfied now. I will have to work on tension and putting more horror when I will do my revision.
In past years, I found that between 30 000 and 40 000 words was the hardest to write. It was where I wrote the slowest (my perception anyway). It was my no man land. Maybe it was right in the middle of my story. It is usually where I have the most struggle in my stories. I often have precise ideas for the beginning and the end. For the middle, it is always less precise. I only had few ideas here and there for the middle. So, it must be why I was rushing so much there.
This year, no problem writing in the 30 000 gray area. It is only in the last few days, when I hit the 40 000 words that I start to falter. I don't know why. I didn't have any written plan this year. I thought it would make it a little bit harder. It wasn't the case. I had all in my head and until now, I wrote furiously to put it all down. I am at a point where I got some ideas on the go, as the story developped. It was a very late addition to the story. It is there that I am struggling right now. I feel I am near the end. I have to think fast. I think I will wrap quickly that scene, leaving it's further development for later, in the revision process. I think I will go for the ending. I want the ending to be of epic proportion, so, I better start now. As I am in the early 40 000, I am assured to reach the 50 000 words in the next few days.
In past years, I found that between 30 000 and 40 000 words was the hardest to write. It was where I wrote the slowest (my perception anyway). It was my no man land. Maybe it was right in the middle of my story. It is usually where I have the most struggle in my stories. I often have precise ideas for the beginning and the end. For the middle, it is always less precise. I only had few ideas here and there for the middle. So, it must be why I was rushing so much there.
This year, no problem writing in the 30 000 gray area. It is only in the last few days, when I hit the 40 000 words that I start to falter. I don't know why. I didn't have any written plan this year. I thought it would make it a little bit harder. It wasn't the case. I had all in my head and until now, I wrote furiously to put it all down. I am at a point where I got some ideas on the go, as the story developped. It was a very late addition to the story. It is there that I am struggling right now. I feel I am near the end. I have to think fast. I think I will wrap quickly that scene, leaving it's further development for later, in the revision process. I think I will go for the ending. I want the ending to be of epic proportion, so, I better start now. As I am in the early 40 000, I am assured to reach the 50 000 words in the next few days.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Script and various things on my nerves
I don't know if it is my intense writing bubble right now but I see some flaws in various places. Maybe I am sharpening my writing skills and never realised it before. It is not really about grammar. More how things can be scripted, about titles and the bells and ropes of writing. I suspect that I know more about writing now. In addition, I put to practice what I learned. So, I may be more sensible to what I see.
For example, I have looked at some videos on youtube.com. Right away, I can see if the video is well scripted or not. I don't have much knowledge about script nor practice. I do have a more general knowledge of writing. Even with that, I can see if the script is good or not. I found that quite interesting as a phenomenon. I think I am gaining some experience in writing. I can now discriminate between something well scripted from the bad scripted videos. It would probably applied to everything else.
Another irritating fact: title. It apply to everything: books, videos, etc... I would rate that my number one frustration, just before bad script. The title should refflect the content. I hate when I see a title that sound interesting. Once I pick it up and the content diverge from the title, I see red. It seems to be quite common on youtube. It is where I saw that mistake the most. It makes me want to slap the people that came up with the titles.
My writing is not perfect, I know. But I try to improve myself. I learn and I practice writing. What I see, sometimes, seems hopeless or the people doesn't feel the need to improvement. Of course, I don't have anything published, nothing that is widespread, yet. I am working on my texts before spreading them into the world. I am not a professional writer but I try to be conscious and professional. That line of thinking isn't widespread, it seems.
For example, I have looked at some videos on youtube.com. Right away, I can see if the video is well scripted or not. I don't have much knowledge about script nor practice. I do have a more general knowledge of writing. Even with that, I can see if the script is good or not. I found that quite interesting as a phenomenon. I think I am gaining some experience in writing. I can now discriminate between something well scripted from the bad scripted videos. It would probably applied to everything else.
Another irritating fact: title. It apply to everything: books, videos, etc... I would rate that my number one frustration, just before bad script. The title should refflect the content. I hate when I see a title that sound interesting. Once I pick it up and the content diverge from the title, I see red. It seems to be quite common on youtube. It is where I saw that mistake the most. It makes me want to slap the people that came up with the titles.
