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sparkesink · 5 years

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Chapter 1: Welcome Aboard

It Was In The Way He Looked At Me,

In Those Eyes That Screamed…

(Every Time I Tried To Run Away;)

Every Time…

(Fear Of His Power Overwhelmed Me.)

I Was Unaware That Within My Death,

I Would Find Truth;

I Would Find The Meaning Of My Life.

We Sat In A Crowded Room,

(Fingers Inter-Laced Within Mine:)

He Knew Nothing About Me.

His Eyes Consistently Said,

“Fall,"

Though…

(I Can Not Help,)

I Feel The Urge To Flee.

His Hand Slips Below My Torso,

(Sight Veered,)

I Knew What He Was Thinking...

Or At Least,

I Believed I Had.

Lifetimes Of Deceit,

Played Games:

Jokers With Tricks,

Musicians’ Crafted In The Instrument Of Heart Strings;

(Mine Being Snapped,)

Curling Away,

From The Base,

With Each Strum…

(The Last Note They Could Withstand).

A Bridesmaid Never Falls,

Unless For The Groom,

(Watching Him Marry The Very Next Day.)

Because She Is Everything You’ve Always Desired,

(In Another Life…)

However,

(Could Never Obtain:)

A Wild Heart,

(To Crazed To Tame.)

Bound By A Drowning Crowd Of Faceless Names...

(And Nameless Faces...)

She Keeps Her Smile.

(The Shame Of A Tormented Soul May Never Leave Her Perfectly Manicured Appearance.)

Little Girls Are Always Filled With Pansies And Dreams Of Love,

(But The Rain Never Comes.)

When The Gloss Of Her Eye Fades,

(The Experience Of A Professional,)

A Broken Woman Stands Alone,

(In The Dusk…)

Of Yet,

Just Another Day.

Regardless,

(The Wreathing Knot Within My Gut,)

There Was Something In The Way,

The Smoke Bellowed Out…

(Between His Luscious Lips,)

That Instructed My Toes Curl:

Swirling,

(A Fine White Stream,)

Through The Air,

(From The Ash Tray,)

Across That Broken Down Table Between Us.

(Visible Exclusively Through The Transparency Of The Glass.)

His Fingers Interweaved His Whiskey Glass,

Casually Lifting It To His Mouth,

He Pondered Upon The Bar Fight Across The Way:

(Wishing He Had Been Presently Within The Core Of It.)

His Eyes Ran With Blood:

He Fantasized Of Another Pleading From Beneath His Knuckles;

He Sat Diligently Abreast My Side.

There Was Something Magical About Him,

Something Rough,

(And Intriguing;)

Something Unique To Any Other I Had Come By.

This Rough,

Dark Man,

(Draped In Leather,)

Simultaneously Terrified,

(Yet Comforted Me,)

So Deeply...

I Assumed Difficulty,

(Admitting His Importance In My Life.)

I Spent Countless Days,

Months,

Years,

Dreaming About Him;

“The One”

I Yearned To Call My Own,

(Since A Young Adolescence.)

He Held Me,

Listening To The Deft Tone,

(Toothless,)

Woman Singing Upon The Stage Above.

It Had Finally Hit Me;

He Was Not Some Fantasy,

(Created Within My Mind.)

Something I Touched Myself To…

(In Hopes I Could Run My Fingertips Across,)

One Day,

(Within A Dark Fantasy.)

It Was In The Click Of His Heal,

(Sliding Across The Clutch Of His Cycle,)

Upon The Pavement:

The Tone Of His Voice,

When He Spoke To Me:

(As If There Were No Other Residing This Purgatory.)

His Eye:

(Those Nacreous Spheres,)

Gave Me Such Overwhelming,

(Though Comforting Sense:)

We Were The Only Two Existing,

(Within This Hell Hole.)

It Was In The Sweatshirt,

(Saturated In My Tears;)

Giving Me This Urgency…

(Of Hope.)

I Killed For Adventure,

(My Feet Buried In The Sand.)

The Emolument Iridescences,

The Sunset...

(Slithering Amongst His Face;)

Illuminating The Smile,

(I Adored So.)

The Feeling Of His Laughter,

Churned Within My Soul;

(Exasperating Each Deep Breath Filling My Lungs.)

Waves:

Crashing Along The Oceanside;

Ripping Along The Shoreline,

(Such Great Exuberance…)

My Gut Dropped Below My Feet.

The Emeralds’,

(Absorbing His Pupils,)

Slipped Below…

(Gathering The Shattered Slivers Of My Heart,)

A Passion,

(I Had Never Experienced Before.)

Reaching Down,

(Past My Broken Soul,)

Grabbing The Scarred,

(Innocent,)

Little Girl,

(Within His Warm Embrace:)

Wiping Her Tears,

From Her Pure,

Porcelain Face.

I Disappeared From The World,

(Watching His Work On My Inner Disgrace.)

I Long So Desperately:

The Sounds’ Of My Wind,

The Taste Of My Glistening Water,

The Touch Of My Warm Earth,

The Observance Of My Flame,

The Stench Of My Freedom.

Placed,

Amongst Dreams:

Those,

(Only Brave Enough,)

Who Endure The Pangs This Life Bares:

Witness An Illusion Of Life…

Without Bars And Regulations.

(Deep Discipline And Over Protection Of Self Infrastructures.)

A Cage Is No Place For A Winged Soul To Reside,

(Each Passing Day,)

Deteriorating Muscles That Allow Flight With Free Strides.

We Are Put On Display,

Such As Some Sick,

Side-Show,

(Society A-Gaze.)

Trapped Behind A Falsely Imposed Way Of Life:

Force-Fed Meaningless Shit…

(An Attempt To Languish Our Souls.)

We Can Not Continue To Play The Role Of A Pet,

(For Those Who’s Morals Do Not Pertain To Us.)

A Life I Fight To Defeat;

Dark Souls Can No Longer Distinguish Difference…

Between A Life,

(And Being Alive.)

There Is Something Beautiful In The Way The Sand Rolls Over It's Self,

(Beneath My Feet.)

Life,

(Especially Love,)

Are Very Peculiar Things.

They Can Not Be Broken Down Into Equations,

(As Much As I Would Love For Them To.)

Everything Else:

Art,

Behavior,

Knowledge,

Design...

(Human Demeanor.)

I Have Conjured A Mathematical Break Down Of Such:

(Using The Most Simplistic Explanation Probable,)

Procured Through The Slightest Dedicated Observations.

No Matter:

How Hard I Try.

No Matter:

How Many Variables I Believe To Have Solved…

In This Realm Of Life,

(And Or,)

Love…

The Equation Never Adds Up.

Consistently Neglecting The Smallest Detail...

The Wrong Situation:

(Mistakes Within The Equation.)

A Misplaced Variable,

(Alternating Positive For Negative.)

Was I Correct?

(Ideas’ Implanted Within Me…)

The Conclusion:

(I Am Meant To Be Alone.)

Am I Meant To Observe From Afar?

