Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 53

Remarkable Missoula, Montana artist Courtney Blazon was...

Remarkable Missoula, Montana artist Courtney Blazon was commissioned by the good folks at the Montana Book Awards to create this CAM POST inspired sculptural piece (think of a super-sized snow glob—something so far up Cam’s alley it’s practically in her backyard).

The sculpture is absolutely loaded with meticulous and clever and beautiful references to Cam’s many shenanigans (and also her personal moments of heartbreak and surprise and wonder). It’s exactly the kind of thing a writer (this writer!) dreams someone might do with her words someday, and now it’s happened and I’m just pretty damn gobsmacked by it.

http://courtneyblazon.blogspot.com/2013/04/commission-piece-for-montana-book-award.html?spref=fb

Nabbed this PHENOM vintage CitR at Missoula, MT’s Book...

Nabbed this PHENOM vintage CitR at Missoula, MT’s Book Exchange for a buck. ONE BUCK! Howdy, doo.

vanished:Fuke - Bright Colored Night

vanished:

Fuke - Bright Colored Night

scribnerbooks:A book by its covers: a wealth of cover art for...

scribnerbooks:

A book by its covers: a wealth of cover art for The Great Gatsby

visualgraphic:World of Colour by Timo Brunkhorst

visualgraphic:

World of Colour by Timo Brunkhorst

Intricate Thread Sculptures by Takahiro Iwasaki

Intricate Thread Sculptures by Takahiro Iwasaki

gwendabond:archiemcphee:Daniel Barreto, an illustrator based...

gwendabond:

archiemcphee:

Daniel Barreto, an illustrator based in Boston, MA, created an awesome series of manipulated photos and gifs depicting tiny dwellings built into the trunks of living trees. They’re charming and beautiful and we keep looking at them hoping to catch a glimpse of the even tinier occupants of these woody homes.

[via Beautiful Decay]

Love these.

"You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke..."

““You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words send up.””

- ~ Toni Morrison

"If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw,..."

““If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don’t just stick there scowling at the problem. But don’t make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people’s words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.””

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Hilary Mantel on writing (and getting stuck).

Oh I will make a pie. I will always, always make a pie. (Now to remember that.)

CHEEMOBILE: Some Signs You Could Be A Fiction Writer

CHEEMOBILE: Some Signs You Could Be A Fiction Writer:

alexanderchee:

You are always thinking of insane jobs for yourself that you never follow through on.
Conversations with other people repeat in your head for days after you have them.
Conversations with other people repeat in your head for days before you have them.
Conversations with other people…

Oh yes, yes: yes to all of these but even more so to 1-4 (for me).