I'm going to have to try a verb list -- I'm a list maker in general -- I've started thinking about a visual commonplace - I've also started pulling together a ,well for lack of a better name a doodle journal-- I'm going through my sketchbooks and random pages in notebooks and journals and pulling out the doodles/mini drawing that are actually quite complete - fully thought thourgh - of course they all started out without concious thought - I'm not sure where this came from or where it may go but...we'll see !
Austin, to begin my day with John Donne...you win the prize this week for infusing my days with magic! Thank Goodness it's Spring and I can spend extra time outside, or I'd be bouncing off the walls to release this much creative energy. Thank you SO much for the time you put into the newsletters--they are an inspiring way to start the day...watch out World, here we come!!!
your newsletter and the verb list from Richard Serra brought me to write on a piece of ledger paper (found on the street recently and being kept apparently just for this purpose) my own verb list to do with hand stitch, which i am now in turn stitching to a vintage napkin - its still odd to me how inspiration strikes so randomly but i am also learning to act on those moments and not let them pass me by - thank you
Look at that - I've always kept a "commonplace diary" but never knew it was called that! I feel seen and validated - I thought I was a just a disorganized writer! ;-)
I canāt think of a better place to share the new-to-me advice about tapping snails before you pick them up to avoid hurting them. Who knows, and I guess I donāt pick up snails too often in general, but Iāll be a snail tapper for life, just in case.
Your lists are always my favorite way to end the week and start thinking about the weekend. Thank you for Richard Serraās list of verbs. I want to make something with that now.
I have been a loyal subscriber to and cover-to-cover reader of The Sun, just celebrating its 50th year of publication. I appreciate its familiar format with an in-depth interview, photographs, short stories, poetry, and a section of essays by readers prompted by one-word topics. Barbara Jackson
I loved that I just went down a rabbit hole about commonplace books. Thanks. Also, Right Down To It has been playing on repeat in my brain for a week now. It's so good.
I donāt do much watching, but when I do, I buy DVDs, or get them from the library before it completely moves to streamingā¦
which is bad, because the huge amounts of data streamed is Bad For The Planet, and libraries are a place where many people use any given physical medium.
Writing with chalk on the Seminary of the Southwestās dining room menu board got me an interview as editorial assistant at Forward Movement 12 years agoāone of two final candidates. My rule of life is on a whiteboard in my apartment. Goes to the heart of me and play as vocation.
Ooh Iām a real goth!! My fave Cure albums are Faith and Pornography!!š¤š¤š¤
The new Waxahatchee album is so good. Great road trip album. Very happy for all of the praise and success Katie is getting, she really deserves it!
Also great interview with Nathalie Merchant, by Lauren LeBlanc in Believer's 2023 music issue.
Read it! And it inspired me to text my friend at Austin city limits to check into having her back (sheās out on tour)
I'm going to have to try a verb list -- I'm a list maker in general -- I've started thinking about a visual commonplace - I've also started pulling together a ,well for lack of a better name a doodle journal-- I'm going through my sketchbooks and random pages in notebooks and journals and pulling out the doodles/mini drawing that are actually quite complete - fully thought thourgh - of course they all started out without concious thought - I'm not sure where this came from or where it may go but...we'll see !
Austin, to begin my day with John Donne...you win the prize this week for infusing my days with magic! Thank Goodness it's Spring and I can spend extra time outside, or I'd be bouncing off the walls to release this much creative energy. Thank you SO much for the time you put into the newsletters--they are an inspiring way to start the day...watch out World, here we come!!!
your newsletter and the verb list from Richard Serra brought me to write on a piece of ledger paper (found on the street recently and being kept apparently just for this purpose) my own verb list to do with hand stitch, which i am now in turn stitching to a vintage napkin - its still odd to me how inspiration strikes so randomly but i am also learning to act on those moments and not let them pass me by - thank you
Yes! I was inspired to stitch verbs too!
Re snails: you'll want to read about these "metal as hell" snails. https://kottke.org/24/03/these-snails-are-metal-as-hell
Look at that - I've always kept a "commonplace diary" but never knew it was called that! I feel seen and validated - I thought I was a just a disorganized writer! ;-)
I canāt think of a better place to share the new-to-me advice about tapping snails before you pick them up to avoid hurting them. Who knows, and I guess I donāt pick up snails too often in general, but Iāll be a snail tapper for life, just in case.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/764900721730022/permalink/1080604053493019/
Your lists are always my favorite way to end the week and start thinking about the weekend. Thank you for Richard Serraās list of verbs. I want to make something with that now.
I have been a loyal subscriber to and cover-to-cover reader of The Sun, just celebrating its 50th year of publication. I appreciate its familiar format with an in-depth interview, photographs, short stories, poetry, and a section of essays by readers prompted by one-word topics. Barbara Jackson
Repo Man! One of my favorite movies, and soundtracks. Thanks for sharing the background story of how it was made.
I loved that I just went down a rabbit hole about commonplace books. Thanks. Also, Right Down To It has been playing on repeat in my brain for a week now. It's so good.
Do you make physical collages? If yes, where do you source the material from? Old magazines? Thanks!
Here you go: https://austinkleon.com/2022/08/08/how-i-make-a-collage/
Awesome!
I donāt do much watching, but when I do, I buy DVDs, or get them from the library before it completely moves to streamingā¦
which is bad, because the huge amounts of data streamed is Bad For The Planet, and libraries are a place where many people use any given physical medium.
Streamed shows/films can get disappeared.
Writing with chalk on the Seminary of the Southwestās dining room menu board got me an interview as editorial assistant at Forward Movement 12 years agoāone of two final candidates. My rule of life is on a whiteboard in my apartment. Goes to the heart of me and play as vocation.