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October 12, 2020
“DMV 88” in MacQueen’s Quinterly 5
I have a piece of flash fiction in issue 5 of MacQ, a.k.a. MacQueen’s Quinterly.
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September 3, 2020
“Mazuku” Published in Apricity Magazine Vol. IV
I’m happy to see my short story “Mazuku” published in Volume IV of Apricity Magazine (University of Texas, Austin).
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April 17, 2020
“Mazuku” Short Story
My story “Mazuku,” on the theme of survivor guilt, will soon be published in volume IV of the print edition of Apricity Magazine, out of the University of Texas-Austin. It is available to read now, via the link below:
https://apricitymagazine.com/portfoli...
Mazuku
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April 13, 2020
“2020” Music Video
I made the video of the song “2020” by the Boston band LOVELY while in COVID-19 confinement/lockdown in Paris, utilizing and/or manipulating what is to my best knowledge public domain and open source footage. My thanks to the generous Mike “Beeple-Crap” Winkelmann for the use of two open source clips.
LOVELY:
Jim Keough – Voice
Rick Jones – Bass
Craig Adams – Guitar
Jack Clark – Battery
Paul Delano – Guitar
Track released 28 March, 2020
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October 29, 2019
Sanya Stream of Pseudo-Consciousness
After reading Ōyama Shirō’s memoir, A Man With No Talents (San’ya gakeppuchi nikki), I became interested in this Tokyo district for day laborers, now popular among foreign visitors for its budget accommodations. In Blair McBride’s Digital Journal piece “Mysterious Past Meets Uncertain Future in Tokyo’s Sanya District” I discovered the area’s dark history as a ghetto for the “Burakumin” underclass, as well as an Edo Period execution grounds. Considering that the Japanese government virtually erased all references to Sanya on area maps during the 1960’s, I decided to look up the area on a 10,000:1 scale map of Tokyo, using the Google Translate application on my phone to superimpose translations on the camera’s live image. The application produced strange results, trying to decipher not only the kanji characters and their context to one another, but individual radicals, or kanji elements within a greater kanji. In the above video, words pop on and off of the screen at a dizzying pace, resulting in a stream of “pseudo-consciousness.” Glimpses of hidden truth, or just surreal fun?
in movie
Fukushima, has North melting
Wings
testimony
the Sanya land
South of thousands of living
their Graves
the village
Okada the sin gust
Tech times of blood
Sanya alternating ago
serum
Park in squamous
the distribution consistent
Tokyo sum gust
Tech ratio roller
You turn so clearly
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June 25, 2019
Day of the Seafarer 2019
Today, on Day of the Seafarer, I would like to recognise the hard work of seafarers around the world, and the efforts of the International Seafarers’ Welfare & Assistance Network (ISWAN) in providing support to them. Seafarers live a precarious life, often working in unsafe conditions with little or no job security. Hundreds find themselves stateless as their ships are abandoned by unscrupulous owners (the subject of my next novel). As a result, their mental and physical health suffers, and they find themselves living as prisoners aboard unsafe vessels, unable to support their loved ones at home.
Don’t forget the men and women who work our seas!
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June 25, 2018
Day of the Seafarer 2018
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Today, on Day of the Seafarer, I would like to recognise the hard work of seafarers around the world, and the efforts of the International Seafarers’ Welfare & Assistance Network (ISWAN) in providing support to them. Seafarers live a precarious life, often working in unsafe conditions with little or no job security. Hundreds find themselves stateless as their ships are abandoned by unscrupulous owners (the subject of my next novel). As a result, their mental and physical health suffers, and they find themselves living as prisoners aboard unsafe vessels, unable to support their loved ones at home.
Don’t forget the men and women who work our seas!
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October 13, 2017
Sanya Stream of Pseudo-Consciousness
After reading Ōyama Shirō’s memoir, A Man With No Talents (San’ya gakeppuchi nikki), I became interested in this Tokyo district for day laborers, now becoming popular among foreign visitors for its budget accommodations. In Blair McBride’s Digital Journal piece “Mysterious Past Meets Uncertain Future in Tokyo’s Sanya District” I discovered the area’s dark history as a ghetto for the “Burakumin” underclass, as well as an Edo Period execution grounds. Considering that the Japanese government virtually erased all references to Sanya on area maps during the 1960’s, I decided to look up the area on a 10,000:1 scale map of Tokyo I own. I tried using the Google Translate application on my phone, producing strange results as the app tried to decipher not only the Kanji characters and their context to one another, but individual radicals, or Kanji elements within a greater Kanji. In the above video, words pop on the screen at a dizzying pace, resulting in a stream of pseudo-consciousness. Perhaps the limitations of character recognition can reveal glimpses of a hidden truth. Or just surreal fun.
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Fukushima, has North melting
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send little boy remain
ship Frost, over side
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Wings
testimony
the Sanya land
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their Graves
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the distribution consistent
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October 12, 2017
Sanya Pseudo-Consciousness
After reading Ōyama Shirō’s memoir, A Man With No Talents (San’ya gakeppuchi nikki), I became interested in this Tokyo district for day laborers, now becoming popular among foreign visitors for its budget accommodations. In Blair McBride’s Digital Journal piece “Mysterious Past Meets Uncertain Future in Tokyo’s Sanya District” I discovered the area’s dark history as a ghetto for the “Burakumin” underclass, as well as an Edo Period execution grounds. Considering that the Japanese government virtually erased all references to Sanya on area maps during the 1960’s, I decided to look up the area on a 10,000:1 scale map of Tokyo I own. I tried using the Google Translate application on my phone, producing strange results as the application tried to decipher not only the Kanji characters and their context to one another, but individual radicals, or Kanji elements within a greater Kanji. In the above video, words pop on the screen at a dizzying pace, resulting in a stream of pseudo-consciousness.
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August 29, 2017
Collectionneur
“Collectionneur” 39cm x 26cm (entomological box, #1 1/2 coil spring animal trap, Morpho Cypris butterfly) ©2017 Tim Bridwell
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