Friday Rants and Raves - February 21

[sarillia]

Hello again! How are you this week?

I had a new idea that may or may not continue depending on the reaction. I've collected thousands of pictures that I use as inspiration. So each week I can include one to pretty up the post and possibly inspire someone else too. This week's picture is a painting by Remedios Varo called Insomnio I:




I love using surrealists for inspiration. Lots of opportunities to use the image either literally or symbolically.

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[splinteredstar]

I am mostly alive, though some days that has been debatable. Mostly that has been my own fault though, after discovering that there is NOVA on youtube and staying late to watch documentaries about cuttlefish.

Writing has been sporadic, but occurring. I've been half-heartedly editing a short story I drafted a while back. It's mostly in the " arg I know this is wrong but I'm not sure /why/." stage, but, it's progress. I feel like there's the germ of something special in it, even if it's kind of impossible to describe. (I can't call it fantasy, but I can't call it not-fantasy either.)

Mhm. might work on that tomorrow.

[sarillia]

Ooh cuttlefish documentaries sound really interesting. One of the plans my girlfriend and I made for this weekend was watching animal documentaries.

I wish you luck in figuring out what's wrong with your story and making it better. That is definitely a frustrating place to be.

And you're reminding me of an idea for a post I had about the definition of fantasy. I've seen some fascinating discussions on that topic and I'd be interested in what people around here have to say about it.