It Pains Me To Contemplate This Admittance Of “Truth”;

Having Desired To Fall In Love With “Prince Charming”,

(Living "Happily-Ever-After”,)

Since Before Memory Provides.

Sometimes:

It Does Not Matter The Intensity Of Which You Desire Something.

It Does Not Matter How Much You:

"Wish",

"Pray",

"Hope"...

The Fact Of The Matter Is:

The World Does Not Function Through Petty Desires;

(Not Suited For The Journey In Which You Are Projected To Lead.)

This Reality Is Not As Though It Desires To Be,

(Within The Structure Of My Mind.)

In A Perfect World,

(Of My Own,)

Love Would Control All Subsequent Emotions;

(Drive The Actions Of Every Living Being.)

I Watch,

(Every Day:)

Endless Variants Of The Human Population.

(Baffling My Brain.)

They Simply Exist...

(Without Conscious Notion Of Their Actions.)

A Mountain Of Sheep,

(Herded Into White Picket Fences…)

9-5 Jobs...

Scavenging To Capture An Inconsequential Income,

(Dependent To Pay For Things They Don’t Need,)

Simultaneously Loathing Their Own Very Existence.

I Desire To Be More Than I Am Physically Capable;

Though,

(I Am Aware,)

That Desire Should Not Control,

(Nor Hinder,)

In Which I Lead My Own Life.

The Way I See It:

I Choose To Be Happy.

(Regardless My Impractical Desires,)

I Must Finally Fulfill My Story.

Finish What I Began…

(So Many Years Prior.)

This:

My Soul Must Finish.

(A Dire Yearning To Captivate My Own Sanity.)

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collegeeducationnewsllcusa · 3 years

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Bard College’s Award-Winning Literary Magazine Conjunctions Celebrates the Launch of Its Fortieth Anniversary Issue with an Online Reading Hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company on July 7

Left to right: Fred D’Aguiar, Ann Lauterbach, Sofia Samatar, Samuel R. Delany and Bradford Morrow

July 7th, writer and professor of literature at Bard College Bradford Morrow, Founding editor of Conjunctions, is hosting an online reading night to celebrate the launch of the fortieth anniversary edition of Conjunctions, Bard College’s acclaimed literary magazine. Morrow is featured on Conjunctions: 76, the fortieth anniversary edition Fred D’Aguiar, Samuel R. Delany, Ann Lauterbach, and Sofia Samatar. The livestream event, presented by Conjunctions and the Elliott Bay Book Company, will take place on Wednesday, July 7th at 8 p.m. For reservations please click here.

ABOUT THE PROBLEM

Conjunctions: 76, Fortieth Anniversary Issue was published by Bard College in Spring 2021 and celebrates its 40th anniversary with new and previously unpublished work by Ben Okri, Karen Russell, Peter Cole, Ann Lauterbach, Lydia Davis, Samuel R. Delany, Akil Kumarasamy, John Ashbery, Joyce Carol Oates, Sofia Samatar, Richard Powers, Shane McCrae, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, William H. Gass, Can Xue, Jessica Campbell, Fred D’Aguiar, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Carole Maso, Julia Alvarez, Genya Turovskaya, Mark Irwin , Jayne Anne Phillips, Sanjena Sathian, Peter Orner, Rosmarie Waldrop, Colin Channer, Isabella Hammad, Lance Olsen, Diane Williams, Laird Hunt, Laynie Browne, Wendy Xu, JoAnna Novak, Megan Kakimoto, Quincy Troupe, Tomaž Šalamun, Julia Elliott and Robert Coover with a foreword by Rick Moody.

ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS

Fred D’AguiarHis books include the novel Children of Paradise, the poetry collection Letters to America, and the upcoming memoir Year of Plagues.

In 2016, Samuel R. Delany was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. His books include the Return to Neveryon series; an autobiography, The Motion of Light in Water; and the paired essays Times Square Red, Times Square Blue.

Anna Lauterbach‘s tenth collection of poems, Spell, was published by Penguin. She is the David and Ruth Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College and has been the co-editor of Conjunctions since 1984.

Sofia Samatar is the author of four books, most recently Monster Portraits. Her fiction has won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award. Her memoir, The White Mosque, is published by Catapult Books.

Bradford Morrow is the author of ten fiction books and founding editor of Conjunctions. He has received a Guggenheim Fiction Fellowship, an Oscar for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the PEN / Nora Magid Award for excellence in publishing a literary magazine.

# The Washington Post says, “Conjunctions provides a setting for some of the most exciting and sophisticated writers working right now.”

Edited by Bradford Morrow and published twice a year by Bard College, Conjunctions showcases innovative fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction by emerging voices and contemporary masters. For nearly four decades, Conjunctions has challenged accepted forms and styles, with an equal emphasis on groundbreaking experimentation and rigorous execution. In 2020, Conjunctions received the prestigious Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. The judges stated: “Each issue of Conjunctions is a curatorial invention that continues the modernist project of dense, economic writing, formal innovation and openness to history and the world.” The magazine was named “Top Literary Magazine 2019” by Reedsy and was a finalist for the ASME Award for Fiction 2018, 2019 and 2021 and the CLMP Firecracker Award 2018 for General Excellence. In addition, contributions to current issues were selected for The Best American Short Stories 2021, The Best American Essays (2018, 2019), The Pushcart Prize XLIV: Best of the Small Presses, Best American Experimental Writing 2020, Best Small Fictions 2019, and the best Dark Fantasy & Horror of the year: 2019.

Further information on the current edition can be found at http://www.conjunctions.com/print/archive/conjunctions76. To order a copy, go to annandaleonline.org/conjunctions, call the Conjunctions office at 845-758-7054, email [email protected], or write to Conjunctions, Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000. Visit the Conjunctions website at connections.com.

[Note to editors: To obtain review copies, please call Mark Primoff at 845-758-7412 or e-mail [email protected]]

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Date of publication: 23/06/2021

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Performance overview & Research

The overarching theme of My Country is inspired by the question, ‘How united is the United Kingdom?’. The idea behind the theme derived from the contrasting verbatim scripted opinions surrounding Brexit. Through acknowledging the vast amount of opinions and stories, we compared each region to the referendum results. Not only did this support our theme, it helped to structure the fictional manifestations of regional characters. For example, Caledonia’s persona has been based off the Scottish remain vote totalling 62.0% (BBC, 2016). So, in order to amplify this, Caledonia is extremely defensive and angry in a way to foreshadow the verbatim lines. Brexit links to the exploitation of corruption within the UK’s patriotism, something amplified in the script. A poignant line, to support the theme comes from Theresa May, ‘...a vision that works not for the privileged few’. The message shows the government promoting the UK as a satisfied minority, proposing changes are needed. This idea finishes the play, leaving the audience questioning the current political climate. We aspire to start a conversation, about politics and its importance. May, quickly became the Conservative party leader. Offering an idea that Brexit was a distant idea, until it was not, accompanied with unsettling optimism. Another issue that arises is the name ‘Brexit’. Broken-down it means ‘Britain’ and ‘Exit’. This means Northern Ireland is excluded from the branding, linking to a long history of division within the UK, and is played on in the script. The major element, being the lack of spoken lines from NI through verbatim, to create the sense of lesser respect for NI’s opinions. The theme of delight breaks tension in the performance. During the fictional scenes, there is shared food, facts and laughter! This is important in remaining partial, but mostly to celebrate the UK for individuality. The constant return of the characters throughout the verbatim sections, create a sense of familiarity. The creative vision is synonymous with the medium, Zoom. The Guardian (2019) reported that Farage’s party accounted for 51% of all shared content on Facebook and Twitter during the campaign. Meaning that Brexit was a social media operation. We used this to incorporate the fictional characters. This is shown through using Facebook inspired videos that indicate joining a ‘Pub Chat’ group call. This implies the characters oversee the verbatim characters, and join the audience in watching the performance. Further, creating a sense of realism as the audience form a relationship with the fictional characters. Both parties are learning about the Brexit repercussions, however the voices of the nation’s get drunk instead resolving the issues within the discussion. This imitates life, as Brexit was unclear.