My writing is not perfect, I know. But I try to improve myself. I learn and I practice writing. What I see, sometimes, seems hopeless or the people doesn't feel the need to improvement. Of course, I don't have anything published, nothing that is widespread, yet. I am working on my texts before spreading them into the world. I am not a professional writer but I try to be conscious and professional. That line of thinking isn't widespread, it seems.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Creativity feed the inspiration.
I am deep into nanowrimo (http://nanowrimo.org). I know, I am talking a lot about that lately. Most of my efforts and thinking goes there. It is a bit normal because I am willing to go for that insanity. It have beneficial effect on me. It mainly push me to get a story out of my system and into the written world, on file.
Before this year nanowrimo, I had a slower pace in my writing. I was more into soaps and Christmas gift and creating some jewelry pieces. When I remembered that I had a story, I decided to write it to get it out of my system and be done with it. Now, what I am thinking is slowly changing and evolving. I start to see some more advantages in doing nanowrimo. I now see that I was in other creative projects unrelated to writing. Coming back to writing is a litle bit like coming back to my first love. I started in my creative outlet by writing. I expanded myself into other direction with time and witth dicovering new hobbies. Right now, I feel that I recenter myself a bit. Maybe I am doing a full circle. Maybe I will end up writing on my other hobbies. I have gained experience on those and maybe it is time that I write more about them.
I don't know why I start thinking about that. It seems to goes up with the inspiration for my story. There is something going on. It makes me feel that I connect to something deeper inside me. Things are flowing as evidence. Unconscious and unworded things are taking shape and words in my awaken mind. I sound as if I am leveling up in a RPG game. I find it pleasant to live. For one, I don't have to play in the ucky mud of experiences past. I just have to concentrate on the inspiration wells.
Before this year nanowrimo, I had a slower pace in my writing. I was more into soaps and Christmas gift and creating some jewelry pieces. When I remembered that I had a story, I decided to write it to get it out of my system and be done with it. Now, what I am thinking is slowly changing and evolving. I start to see some more advantages in doing nanowrimo. I now see that I was in other creative projects unrelated to writing. Coming back to writing is a litle bit like coming back to my first love. I started in my creative outlet by writing. I expanded myself into other direction with time and witth dicovering new hobbies. Right now, I feel that I recenter myself a bit. Maybe I am doing a full circle. Maybe I will end up writing on my other hobbies. I have gained experience on those and maybe it is time that I write more about them.
I don't know why I start thinking about that. It seems to goes up with the inspiration for my story. There is something going on. It makes me feel that I connect to something deeper inside me. Things are flowing as evidence. Unconscious and unworded things are taking shape and words in my awaken mind. I sound as if I am leveling up in a RPG game. I find it pleasant to live. For one, I don't have to play in the ucky mud of experiences past. I just have to concentrate on the inspiration wells.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Progress on nanowrimo.
I decided to do Nanowrimo (http://nanowrimo.org). I haven't planned much. I also took few notes. I mainly took notes about characters: mainly their names and their relationships between themselves. For the rest, I have commited it in my mind. I have a few ideas for scenes and explanations. Until now, it had done well. But I think I will takes brief notes for the end, to be sure not to forget them.
I have encountered a few snags until now. I want the plotline and the explanations to be cohesive. So, there a few places where I felt a little bit stuck. I had to leave my mind do the work. I am lucky to be in a creative mood. I fould solutions to every problems I got. I just hope to have a lucky vein and to go further on.
With what I wrote yesterday, I think I will have to do a trilogy. Yesterday, I hinted to a unknown top secret research that I haven't talk anywhere else. I had written one story about psychic powers research gone wrong. It wasn't a great text. I will have to revise or rewrite the whole thing. I was fun to write, anyway. Now, I am writing about another top research gone wrong but there is more collateral damage than the first one. So, my present story is about beings created that have some zombies traits, look similar to Stargate Atlantis' Wraiths and they have a few particularities of their owns. I also makes a lot of reference to the first story on psychic powers. With what I wrote yesterday, I would have an idea for next year nanowrimo about a third top secret research. So, now, I think that all those three projects witll be linked together in some ways.
