Thank you so much for point # 7 - I am fascinated by Joseph Grigley’s work - this whole post it note thing has so much meaning for me; huge part of my up bringing with a crazy loving mother who used them ad nauseam - her kitchen table looked much like Grigley’s piece at Mass MoCa. For me, notes presented in this way form a kind of contemporary patchwork; my most preferred way of working in my textile art practice .
Love that quote and the term good-handedness! I’m obsessed with first lines of books and really do use it as a gauge on whether it’s a book for me or not when I’m book browsing--because if the writer took the time to make it great, there’s a higher chance they took time with everything else too. I also keep a reading journal and record the first lines of books as part of my entry. And as a writer, I can’t really get into writing the book until I’ve found just the right first line to crack open the story for my brain. It’s like finding the right key to a lock. It’s often the one line that, once I land on it, doesn’t change through all the editing phases.
Grigley’s exhibition, writers who collage, and illustrated books will make for some good tunneling this weekend. Thanks as always. I love the blackout poem and the clever tip in no. 10. Happy Friday.
I absolutely love the black out poem. To me it is very delicate and beautiful. Maybe because it has ghost in it, it would seem to be intended for October and Halloween, but it struck me differently. And moving on, I agree that time is not linear and have felt that way for a long, long time. Time was something that I focused on for at least a year, probably two before coming to this conclusion . When I read the Sacred and the Profane, I read about sacred time being circular and it felt right-like what I was looking for. And now, after reading about collage (which is the kind of art I make!), you have given me another huge insight into time. Thank you!
maybe i am hyperaware but the theme of non linear time will not let me be! "Collage reminded me that even in nonfiction, there are so many more ways for things to be related than in a linear, causal manner." - Jenny Odell - i am keeping these quotes around me in my space to see what they are trying to tell me (hope this does not sound unhinged) - thank you austin for another excellent friday morning
Thanks for the Blade reminder—it's an odd gap in my Marvel movie viewing (pre-MCU but still.) I think I'll follow that with the more recent Marvel Werewolf By Night special which wore it's Universal/"The Most Dangerous Game" influences on its sleeve.
Also been pacing myself through the pre-code horror collection which is part of the numerous seasonal offerings on Criterion. The early Technicolor in Doctor X was weirdly atmospheric!
THE OLD DARK HOUSE is one I need to catch, it was talked up quite a bit in the collection overview. I’ll probably rewatch THE BLACK CAT too—so amazing and over-the-top and all of the design aspects (lighting, props, sets, costumes, effects, etc.) are out of this world.
Love the goodhandedness term. It's that combination of excitement and comfort when you fall into some new and enticing book. Will share it with my book friends -- although it also applies to the work of artists in all media. Like a painter I "discovered" and whose work I've followed for years now. I'm in good and fresh hands with her. Loved that Einstein quote, too. "...Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance.” Time for me to get back on the bike!
I adore seeing other artists’ sketchbooks and am excited about Illustrators’ Sketchbooks. When I checked it on Amazon, it shows as the #1 best seller in...Rabbit Pet Care. Algorithms run amok!
I signed up for a “Mechanical Drawing” as an elective in High School. This was the 70’s, when you drew engineering diagrams etc. by hand.
During the first class the teacher recommended a specific brand of mechanical pencil. When I got home and told my parents, my Dad thought my needing a mechanical pencil for Mechanical Drawing was hilarious.
Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live, likes to walk the floor when Saturday Night Live is filming. “I once asked him why he does that,” Seth Rogan said. “His answer is something I think about almost more than anything as a general piece of advice when it comes to making things.” Lorne told Seth, “I like to let the audience know they’re in good hands.” Seth said that when his collaborators make movies, “it’s something we talk about so much. How do we make it so that in the first few minutes of the movie, the audience knows that they’re in good hands? And that they can just relax. That they don’t have to worry about whether or not this is going to be a good movie. We want them to just know, ‘you’re in good hands. We got you. Don’t worry about it.’”
Requested the Illustrators' Sketchbooks book from the library. And I love Oliver Jeffers, so thanks for the tip on his new book. Stuck is my favorite picture books of his.
I watched the new West Anderson movie .......... and absolutely didn’t understand it. Now that I’ve been doing some research on the book and background -- I may try it again.
Thank you so much for point # 7 - I am fascinated by Joseph Grigley’s work - this whole post it note thing has so much meaning for me; huge part of my up bringing with a crazy loving mother who used them ad nauseam - her kitchen table looked much like Grigley’s piece at Mass MoCa. For me, notes presented in this way form a kind of contemporary patchwork; my most preferred way of working in my textile art practice .