The creative vision started with explicit use of the Facebook page however, due to complications of practicality, we decided to use the page as an implied structure, through ‘Pub chat’ videos. This was determined after wanting to use a link to the page, to display images alongside monologues. The page distracted the words being spoken, so we refrained. Click here for rehearsal footage

In two ways we have portrayed to the audience the right atmosphere. First, creating a sense of urgency through breaking up scenes with movement and digital influence. This mirrors the masses of campaigning prevalent at the time, and allows information to form in an unbiased way. The second aspect is placing the audience vote before the ‘vote’ scene. This immerses the audience and clarifies a timeline of the performance.

We discussed other avenues to separate the fictional characters from verbatim. Through development of the first scene, we determined that costume would support our intentions. All fictional scenes have Union Jack hats and tops. This is so we can physically change our aesthetic to make transitions easier for the audience. Click here for rehearsal footage.

Research:

My Country- a work in progress, is a verbatim play created by Carol Ann Duffy and Rufus Norris (2017). Duffy is an award-winning writer for her work writing raw and expressive poetry and plays. Duffy’s work includes Take My Husband (1982) and Standing Female Nude (1985). Rufus Norris has acted, written and directed numerous plays/operas such as, Market Boy (2006), Cabaret(2007) (BBC, 2013). Together these playwrights have been able to create an enticing piece surrounding the Brexit debate, with views from numerous angles of the leave/remain spectrum. Verbatim interviews promise direct access to actual lived experiences and make them authentic (Fisher, 2011). To convey Brexit and the volume of controversy surrounding it, verbatim is one of the best ways to express the UK’s concerns fairly. The final vote was 51.9% Leave, 48.1% remain (BBC, 2016). This shows that it is almost impossible to depict the UK’s opinions without using both sides, especially when looking at regions such as Northern Ireland and Scotland who have a troubled history with England. Summerskill (2021) see’s verbatim as ‘Documenting aspects of historical material which tend to be missing from other sources relating to lived experience (p. 24). With the combination of media, technology can thicken participant’s experience, through building different versions of reality, or spaces (Burnett, 2019). This supports our intentions to blend education with theatrics. It also justifies our ideas to improve audience connection. Our audience, typically, were under the voting age during the referendum. This means that, although the effects of Brexit will deeply govern their lives, they had no say in the matter. With the use of verbatim we can transfer the thoughts, feelings and facts from the UK to give the audience an education. Although Brexit has happened, the British Youth Council (2020) are still fighting for young people to be ‘stakeholders in [their] future’. Through reminding them of the past we could motivate them to work on their future in this country. The challenges of creating a political performance entail removing any bias, to allow a genuine response from audience members. If it is done correctly, the abstract creation of political theatre can initiate enquiry and evaluation instead of negative confrontation (Kritzer, 2008).

When looking at companies to influence ideas throughout the creative process, I wanted to draw on two avenues:

The first, being movement to enhance the digital platform. As the creator of the ‘Feast’ and ‘Europe’ sequences, I wanted to make sure that we were utilising the ability to make smaller gestures, whilst still adding abstract and full-bodied movement. I drew inspiration from DV8, a physical theatre company. DV8’s published work of Can We Talk About This?, depict a woman talking in verbatim whilst holding a tea cup. The movement around her is abstract and exciting. The idea to have a focus whilst also conveying deeper dramaturgical control is powerful and I wanted it to be seen within the above-mentioned scenes.

The second, the incorporation of portraying political information. I have drawn on a slightly abstract perspective for this influence. This American Life (2020) by Ross Gay explores delight, which is one of our themes, in this there is a podcast of a boy getting the bus for the first time. Although he is surrounded by the excitement of childhood, he still speaks of death and anxiety. This is something echoed in our piece, a lot of the audience members have been treated like children in the eye of Brexit, but are being given the platform to learn it as they maybe should have at the time. We use our polls to give the audience the chance to express this.

The link below will take you to a specific research document for this performance, containing sources for performance material and references.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X5ibI5xWIoWm3bK9W6aAgplQtarR-Hq5gq8m9uGf1u4/edit

The link below will take you to the social media page:

https://www.facebook.com/RuleBritannia1922

Bibliography

Afflick, R. (2020). ‘British Youth Council urge Government to consult young people on Brexit’. British Youth Council, 31 January. Available at: https://www.byc.org.uk/news/2020/british-youth-council-urge-government-to-consult-young-people-on-brexit (Accessed: 12 March 2021).

‌BBC (2015). ‘EU Referendum Results’. BBC News. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu_referendum/results (Accessed: 2 March 2021).

Burnett, C. et al. (2019) ‘Conceptualising Digital Technology Integration in Participatory Theatre from a Sociomaterialist Perspective: Ways Forward for Research’, Research Papers in Education, 34(6), pp. 680–700. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1229827&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 12 March 2021).

DV8 (2021). DV8 Physical Theatre. Dv8.co.uk. Available at: https://www.dv8.co.uk/media-portal (Accessed: 8 May 2021).

DV8 (2021). DV8 Physical Theatre. Dv8.co.uk. Available at: https://www.dv8.co.uk/projects/can-we-talk-about-this/foreword-by-lloyd-newson (Accessed: 12 May 2021).

Fisher, A. (2011) ‘Trauma, Authenticity and the Limits of Verbatim’, Performance Research, 16(1), pp. 112–122. doi: 10.1080/13528165.2011.561683

Gay, R.. (2020). The Show of Delights - This American Life. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/692/the-show-of-delights (Accessed: 12 May 2021).

Kritzer, A. (2008) Political Theatre in Post-Thatcher Britain: New Writing, 1995-2005. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

My Country: A Work In Progress by C.A. Duffy (2017)

Savage, M. (2019). ‘How Brexit party won Euro elections on social media – simple, negative messages to older voters’. The Guardian, 29 June. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/29/how-brexit-party-won-euro-elections-on-social-media (Accessed: 26 April 2021).

Smith, N. (2013). ‘Rufus Norris: Who is the new National Theatre director?’ BBC News, 15 October. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24532470 (Accessed: 10 March 2021).

