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October 17, 2017
Handmade Paper Pop-Up Cards Display
Writer’s aren’t the only artists that use paper to craft their vision. Writers think of paper as the medium on which to record their art. Paper artists transform the paper into their vision.
My professors thought it important to distinguish between art and mere craft. Crafts, because they lean more toward verisimilitude than the more abstract work of modern artists, may feel less worthy of our attention. Anthropologists might disagree. Paper pop-up-cards may lack the gravitas of Malevich’s Black Square, but that doesn’t make them any less fun.1 And, like paintings and sculpture, they may even inspire a poem or scene.
[image error]Peter Dahmen’s peacock pop-up is just one of the fascinating paper sculptures he’s documented on video.
Peter Dahmen’s videos can be found on Youtube with a simple search, but I thought I’d share a post displaying video clips of his work.
Check out: A Wonderfully Satisfying Compilation of Stunning Handmade Paper Pop-Up Cards by Peter Dahmen.
1I can’t deny it. Whenever I see or think about Black Square (which he painted in several versions), I have fun.back
October 15, 2017
Music Beyond Belief: an explanation of the relationship between personal faith and musical composition by composer Joseph Alen Shaw
October’s BeZine focuses on music. You don’t want to miss it. Packed with poetry and essays on music and its influence on culture, philosophy, and faith, reading the issue should feel like floating in harmonic pools.
[image error]From the score to Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra
This sample article by Joseph Alen Shaw should offer a taste of the offerings in the issue.
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October 7, 2017
Random Acts of Poetry Day October 7
Last week poets around the world participated online in 100,000 Poets for Peace. Today poets are putting out the call for Random Acts of Poetry. This is your chance to display your work in public. Leave a poem you wrote at your favorite diner. Stuff one in a book at a bookstore. Find an online forum. Find out more with the link to Annette Aben’s blog below.
My contribution? I’d like to revisit a prose poem I posted a long time ago: Digital Distraction
They say he’s got the whole world in his hands but lately, it seems like he’s juggling a few too many priorities, if you ask me, which I know you’re not. I mean, really, you’re not even paying attention, you’re texting everyone but me on your brand new, next-generation iPhone and snickering and forwarding me pics you think I like, like this orb that could be a vagina giving birth to a crying bleeding orgasmic pop art spectacle laid out over a watch kind of like saying time’s getting away from us, our lives are getting away from us, this whole fucking world is getting away from us and whose fucking fault is it, I want to ask. But there really isn’t any point. Is there? Because you aren’t paying attention, you’re already off to another chain of texts and would have lost the thread of this thought long ago in cyberspace and never bothered to take the time to look at this drawing. Look at it damn it, when the text stops scrolling, and say, “wow, there’s another mind I could connect with here” instead of losing yourself in the solipsistic universe wrapped up at your fingertips on your nextgen phone.
(Image by Sergio Penya)
Source: Random Acts of Poetry Day October 7
October 5, 2017
Article 2: Inspiration or Inclination? – Part 2 – Guest Post by Phillip T. Stephens…
Chris the Story Reading Ape is sponsoring a series of blogs on the topic “inspiration” that I wrote between now and Christmas. In the first article, I discussed the difference between wanting to be a writer and being inspired to become a writer. In article 2 I discuss “found inspiration,” or techniques artists use when their wellsprings stop pumping.
[image error]The light bulb symbolizes inspiration, but writers find inspiration in art, music, film, and even stories our grandmothers told.
Normally I add a few thoughts of my own when I reblog another post, but since I wrote the post it seems a little too much.
Source: Article 2: Inspiration or Inclination? – Part 2 – Guest Post by Phillip T. Stephens…
October 4, 2017
100,000 Poets for Change
This weekend (September 30) more than 2o0 poets contributed to the 100,000 Poets for Change Resistance wall sponsored by The BeZine. They wrote of peace and war, dying whales and dying seas, police actions, racism, and addiction. They wrote long poems, short poems, micro poems, prose poems, public notices, and memoranda. They wrote from England, Poland, Morocco, Nigeria, and Turkey.
The BeZine is produced by a collaborative effort between spiritual communities and artists in order to create “sacred space (common ground) as it is expressed through the arts.”
[image error]The stars on this map pinpoint the locations of poets around the world who posted to the Poets for Change event.
The event ended but comments are still open. If you have a poem for change you wish to contribute, why not add your voice?
October’s issue will be music. If you have a polished poem to contribute, check out The BeZine’s submission guidelines.
September 29, 2017
The BeZine’s virtual “live” 100,000 Poets (and friends) event … The Countdown Begins and YOU’RE INVITED!
Tomorrow morning wherever you are in the world. Joint the collaboration.
[image error]The countdown is underway. 100000 Poets for Change begins tomorrow.
September 11, 2017
How The BeZine “virtual” 100,000 Poets (and other artists and friends) for Change (100TPC) works …
Jamie Deeds just released an update on the 9/30 Poets for Change Event. Make sure to check the September issue when it’s released on 9/15 and see what other poets and artists are doing. I participated last year and it’s inspiring.
[image error]Start writing your poems for the 100k Poets for Change event.
Source: How The BeZine “virtual” 100,000 Poets (and other artists and friends) for Change (100TPC) works …
September 9, 2017
How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips
Or perhaps you should ask, “To press this or not to press this?”
Now that Hugh’s Views has taken me through the steps, I can see why Press This is a better alternative. Check it out. (Note: available features will depend on your browser.)
Courtesy of microweber.com
Source: How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips
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Standing up for freedom of expression …. an invitation.
The BeZine will sponsor a worldwide poetry event on September 30. Check their blog that day for information on joining.
Source: BEST PRACTICE: Standing up for freedom of expression …. an invitation.
September 8, 2017
52
was the answer, not 42 as previously reported, which is why so many of us stood at the edge of the universe waiting for the algorithm to finish its loop, 42 iterations 42 times with 42 different variables to the power of 42. When the loop expired the universe reported, “error 52.”
Writespiration #131. Prompt “52” from Sacha Black.
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