So, here my plan for the rest of the month: I will finish my current story. Most of my energy will go for that. It goes well right now. I have taken a bit of advance, so it is a good sign. I am inspired and it good as smoothly as it can. I just have to get a bit more discipline to write when I plan to. I have to work to limit my distractions. I am happy to do well even with the distractions, just to find a way to be more efficient than I am now.
Now, I also do have a plan for after nanowrimo madness. As I now have an idea for next year's nanowrimo, I will have to develop that starting from December onward. I will have to leave my mind do some working on the plot and what I want to do with this story. Meanwhile, I will have to develop the main character. Right now, in the story I am doing, he is only a supporting character. He have already a name and a few attibutes. After nanowrimo, I will have to expand his character. He will have a more active role in the future. I want an interesting character.
It is amazing, sometimes, where inspiration can lead me to the unexpected. I also realise that I am more passionate on my writing than I thought!
I have encountered a few snags until now. I want the plotline and the explanations to be cohesive. So, there a few places where I felt a little bit stuck. I had to leave my mind do the work. I am lucky to be in a creative mood. I fould solutions to every problems I got. I just hope to have a lucky vein and to go further on.
With what I wrote yesterday, I think I will have to do a trilogy. Yesterday, I hinted to a unknown top secret research that I haven't talk anywhere else. I had written one story about psychic powers research gone wrong. It wasn't a great text. I will have to revise or rewrite the whole thing. I was fun to write, anyway. Now, I am writing about another top research gone wrong but there is more collateral damage than the first one. So, my present story is about beings created that have some zombies traits, look similar to Stargate Atlantis' Wraiths and they have a few particularities of their owns. I also makes a lot of reference to the first story on psychic powers. With what I wrote yesterday, I would have an idea for next year nanowrimo about a third top secret research. So, now, I think that all those three projects witll be linked together in some ways.
So, here my plan for the rest of the month: I will finish my current story. Most of my energy will go for that. It goes well right now. I have taken a bit of advance, so it is a good sign. I am inspired and it good as smoothly as it can. I just have to get a bit more discipline to write when I plan to. I have to work to limit my distractions. I am happy to do well even with the distractions, just to find a way to be more efficient than I am now.
Now, I also do have a plan for after nanowrimo madness. As I now have an idea for next year's nanowrimo, I will have to develop that starting from December onward. I will have to leave my mind do some working on the plot and what I want to do with this story. Meanwhile, I will have to develop the main character. Right now, in the story I am doing, he is only a supporting character. He have already a name and a few attibutes. After nanowrimo, I will have to expand his character. He will have a more active role in the future. I want an interesting character.
It is amazing, sometimes, where inspiration can lead me to the unexpected. I also realise that I am more passionate on my writing than I thought!
Thursday, 13 November 2014
People being creative with mythology
In the recent years, mythology had gained popularity. When I started to get interested in that topic, I didn't knew it was poplular. I was in high school. Later on, in college, I learned, from a teacher, that it was gaining popularity. It was just before some well known shows became poplular (think Kevin Sorbo's Hercules and the Xena serie).
When I started, it wasn't easy to understand all the relationship between the various divinities. Greek mythology is particularly notorious for the complex relationship of divinities. Our modern mind set isn't always adequate to fully assimilate all this on a single sitting.
Nowaday, some people have done the task and put some order in all this. There is one person that had done it quite well: Georges O'Connor. He is currently doing a series on the Olympian gods and goddesses. It is quite well done. It is done in a graphic novel format. He does one god or one goddess per album. The next one that will be available is Ares. (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1626720134/ref=oh_details_o09_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Other divinities had been done: Zeus (http://www.amazon.ca/Zeus-King-Gods-George-OConnor/dp/1596434317/ref=pd_cp_b_1),
Héra (http://www.amazon.ca/Hera-The-Goddess-her-Glory/dp/1596434333/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z),
Athena (http://www.amazon.ca/Athena-Grey-Eyed-Goddess-George-OConnor/dp/1596434325/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z),
Hades (http://www.amazon.ca/Hades-Lord-Dead-George-OConnor/dp/1596434341/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z)
Poséidon (http://www.amazon.ca/Poseidon-Earth-Shaker-George-OConnor/dp/1596437383/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z) and
Aphrodite (http://www.amazon.ca/Aphrodite-Goddess-Love-George-OConnor/dp/1596437391/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EV1D1015AG2ACFJB0V5).