Summerskill, C. (2021) Creating verbatim theatre from oral histories. Routledge: New York.

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PAINFUL TRANSFORMATIONS – Thoughts on a needed change in the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot for Screenplay.

I remember attending the very first Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony. The annual conference was held at the Warwick Hotel in New York City. The Horror Writers Association (HWA), like any organization, took several years to find its center and start to emerge as a respected voice in the publishing industry that present an industry recognized award like their cousins The Edgar Award, The Nebular Award, and the World Fantasy Awards.

The HWA votes on categories in Novel, First Novel, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Novel, Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry Collection, Anthology, Non-Fiction, and Short Non-Fiction. It is a well thought out and impressive array of awards that recognizes the diversity of the work being generate in the genre. They also give an award for Screenplay.

I received the preliminary ballot and then the final ballot. Looking at the two I begin to perceive an issue. While the organization acknowledges the different formats within the publishing world, they’ve lumped into the screenplay category teleplays. I’ve toiled within the medium and I can tell you that those formats are as different from each other as Novel, Young Adult Novel, & Graphic Novel. The formats differ and the process differs. To lump them together does a disservice to the craft, the award, and the writers. In addition it excludes other emerging scripted formats, such as podcasts dramas (the great grandchild of radio dramas), web series, and video game scripts.

Podcasts like “Welcome to Night Vale,” “Nightlight,” “Blackwood,” and “No Sleep” are excellent examples that vary in format. There are podcast that are an ongoing drama series and ones that are an anthology series. There are some that embrace the format to creatively spin dark tales to terrorize the imagination. All these require scripts in a variety of formats. Some are unique scripted stories, others are adaptations, but they require a script.

In the world of computer video games, the game play has evolved far beyond simple puzzles and first person shooters to immersive experiences that feature plot and character development. Also, due to develops in technology there are AI logarithms that have created a new type of game that allows the player to make choices when interacting with other characters that influences the narrative. For me, the most impressive entry is “The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan.” Other games, such as “The Last of Us,” “Vampyr,” “Resident Evil: Biohazard” and the upcoming “Resident Evil: The Village,” or “Death Stranding” are hybrids of role playing, shooter, problem solving games. The overall emphasis is the story arch that requires scripting. As part of their production team there are script writers who are crafting the plot, characters, etc., that require just as much, if not more work, then a novel or screenplay. I’ve had the pleasure to read some a couple of them.

There are many fiction writers who would agree that it is harder to write a short story as opposed to a novel. It is harder to distill the emotional intensity and complex elements of a story into fewer pages, fewer words, than what the luxury of a novel provides. The same came be said when considering episodic, feature, and short films. As a critic and festival judge for over thirty years, I’ve viewed some short films that transcend what so many feature films attempt to deliver in the same year. Many of those films have gone on to launch the careers of some amazing filmmakers. An excellent case in point is the 2008 short film “Mama,” by Andrés Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti. The film came to the attention of Guillermo del Toro who helped them turn their short into a feature at Universal, and they went on to be the creative force behind the cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s “It.”

The other thing I feel needs to be called into question is how the membership is voting on these entries for screenplay. Without a doubt, every other entry in the other categories has to be read. In terms of the screenplay entries, are those voting basing their decisions on the written work or the finished product. As a writer and someone who has interviewed screenwriters, the filmmaking process is a collaborative process. The story is written three times: Once in the screenplay; Second in the direction; Third in the editing. I’ve read numerous screenplays where what ended up on the screen was far from what was on the written page, and often times inferior. An excellent example is “Exorcist: The Beginning.” It is of course based on William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist.” The producers brought on writer Caleb Carr, the author of the critically acclaimed novel “The Alienist,” to write the first draft. I read his original screenplay. It was brilliant story and he managed to instill the dark tone found in his novels, as well as some essence of Blatty’s novel. The film, however, was a train wreck. The producers brought in screenwriter William Wisher to rewrite the script, and both Carr and Wisher received screenplay credit. Paul Schrader was the director and retitled “Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.” The film was already completed when the studio brought in action director Renny Harlin to retool the film. So there are two different screenplays and two very different versions of the film. Theoretically, if this ended up on the final ballot what would the membership actually be voting for?

Something else to consider is the whole issues of a screenplay that is an adaptation and the thought of when a novelist has the opportunity to adapt their own work.

Ultimately, is what is being voted a validation of the written work, a popularity contest, and an attempt to be socially relevant at all cost, or simply an thinly veiled attempt to garner the attention of the studio driven film industry? I couldn’t say.

I’ve taken the liberty of posting the preliminary and final ballot below. In contrasting the two here are some of my thoughts:

- Not sure why Underwater made the first cut. I read the screenplay and it is even more evident that it is a “Alien” meets “Cloverfield” underwater rip-off.

- I love Richard Stanley, especially his debut film “Hardware.” He’s had a bumpy ride back into the film business and “Color Out of Space” is a good step back in, but nowhere near his films “Hardware” or “Dust Devil.” What sets this film apart is Nicolas Cage’s yet another over the top performance.

- I saw both “The Platform” and “His House.” I read and saw both “Vivarium” and “Relic.” These are superior genre films that I wrote and discussed on the radio show as my picks for the best of 2020.

- I really have to question “The Invisible Man.” I thought it was a good film, but it did not stand out as, given the other films to be release in 2020, as one of the best films of that year. Especially when held up against the four films mentioned above. It also screams of nepotism as the HWA is in bed with Blumhouse Books, the company that published “Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles,” and HWA anthology.

A few final thoughts - If you are going to give an award for screenplay, then it should simply be an award for a produced screenplay for a film that has gotten distribution, based on the current criteria that the Academy of Motion Pictures uses. They should also ensure that those voting have read the screenplay and that they are not voting for the film.

Author: Joseph Mauceri

#literary news #hwa #bram stoker awards #horror writers association #final ballot #screenplay #joseph mauceri #award #horror

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NUMBERS MATTER 121

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IKLECTIK YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/HXFmH46kVEQ

Why numbers matter: Japan, a country with a population of over 124.2 million, is ranked at 121 in the Gender Inequality Index (GII) published by Human Development Reports 2020. Japanese women got the vote in 1946 – earlier than China (1949), Liechtenstein (1984) and Switzerland (1993).

In the ranking chart of the Global Gender Gap 2020, the top ten reads as follows: 1: Iceland; 2: Norway; 3: Finland; 4: Sweden; 5: Nicaragua; 6: New Zealand; 7: Ireland; 8: Spain; 9: Rwanda; 10: Germany. The UK ranked 21, following Albania at number 20. Though Japan falls some 100 places behind the UK, the latter’s ranking at 21 is nothing to be proud of either. Clearly there is plenty of work to be done in both countries. Hence, NUMBERS MATTER 121 features four special projects led by Japanese women: Chiharu MK, Otaco, Yu Kawabata (in collaboration with German poemproducer AGF) and Mayuko Hino.

Footnote: In the Press Freedom Index published in 2020, Japan and the UK don’t fare much better than in the GII. Out of 180 countries listed, the UK is ranked at 33 and Japan at 66. The countries listed from one to ten are as follows: Norway, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Switzerland, New Zealand, Portugal and Germany.