Love that quote and the term good-handedness! I’m obsessed with first lines of books and really do use it as a gauge on whether it’s a book for me or not when I’m book browsing--because if the writer took the time to make it great, there’s a higher chance they took time with everything else too. I also keep a reading journal and record the first lines of books as part of my entry. And as a writer, I can’t really get into writing the book until I’ve found just the right first line to crack open the story for my brain. It’s like finding the right key to a lock. It’s often the one line that, once I land on it, doesn’t change through all the editing phases.
Yes! First lines are so important. Some people, like Charles Portis, have amazing first PAGES
Grigley’s exhibition, writers who collage, and illustrated books will make for some good tunneling this weekend. Thanks as always. I love the blackout poem and the clever tip in no. 10. Happy Friday.
I absolutely love the black out poem. To me it is very delicate and beautiful. Maybe because it has ghost in it, it would seem to be intended for October and Halloween, but it struck me differently. And moving on, I agree that time is not linear and have felt that way for a long, long time. Time was something that I focused on for at least a year, probably two before coming to this conclusion . When I read the Sacred and the Profane, I read about sacred time being circular and it felt right-like what I was looking for. And now, after reading about collage (which is the kind of art I make!), you have given me another huge insight into time. Thank you!
maybe i am hyperaware but the theme of non linear time will not let me be! "Collage reminded me that even in nonfiction, there are so many more ways for things to be related than in a linear, causal manner." - Jenny Odell - i am keeping these quotes around me in my space to see what they are trying to tell me (hope this does not sound unhinged) - thank you austin for another excellent friday morning
Thanks for the Blade reminder—it's an odd gap in my Marvel movie viewing (pre-MCU but still.) I think I'll follow that with the more recent Marvel Werewolf By Night special which wore it's Universal/"The Most Dangerous Game" influences on its sleeve.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/tv-reviews/werewolf-by-night-review-marvel-mcu-halloween-1235393272/
Also been pacing myself through the pre-code horror collection which is part of the numerous seasonal offerings on Criterion. The early Technicolor in Doctor X was weirdly atmospheric!
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8262-the-criterion-channels-october-2023-lineup
I remember DOCTOR X being good -- I’m in the mood to rewatch THE BLACK CAT. One I never miss is THE OLD DARK HOUSE. So many good old spooky ones
THE OLD DARK HOUSE is one I need to catch, it was talked up quite a bit in the collection overview. I’ll probably rewatch THE BLACK CAT too—so amazing and over-the-top and all of the design aspects (lighting, props, sets, costumes, effects, etc.) are out of this world.
Love the goodhandedness term. It's that combination of excitement and comfort when you fall into some new and enticing book. Will share it with my book friends -- although it also applies to the work of artists in all media. Like a painter I "discovered" and whose work I've followed for years now. I'm in good and fresh hands with her. Loved that Einstein quote, too. "...Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance.” Time for me to get back on the bike!
here's the artist I was thinking of
Thérèse Murdza, from Portland OR
https://www.murdza.art/
I adore seeing other artists’ sketchbooks and am excited about Illustrators’ Sketchbooks. When I checked it on Amazon, it shows as the #1 best seller in...Rabbit Pet Care. Algorithms run amok!
I signed up for a “Mechanical Drawing” as an elective in High School. This was the 70’s, when you drew engineering diagrams etc. by hand.
During the first class the teacher recommended a specific brand of mechanical pencil. When I got home and told my parents, my Dad thought my needing a mechanical pencil for Mechanical Drawing was hilarious.
From Billy Oppenheimer’s newsletter:
Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live, likes to walk the floor when Saturday Night Live is filming. “I once asked him why he does that,” Seth Rogan said. “His answer is something I think about almost more than anything as a general piece of advice when it comes to making things.” Lorne told Seth, “I like to let the audience know they’re in good hands.” Seth said that when his collaborators make movies, “it’s something we talk about so much. How do we make it so that in the first few minutes of the movie, the audience knows that they’re in good hands? And that they can just relax. That they don’t have to worry about whether or not this is going to be a good movie. We want them to just know, ‘you’re in good hands. We got you. Don’t worry about it.’”
Requested the Illustrators' Sketchbooks book from the library. And I love Oliver Jeffers, so thanks for the tip on his new book. Stuck is my favorite picture books of his.
Good-handedness is unmistakeable. It can never be faked.
👍🏻 grateful!!
I watched the new West Anderson movie .......... and absolutely didn’t understand it. Now that I’ve been doing some research on the book and background -- I may try it again.