There is also a box set for the volumes already published (http://www.amazon.ca/Olympians-Boxed-Set-George-OConnor/dp/1626720592/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415457346&sr=1-18).
I would have more fun learning mythology that way. Now, it would be great to have more fun and accessible books or graphic novels on other mythologies. Personnally, I would like to know more on Japanese mythology. My knowledge is a bit sketchy on it.
When I started, it wasn't easy to understand all the relationship between the various divinities. Greek mythology is particularly notorious for the complex relationship of divinities. Our modern mind set isn't always adequate to fully assimilate all this on a single sitting.
Nowaday, some people have done the task and put some order in all this. There is one person that had done it quite well: Georges O'Connor. He is currently doing a series on the Olympian gods and goddesses. It is quite well done. It is done in a graphic novel format. He does one god or one goddess per album. The next one that will be available is Ares. (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1626720134/ref=oh_details_o09_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Other divinities had been done: Zeus (http://www.amazon.ca/Zeus-King-Gods-George-OConnor/dp/1596434317/ref=pd_cp_b_1),
Héra (http://www.amazon.ca/Hera-The-Goddess-her-Glory/dp/1596434333/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z),
Athena (http://www.amazon.ca/Athena-Grey-Eyed-Goddess-George-OConnor/dp/1596434325/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z),
Hades (http://www.amazon.ca/Hades-Lord-Dead-George-OConnor/dp/1596434341/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z)
Poséidon (http://www.amazon.ca/Poseidon-Earth-Shaker-George-OConnor/dp/1596437383/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z) and
Aphrodite (http://www.amazon.ca/Aphrodite-Goddess-Love-George-OConnor/dp/1596437391/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EV1D1015AG2ACFJB0V5).
There is also a box set for the volumes already published (http://www.amazon.ca/Olympians-Boxed-Set-George-OConnor/dp/1626720592/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415457346&sr=1-18).
I would have more fun learning mythology that way. Now, it would be great to have more fun and accessible books or graphic novels on other mythologies. Personnally, I would like to know more on Japanese mythology. My knowledge is a bit sketchy on it.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Dream Journal
I think I had mentioned that dreams are a source of inspiration for me. It is true that I have many stories that started as dreams. Well, dreams was a starting point. It was only a scene. I don't think I am the only one in that case.
To help me keep track of possible ideas, I have a dream journal. In the morning, if I have a dream, I note it not long after waking up. If I wait too long, it will be harder to remember. Sometimes, I only remember bribes of dreams, even soon after waking up. It happen sometimes. It does not bother me when it happens. The dream may come back in another form.
Another advantage of having a dream journal: I have cycle where dreams seems to be connected. My most important one was one involving a labyrinth. It wasn't an conventional maize. It was more me moving from room to room, somethimes there was corridors or stairs. A few ones where underground and there was a kind of rollercoaster subway. It was kind of cool. The cycle ended when I had a dream with the minotaur in it. Since, no more labyrinth. It seems that I had reached the exit of the labyrinth and had passed a test (represented by the Minotaur). Another cool cycle that follow the labyrinth one was me as a fighter. In the dreams, I was starting with nothing, no weapon. I had to fight and gain my own weapons. Very powering dreams.
With that kind of dreams, no wonder I found strong inspiration in my dreams...
To help me keep track of possible ideas, I have a dream journal. In the morning, if I have a dream, I note it not long after waking up. If I wait too long, it will be harder to remember. Sometimes, I only remember bribes of dreams, even soon after waking up. It happen sometimes. It does not bother me when it happens. The dream may come back in another form.
Another advantage of having a dream journal: I have cycle where dreams seems to be connected. My most important one was one involving a labyrinth. It wasn't an conventional maize. It was more me moving from room to room, somethimes there was corridors or stairs. A few ones where underground and there was a kind of rollercoaster subway. It was kind of cool. The cycle ended when I had a dream with the minotaur in it. Since, no more labyrinth. It seems that I had reached the exit of the labyrinth and had passed a test (represented by the Minotaur). Another cool cycle that follow the labyrinth one was me as a fighter. In the dreams, I was starting with nothing, no weapon. I had to fight and gain my own weapons. Very powering dreams.
With that kind of dreams, no wonder I found strong inspiration in my dreams...