Programme:

“Paramnesia 2020” by CHIHARU MK “Tomodachi” by OTACO “Hamaderea Park ” by YU KAWABATA (sound) + AGF (visuals) “Toyosu 2020″ by MAYUKO HINO

Chiharu MK is from Sapporo. Primarily trained as a composer, she studied the acousmonium, that is, the sound diffusion system, at INA-GRM studio in Paris. Since completing her studies in 2002, she has become an internationally recognised electroacoustic sound artist, either performing or creating sound installations for festival, gallery or non-concert hall spaces in Europe, Hong Kong and Japan. For Intersect 2015, she commissioned the non-Japanese artists Francisco López, Sogar and Taylor Deupree to compose sounds for a 17.1 multi Channel Speaker System (consisting of seven speakers + ten screen speakers + one woofer) in Sapporo city centre’s underground walkway. Chiharu MK has also released three solo CDs: https://www.studio-cplus.net/

Chiharu MK’s new multimedia work Paramnesia 2020 is based on her original piece for Hong Kong Art Centre’s 40th anniversary multi-channel Sound Forms festival in 2018.

This film shows her performing the piece inside Glass Pyramid, nicknamed Hidamari – Japanese for Sunny Spot, it’s the centrepiece of Sapporo’s Moerenuma Park, designed by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). Construction work on the park actually began in the year Noguchi died, and it opened in 2005. The film also shows Chiharu MK recording on Ishikari beach, just north of Sapporo.

Taking her name from tako, the Japanese word for octopus, Otaco is originally from Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido. An electronic musician and vocalist, Otaco is one of the most vibrant and engaging performers to emerge from the alternative music scene anywhere in Japan.

Now living in Tokyo, she operates a home studio set-up of a rhythm box with a synthesizer; she samples and syncs sounds into a computer, running them into real-time sequences to construct her outre pop-electronica songs and instrumentals. Her music can be heard at https://otacosan.bandcamp.com/music. Otaco also plays guitar when she leads Gotou, an occasional rock trio formed out of homage to early 1980s West Berlin groups Mania D and Malaria!. She appeared for the first time in the UK during Coding In GE 2018 festival for women and technology.

Antye Greie also know as AGF was born and raised in East Germany. She is a vocalist, digital songwriter, producer, performer, e-poet, calligrapher, digital media artist. In the last decade Greie has released more than 20 full length records and played over 300 live performances worldwide. AGF runs her own production company AGF Production – http://antyegreie.com She first worked with Yu Kawabata on her 2015 album A Deep Mysterious Tone, the third in AGF’s series of settings and poetry interpretations from different countries, this one featuring Japanese poets and writers including Noe Ito, Fumiko Kaneko, Shikubu Izumi, Blue Stocking editor and writer Hiratsuka Raicho, and more.

Yu Kawabata is a techno DJ active in Japan and Russia. This is Yu and AGF’s second collaboration. On their first, AGF set to music Yu’s reading of a waka poem, written by the 12th century court lady Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kii, enumerated as one of the Thirty-Six Female Immortals of Poetry. On their latest, Yu has created new music for a film by AGF. https://soundcloud.com/yukawabata

Since resuming music in 2011 after a ten year break to study Chinese medicine, Mayuko Hino has reclaimed her status as queen of noise.

A prolific live performer, Hino is best known for C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center), the group she formed in 1990 with Hiroshi Hasegawa, Fumio Kosakai and Ryuichi Nagakubo. In their early phase, the band grabbed attention by combining noise music with Hino’s sadomasochism performances using bondage ropes and dripping candle wax. Hino has since been a member of Mne-Mic, DFH-M3 and her most recent group Transparentz with Akira Sakata, who split up in January 2020.

Whether solo or in her various group projects, Hino experiments with the function of noise music as a transdisciplinary medium, in the process to breaking the boundaries surrounding performance art: urban structure against man, art against non art, activity versus rest.

In 2018 Mayuko Hino performed at Iklectic’s Coding In GE Festival alongside and in collaboration with Ramleh. The same year she released her second solo album Lunisolar. In addition to self-made instruments, Hino plays noise with her six-theremin oscillators (in bright pink), a unique device specially made for her by Ryo Araishi (aka ichion)

This year Hino had planned to resume activities with C.C.C.C. to mark the US reissue of their first four albums, but unfortunately their plans had to be put on hold because of the pandemic.

“There’s a sense of momentum to be found in Hino’s noise; it’s rarely static… At the hands of Hino it seems astral travelling is as much out-of-this-world as it is an out-of-body experience… on Lunisolar she continues with the ever evolving atmospheric and psychedelic sound that energised the noise of C.C.C.C.” (Compulsion Online)

“Hino Mayuko makes no bones about her wide-ranging noisician flexibility here, nor her honored place in the contemporary Japanoise scene… Unlike a bevy of artists who just make ear-splitting sonic somersaults, Hino’s sound is more impressionistic and staggered in its delivery, incorporating a yin/yang of the industrial and environmental.” (Tone-Shift)

RANKO ONISHI (Mne-mic): voice

Performing artist Ranko Onishi was born in Hokkaido. She moved to Tokyo where she joined Shuji Terayama’s Tenjo Sajiki theatre company in 1980. She was a second year student of dancer Min Tanaka in 1982 and became a full member of Tanaka’s company in 1984. Five years later in 1989 she performed with Keiji Haino. She and Hino work together in the duo Mne-mic, featuring Hino on electronics, Theremin and synthesizer, and Onishi on voice, water and fogphone. Their album Gulf Stream was released by Alchemy Records in 1999.

Curator Keiko Yoshida’s notes for NUMBERS MATTER 121

While researching texts for AGF’s 2015 CD A Deep Mysterious Tone I developed a profound interest in women’s history in Japan. AGF and I first met and begain talking about her project while she was taking part in my hometown Sapporo’s International Arts Festival in 2014. For the album she compiled and set to music Japanese writings and poems from the ninth century to the present day, and commissioned the female electronic musicians Ryoko Akama (UK), Kyoka (Germany), Tujiko Noriko (France) and Yu Kawabata to read her selections. She had met them at European festivals, and as she got to know them she learnt these female electronic musicians are not treated very well when they’re back home in Japan.

Indeed NUMBERS MATTER 121 took seed in these discussions on women and Japan with AGF. In some ways it’s also a sequel to “Coding in GE”, the 2018 Iklectik festival offering a platform to female electronic musicians, for which we got funding from Sasakawa Foundation UK, and in which Otaco, Mayuko Hino and AGF participated.

Another question addressed in NUMBERS MATTER 121 is the subject of decentralisation. I consciously asked musicians from outside Tokyo to participate in this project.

Currently working on a photo story book about 1980s London and Berlin.

Please support the project buying an e-ticket (#nameyourprice). ** https://buytickets.at/iklectik/439711 **

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Chapter 4:

The Day We Met

I Sat,

(Softly,)

Against An Old,

(Decrepit,)

Telephone Pole,

(That Warm Day He Came Riding In.)

Cigarette's:

Stained In That Blood Rouge Lip,

(Associated To My Daily Routine.)

Sprinkled Amongst A Perfect Circumference Of My,

(For Lack Of A Better Word,)

Corpse,

I Am Forced To Take Pride:

(Call My Own.)

Inhaling Streams Of Smoke,

(Equally,)

Before Flicking The Butt…

(Amongst The Dead Earth Surrounding My Conscious Self.)

My Mind Raced,

Amongst The Salty Waves Of My Everlasting,

(Imaginative,)

Ocean.

I Could Only Day Dream About Them Now;

(My Home In Another Life.)

I Had Seen His Tracks Previous Weeks Before;

A Dark Shadow,

(Lingering,)

Around The Round-Top:

We Had All Become Subservient To.

It Was Apparent,

(Upon Our Meeting,)

He Shared My Same Desires:

(Longings,)

Dying…

(Bit By Bit,)

Every Passing Day Of Captivation.

Licking His Wounds,

(Simultaneously,)

Fighting To Mend Flesh Rot,

(Engulfing His Elegant Black Feathers;)

Shimmering Against The Sunlight,

(Adjacent From My Colorful Scruff.)

There Was A Fire That Diminished Within Him,

(Once Burning Substantially Bright;)

Illuminating Every Cell Of His Body.

The Light Encasing His Gaze,

Whittled Away…

(A Dull Dim Candle,)

Buried Deep Inside Him;

Suffocating For Oxygen,

(Wringing It’s Hands Around My Throat,)

An Attempt To Flourish,

(A Grand Forest Fire Once More.)

I Needed Him.

I Wished To Give Him All Of Myself;

(Everything I Had To Offer,)

Presented Elegantly Upon His Feet.

That Of A Dog,

Whilst Placing A Decapitated Bird Amongst Your Throne:

(A Gift Of Appreciation And Loyalty.)

He Came From The Depths Of My Inner Mind,

Syphoning Out All The Pointless,

(White Noise,)

Driving My Thoughts To A Mad Craze,

(Every Waking Moment Of My Existence.)

He Gave Me Silence,

(Something I Had Never Experienced Before.)

A Silence Within My Own Skull;

(So Crisp And Eloquent.)

I Had Almost Forgot…

(The Outer Turmoil Surrounding My Physical Being;)

Lost Within Him.

The Ground Was Hard,

Dehydrated With Cracks,

(So To Accentuate The True Essence Of Abandonment.)

A Consistent Mood Of Loss Surrounded The Air.

Not One Second Of Sun,

Not One Ray Peering Through The Overcast.

(Gray Skies,)

From Dusk Till Dawn,

(And Back Again.)

I Never Thought I Would Miss The Simple Things So Much…

(When I Was Gone.)

Not A Single Star Since The Moment I Leapt,

(No Genuine Smiles.)

The Few People Inhabiting This Land Walked,

(Night And Day,)

Dull Eyes…

(Lackluster Expressions:)

Forcing Your Body Hair To Curl From Each Cuticle,

(If You Let It.)

Tall,

Pale Creatures,

(Stretched To The Moon And Back,)

Searching For A Single Drop Of Vulnerability To Quench It’s Thirst.

Creatures:

With The Ability To Drive Your Body Into Excruciating Chaos.

Impressions:

(Implanted Within Your Cerebral Cortex.)

They Create Madness Within A Human.

You Believe You Have Not Been Effected,

(Until You Have Transferred Their Havoc Onto Yourself.)

You Begin Rehearsing…

“This Is Not Me…

Why Am I Talking As Such?”

They Woo You Into Their Nest With Such Abundance Of Things,

(Things With Strings:)

Gathering Your Attention,

(Timely Enough To Pull You In Close.)

They Drain All Human Emotion From Your Being…

(Replacing With Impressions Of Their Own Pain,)

Turmoil,

Chaos,

(Havoc.)

Releasing Themselves,

(Yet Another,)

Unbearable Day,

(In This Existence.)

I Close My Eyes,

(Allowing The Beautiful Flow,)

Guitar Strumming;

Aligning,

(Ever So Softly,)

With The Ambiance Of A Male Voice.

Don’t Let Them Overcome My Thoughts…

(Don’t Let Them Take My Life!)

Sit Still.

(Don’t Let Them See Your Face!)

Vulnerability Is Weakness,

(Weakness Is A Key.)

I Over-Hear Jade,

Victoria,

And Tommy,

Carry On With Their Conversation,

(Explaining The Potency Of The Weed Butter Tommy Had Cooked Up Not Weeks Before. )

Packing And Loading The Bong;

(Dancing Freely Throughout The Kitchen.)

A Sigh Slips Through My Focus,

(I Lick My Lips In Procrastination;)

An Attempt To Show Only Facets Of Myself...

Sent Through Strenuous Approval,

(Prior To Arriving Upon The Conscious Of Another Being.)

Searching For Clarity,

(Whilst Sipping My Coffee.)

Rolling A Ball Of String Between Each Finger,

(An Attempt It Should Bellow Confidence Into My Being.)

Pressure,

(Creeping It's Way From My Heart,)

Begins To Generate A Gloss,

(Encasing My Sallow Eye;)

Inducing A Delicate Glisten:

The Slightest Moisture,

(Protruding Amongst The Lacrimal Lake,)

In An Excess,

(Lacrimal Fluid Secretion.)

I Sit Here,

Allowing My Past,

(And Current Self,)

To Reside Simultaneously,

(Within My Own Mental State.)

Something I Rarely Allow Myself To Achieve;

Continually Setting,

(Non-Specifically,)

Designed Artifacts Within My Perfect,

Tightly Sealed Box,

(In Which I Protrude My “Reality”.)

Placed Aside,

(Without Acknowledgement.)

Forgotten,

(Trapped Within SubConscious.)

Left Tormenting Those Locked Away With It…

(Forced To Face It’s Truth…)

An Exemption:

(So As That I Should Not Bare It’s Desolate Pangs Upon My Current Conscious.)

I Release My Eyes To The Aging Brick Wall Before Me.

An Array Of Reds And Yellows,

(Tucked Softly Beneath The Creases Within It’s Texture.)

Always Seeming To Take Me Away;

Reviving Memories From An Everlasting Oil Painting,

(I Couldn’t Help But Feel Overwhelmingly Folksy With.)

A Blinking Light Bug Continuously Taunting Me:

(Anxiety,)

Knowledge Of The Proceeding Cerebral Waterfall…

(Characters,)

Anticipating The Near Future.

Words And Thoughts,

(Continue To Cross My Mind,)

Unable To Locate A Chiseled Path,

(Aside The Distraction Of This Circus:)

Limiting My Brain From Flowing…

Down Through My Lips,

(In Allowance Of Expression.)

I Simply Urned To Remember My Life,

(Before This...)

Before “The Aerialist”,

(Birthed To This Fucking Mad House.)

The Nonsense And Cunning Performers,

Those Whom I Learned To Accept As Family,

(Managing This Marmalade:)

Drag Me Away From My True Intent,

(Inner Discovery,)

More Often Than I Should Prefer.