Monday, 10 November 2014
An article on artists, in French
I hope the link is still here:
http://www.jobboom.com/carriere/deux-artistes-sur-trois-ne-peuvent-vivre-de-leur-art/
It is in French. What it is say is simple. Artists can't live from their arts. There also some project they have that they start but that never see fruitition. The artists have to pay for those projects. Even with their projects that see the daylight, they have to pay too. It is a no win situation.
It is sad to see that. Art can be a luxury, yes. On the other way, there are people who live from art. I wonder why a project don't goes full term to the end. The article is short. Would have been great to know the reasons behind this. I wonder, also, why the artist end up with the "invoice" of an unfinished job. If it is an personal project, it is understandable. Otherwhile, I am a pit puzzled.
The article left me with some questions. I know that art and books are the first to be chopped when there are compression. It is easy to cut there first. People accept that without much thinking. There are even people who want to pull all the money from art and put it for people in need. It could be a noble act. I can't goes against that line of thinking. I just wonder what people will do with their free time if they chop art, books and entertainment completely. It can't be done totally. Grafitis are there to prove my point. I consider it an artform and a way to express frustration and hopelessness. Even if not all the basic needs are met, there is a need to change it's mind from the hardship of life. The Roman had understood it perfectly when they says "bread and games."
It would be great to find a compromise between artists being able to do their jobs and the hard uncompromising reality. I don't consider myself a professional artists yet. I am just an amateur artist who need to express herself, on her own term.
http://www.jobboom.com/carriere/deux-artistes-sur-trois-ne-peuvent-vivre-de-leur-art/
It is in French. What it is say is simple. Artists can't live from their arts. There also some project they have that they start but that never see fruitition. The artists have to pay for those projects. Even with their projects that see the daylight, they have to pay too. It is a no win situation.
It is sad to see that. Art can be a luxury, yes. On the other way, there are people who live from art. I wonder why a project don't goes full term to the end. The article is short. Would have been great to know the reasons behind this. I wonder, also, why the artist end up with the "invoice" of an unfinished job. If it is an personal project, it is understandable. Otherwhile, I am a pit puzzled.
The article left me with some questions. I know that art and books are the first to be chopped when there are compression. It is easy to cut there first. People accept that without much thinking. There are even people who want to pull all the money from art and put it for people in need. It could be a noble act. I can't goes against that line of thinking. I just wonder what people will do with their free time if they chop art, books and entertainment completely. It can't be done totally. Grafitis are there to prove my point. I consider it an artform and a way to express frustration and hopelessness. Even if not all the basic needs are met, there is a need to change it's mind from the hardship of life. The Roman had understood it perfectly when they says "bread and games."
It would be great to find a compromise between artists being able to do their jobs and the hard uncompromising reality. I don't consider myself a professional artists yet. I am just an amateur artist who need to express herself, on her own term.
Friday, 7 November 2014
Lost of nanowrimo and life, all in the same time
I don't know how I could forgot to write yesterday. Since a week, I am deeply into nanowrimo (http://nanowrimo.org). I also have a few matters in real life that I have to attend. It seems to be something that happen each year during november. Everything all in the same time.
I just hope that my sanity will hold on the frentic pre-Christmas madness, as November is quite known now. I can't explain how I forgot yesterday's post. I just feel there is much to be done. I am also in a writing madness.
There are good points of all this turmoil. I am realizing it today. I have to get more organized and stick to my match plan if I was to survive this month. I don't have any other choice, anyway. I am also in a creative mode. Much ideas are swirling in my head.
So, I am sorry to have forgotten yesterday post. Next week, let's resume the usual posting schedule.
I just hope that my sanity will hold on the frentic pre-Christmas madness, as November is quite known now. I can't explain how I forgot yesterday's post. I just feel there is much to be done. I am also in a writing madness.
There are good points of all this turmoil. I am realizing it today. I have to get more organized and stick to my match plan if I was to survive this month. I don't have any other choice, anyway. I am also in a creative mode. Much ideas are swirling in my head.
So, I am sorry to have forgotten yesterday post. Next week, let's resume the usual posting schedule.
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Music and writing.