Attempting To Enrapture Clear Thought…

(Seeming Nearly Insurmountable Most Days.)

Attempting To Explain A Subtle Memory,

(Mental Image,)

A Single Past Occurrence.

(This Is Especially Difficult.)

The Neurons Inside Your Cranium,

(Lost,)

A Constant Battle Of Leapfrog…

Always Scrapping…

(Stay Three Steps Ahead Of The Other.)

The Day I Arrived Seared Into My Mind With A Branding Iron.

My Eyes Rolled To The Back Of My Skull,

(The Dulcet Cascading Throughout My Ear Drums.)

Beautiful Strumming…

(Accommodated With An All To Routine Sway.)

I Slowly Start To Melt And Fade Through A Roaring Audience,

(Hollering Obscenities In Each Direction.)

My Balance:

(A Nucleus To The Uproar Of The Crowd.)

I Find Myself Standing So Perfectly Poise:

Opening My Eyes To Glimmer,

A Red Sequin Uni-Tard,

(Draped To Fit My Body In Perfection.)

Red Glitter Eyelashes,

(Painted In Black Tar,)

Reaching Forward,

Casually Brushing Alongside My Brow:

(Manicured And Lined Precisely,)

Arching My Already Exaggerated Lid.

My Hair Spiraling Across My Face,

(It Falls Beyond Restraints:)

Hundreds Of Bobby Pins,

Could Not Contain From Sight.

Encrusted In Gold Flakes,

(Whose Loose Leaves Frolic Across The Podium Below.)

I Gaze Down,

(Past My Feet;)

Toes Sparkling,

Upon The Rouge Lacquer…

Irises Begin To Take Focus.

The Haze Starts To Subside:

I Grip The Platform Desperately With My Painted Ligaments.

Eyes Framing In And Out…

Hundred Yards Of Open Space…

(Dusted Ground…)

And The Platform…

(I Have Found Myself Upon.)

My Head,

Rolling Clockwise In A Continuous,

(Drug Induced,)

Motion.

Weights Upon My Shoulders:

(Equivalent To The Pressures Of Modern Day Society,)

Forcing My Eyes Shut…

Head Circling Round,

It Rolls Into Place,

(Atop My Torso.)

Fingertips Caressing The Satin I Was To Propel From,

(Just Moments From Now;)

Slipping Fabric Between Each Finger…

Pre-Acknowledgement Of The Act,

I Am Destined To,

(Once Again,)

Attempt To Preform.

Every Fiber,

(Velcro To The Grooves Within A Fingerprint,)

Clinging Like That Of A Spider Foot,

(Hanging Above It’s Prey’s Ultimate Demise:)

Full-Filled With Trust For His Own Web,

(Safety.)

I Chuckle A Little On The Inside,

(Knowledge Of The Ignorant World Surrounding Me,)

Closing In Tighter And Tighter,

As Each Day Passes:

(Claustrophobia.)

I Open My Eyes,

(Continuing To Sip My Coffee,)

Staring At The Loaded Bowl,

(Resting Just To The Right Of My Keyboard.)

Debating:

Pick Up The Lighter,

(Sitting Next To The Bowl,)

…Fill My Lungs;

(Once Again,)

Shutting Out The Meeting We So Desperately Had Been Trying Accomplish,

(For Some Time Now.)

Living Within A World,

(Created And Designed For My Own Safety And Self-Enjoyment.)

Billions Of People…

Walking Around Each And Every Day…

Without A Purpose.

Simply Walking:

Talking Drones,

(Maneuvering In And Out Of Life.)

Each Day The Same Dancing Pony Show:

Same Faces,

(Same Motions.)

A World Filled In Routine,

Painted In Dull Charcoals…

(With Empty Emotions.)

A Constant Overcast,

Within A World Of “Normality”,

(In Which,)

So Many Relate To As “Their Reality.”

Sometimes…

I Ponder How The World Works:

A Never-Ending Cycle Of Knowledge,

(I Crave To Wrap My Brain Around.)

One Cannot Become Stagnant…

(If One Is To Continually Seek New Aspects To This Existence:)

Cells That Grow And Reproduce,

(Combine With Consciousness.)

Connection Between Scientific Make-Up,

(Combine Spiritual Self…)

It’s Fascinating.

My Eyes Get Wide,

(I Come Back To Reality.)

That Damned Light Bug…

(Continually Flickering In Anticipation Before Me.)

Battling The Structure Of My Own Thought,

Attempting To Condemn A Life-Time Of Feeling,

(Engorged In Memory;)

To The Enclosed Edifice Of My Own Thought.

Suddenly,

The Light Bug Begins To Flutter…

Swirl;

(Following Beautiful Tracers,)

A Dam Located Between My Cerebellum,

Blockading A Vibrant,

(Powerful,)

Stream Of Thought,

Burst Into A Million Pieces.

I Managed To Escape This Reality…

(The First Time Since I Arrived Here.)

I First Thought Of My Life,

(How I Ended Up In Such A Place As This.)

Where Strangers,

(Madness,)

Were Exclusively Intertwined Within This Existence.

It Came Rushing Over Me,

(Within Such Intense Nature.)

A Spot Of Confusion,

(Slightly Dulled,)

Such A Beautiful Breakthrough.

It Was Sensational…

(I Suppose.)

Sitting Under The Big Top,

Watching The Light Bug,

(Create Visual Trance Before My Eyes.)

The Walls Begin To Follow,

Swirling With The Bug…

The Bright Light Of The Tent Throbbed,

(Dim To Bright,)

The Most Ear Wringing Cry,

(Bellowing Within My Ear Drums.)

I Find Myself…

Sitting In A Dining Room,

(A Beautiful Victorian,)

Centrally Located In Salt Lake City, Utah:

Watching The Sentences,

(Mutate Into Literature…)

Whilst Listening To The Worries Of A Woman…

(Whom I Had Only Met Just Moments Before.)

She Had Been Carrying On,

(The Intentions Of Those Around Her,)

Pertaining To The Male Species,

(I’m Certain.)

I Chuckle A Little On The Inside.

Continuing To Sip My Coffee,

Staring At The Loaded Bowl…

Resting Just To The Right,

(Above My Keyboard:)

Debating:

Pick Up The Lighter,

(Sitting Next To It,)

Fill My Lungs…

(Once Again,)

Shutting Out The…

Those Words,

The Lighter...

I Stare Down Past My Fingertips,

(Dancing Amongst That Similar Ball Of String.)

One Doubt,

I Was Sitting Amongst That Dust,

(Under The White And Red.)

A Gentle Glance,

(Side To Side.)

I Reach Ever So Cautiously For The Laces Upon My Coat;

(Reassurance To My Very Existence.)

"What The Actual Fuck...?!"

Victoria,

(Pouting In The Most Poise Possible Manner.)

Stepping Forward,

Enraged At The Rest Of Us;

Dragging Her Podium From Center Stage,

(Pulling It Slightly Right Of The Trapeze.)