It is a habit of mine to listen to music as I writing. Strangely, I haven't done that in a while. I am seeing it have an impact on my writing. It give me the mood for the writing. If I write some heavy and dark stuff, I listen tortured, heavy and tormented music. If it is light, some soft music like love song and sound of nature.
I miss that now and I feel that music should return into my writing scéance. It is therapeutic and very mood setting.
There are some people who are not like me, I know. Each person have it's own particularity. For me, each time I heard a song, there are often images that comes to my mind. Images and or moods. There are a few times where the moods are stronger than the images. My mind seems to makes some connection. Music help me to make them more easily, it seems. It speed the process, sometimes.
How inspiration work is fascinating. It interest me because I know myself better. It makes me explore and think on how I can develop it further. It makes me want to go deeper. It is like finding the source of a well. I am not the type to go that like easy and superficial inspiration or art. I feel the well of inspiration in me and I want to follow it to it's source. It is a call and I feel the urge to follow it. Putting this to word makes the objective clearer and more attainable. It is a quest. The traveling of this quest is as important as the goal.
I miss that now and I feel that music should return into my writing scéance. It is therapeutic and very mood setting.
There are some people who are not like me, I know. Each person have it's own particularity. For me, each time I heard a song, there are often images that comes to my mind. Images and or moods. There are a few times where the moods are stronger than the images. My mind seems to makes some connection. Music help me to make them more easily, it seems. It speed the process, sometimes.
How inspiration work is fascinating. It interest me because I know myself better. It makes me explore and think on how I can develop it further. It makes me want to go deeper. It is like finding the source of a well. I am not the type to go that like easy and superficial inspiration or art. I feel the well of inspiration in me and I want to follow it to it's source. It is a call and I feel the urge to follow it. Putting this to word makes the objective clearer and more attainable. It is a quest. The traveling of this quest is as important as the goal.
Monday, 3 November 2014
Science and inspiration
Not long ago, I look at some information on the mummies of the Tarim Desert.
Here a link on the documentary that makes me discover those mummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdKj7o-ZjM It was on Nova, on PBS. Too bad it isn't on dvd. It is worth to see.
It is where the inspiration dawn on me. A mummy is dead. A zumbie, it is a kind of mummy but undead. The usual is people being infected by a virus and they become zombies. I thought to add a step. A person could turn into a mummy before being infected by a virus to reanimate him. I know there are cases, in Japan, where monks followed a mortification procedure to turn themselves into mummies. It was a very strict regimen ending in quite a terrifying end. Here is a link for those monks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
Now that I reflect on this, it is quite a thing to have follow that line of thought. All because of beautiful mummies! It add to the story that I have started. I don't know if I would thought of that before hand. Too bad it will be for later on in the story. I have taken notes, not to forget when the moment comes.
The discovery of those mummies is a part of archaeology. I never had thought it would inspire me for a story. It had inspired me in some unfinished jewelry project. It is buried somewhere. I didn't take any photo of that project yet. Maybe I should. Anyway, now archaeology is among my influence in the things I do now. In more ways that I would have expected. Could enlarge this to anthropology.
It is how science influence me right now. Not every branch of science yet but it is a start.
Here a link on the documentary that makes me discover those mummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdKj7o-ZjM It was on Nova, on PBS. Too bad it isn't on dvd. It is worth to see.
It is where the inspiration dawn on me. A mummy is dead. A zumbie, it is a kind of mummy but undead. The usual is people being infected by a virus and they become zombies. I thought to add a step. A person could turn into a mummy before being infected by a virus to reanimate him. I know there are cases, in Japan, where monks followed a mortification procedure to turn themselves into mummies. It was a very strict regimen ending in quite a terrifying end. Here is a link for those monks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
Now that I reflect on this, it is quite a thing to have follow that line of thought. All because of beautiful mummies! It add to the story that I have started. I don't know if I would thought of that before hand. Too bad it will be for later on in the story. I have taken notes, not to forget when the moment comes.
The discovery of those mummies is a part of archaeology. I never had thought it would inspire me for a story. It had inspired me in some unfinished jewelry project. It is buried somewhere. I didn't take any photo of that project yet. Maybe I should. Anyway, now archaeology is among my influence in the things I do now. In more ways that I would have expected. Could enlarge this to anthropology.
It is how science influence me right now. Not every branch of science yet but it is a start.
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