She Gracefully,

(Casually,)

Began Folding,

Those Never-Ending Legs,

(Into A Synchronized Bow,)

She Presented Herself Before Me.

Victoria:

One Of Those “Empowering” Women,

She Had No Issue Speaking Her Mind.

Her Father Owned Substantial Land,

(Located Just Outside London, In The 1800’S.)

Black Bellowing Hair,

(More Often,)

Pinned To The Left Side Of Her Weeping Face,

Accentuating One Bright Blue Eye;

(Lined Noir…)

Painted Ever So Precisely.

It Was As If:

She Had Been Born,

(With The Edges Of Her Soul,)

Lined To Perfection.

She Was One Of Those,

“Never Satisfied”,

With Which Realities,

Were Ultimately Seen,

(By Others Amongst Her.)

She Spent Her Entire Life:

Defying Those Attempting,

To Encase Her Free Soul.

Even Within Her Own Demise,

Death Himself…

Could Not Restrain Her:

Returning As “The Master Performer”,

(In My Act,)

Nearly Century Past Her Time.

Victoria Elizabeth Goaltend,

(The Ringleader Of The Pack.)

I Tried To Take The Reigns From Her:

Time And Time Again;

Always Seems To Win…

(Within Our Game Of Wit.)

I To Be Dripping Blood,

(Mouth Of Earth,)

Some Trick…

I Failed To Stick,

(Pompous Desire,)

Control The Show;

Leaving Nothing,

A Regurgitating Smirk;

Splattered Across Her Porcelain Face.

Walking Past,

Removing Whips,

(From My Fingertips.)

Again,

Returning To Their “Proper Location”:

(Within Her Possession.)

Caressing:

Soft,

Black,

Leather,

Twine…

Tussled Between Each Palm;

Wiping My Blood Of The Weaves,

Imbedded Within Their Handles.

"Nice Try TJ...

Next Time,

You Should Make Less Of A Mess.”

This Is A Habitual Comment Of Necessity,

(Licking Blood Between My Teeth:)

Spitting,

Such Essence Of Failure.

(Red Splatter,)

Across The Terrain.

To Such,

(I Am Well Accustom.)

Jade:

(Cartwheeling Into Focus,)

Across The Left Support Beam,

Blonde,

(Pig-Tales,)

Flowing Within Her…

Like Sparkes;

(Flailing Out From Within Her Core.)

Her Tumbling Ceasing,

(Bringing Her Body Within An Upward Stance.)

Swiftly Frolicking,

Ensconced Aside Victoria;

(Pleasantly,)

Crisscross,

(Direct Conflict With Me.)

As Demanded Of Her,

(Just Moments Before,)

Plopping Down,

(Beside Her Master:)

Such Obedience,

(Puppy Dog.)

Vivian,

(Victoria’s Succubus Other Half:)

Glaring Upon Me,

Beyond The Bushy Smoke,

(Spilling Between Her Luscious Lips.)

Standing Behind The Bar,

Lining Her Lip Noir.

Rouge Marked Butts,

Trailing Behind Polyester Hem;

Slowly,

Collecting Dust,

(Amongst The Hem.)

Softly Raising Her Cigarette,

(Structured Within Stiff Hands:)

Touching Her Kiss,

She Inhales One Last Smoke Cloud.

Looking Down,

She Flicks The Cherried Butt,

(Beneath Her Feet:)

Continuing To Seat Opposite Jade.

I Drag My Feet.

(A Prisoner,)

Weighted Chains;

(Encasing My Ankles.)

Forcibly Included Within The Circle,

(Formulated Beneath The Trapeze:)

Actively Attempting Attention,

Sitting Vacant In Our Discussion.

Victoria,

(Awaiting Patiently:)

I Sit,

(Cautiously,)

In Foremost Of Her.

By This Point:

Tommy Had Seemed To Take A Seat,

(Among The Three Of Them,)

In Formation,

(As Well.)

(My Homosexual Counterpart.)

Neither Victoria,

Nor I,

Ever Invited,

(Nor Rejected,)

Tommy;

He Came About Upon His Own.

I Sometimes Believe:

Jade,

Pitched A Hand,

(With His Arrival…)

Within This Big Top.

(Never Entirely Certain.)

We First Acknowledged,

(Tommy's Existence,)

One Sunny Day.

Center-Stage,

(Four Of Us;)

Pondering Trivial Worries,

(Associated To The Infamous “Jack”,)

Whom Victoria Had Fallen,

(Madly.)

A Glimmer Caught Our Eye:

(Blinding Color From Within My Iris.)

A Fine Speck,

Remaining Only To Function:

A Hue-Less Pupil.

A Rather Lean Man,

(Electric Blue Mohawk,)

Black And Blue Gymnast Leotard...

At That Moment,

Appearing Through The Sky Above Us.

He Leaped,

(Each Trapeze Bar,)

With Grace And Elegance.

Tommy:

Spend The Majority Of His Time,

In The Air.

Now Sitting,

(With The Rest,)

Upon The Safety Net,

(Below His Sky Risen Comfort.)

“Are You Ready?”

Victoria,

(Scowling At Me,)

Waiting,

(Patiently,)

My Subsequent Response.

“Ummm,

Yeah…Yeah…

I’m Uh,

I’m Ready,

Sorry.”

Replying Nervously,

(Hands Shaking,)

Immense Startling Energy;

(Projected Toward My Being…)

Every Eye Within The Tent.

“Personally,

I Find It Extremely Rude.

I Am Insulted,

Your Constant Vacancy,

Any Time You Feel To Vulnerable;

To Deal With This,

TJ.

I Am Not The Only One,

(Infuriated,)

Your Lack Of Acknowledgement;

What Is Going On In Here.”

Victoria Scolding Me,

(Such Immense Force,)

In Comparison To The Others;

Sitting Casually,

(Upon The Trampoline,)

Joining Them…

In Silence.

Jade,

Consistently Grinning:

(I Envied That About Her.)

Jade,

My Closest Friend;

(Since Before I Can Remember.)

She Never Aged Now...

One Point,

We Resided,

Within The Same Years;

Age Eight Or Nine.

(The Shortest Period Of Time,)

I Had Grow Up With Her:

In Which,

(One Point,)

She Lived Through Year Seventeen…

(Aside Me.)

She Was In Love:

(Fell Deeply At Fourteen.)

Never Been Kissed,

(When Peter Came Into Her Life;)

She Imagined…

Heavens Had Fallen Amongst Her Feet;

That Day He Embraced Her,

(Hand Within His Own.)

He Was Tall,

(Lanky,)

Wasted Physical Features...

Regardless:

(Many Occasions I Exclaimed,)

Her “Naïve Nature”,

(Her Obsession;)

She Became Exasperatingly,

(Silly,)

Over This Boy.

Nothing Could Tear Her,

(Golden Heart,)

Away.

The First:

Sparkling His Eye,

(Upon Her.)

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morebedsidebooks · 3 years

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March 2021

Well, March a year into a global pandemic (the declaration at least, for many effects started in months previous, February 2020 for me). How are books?

Specifically, comics in the US? DC still relies on Batman, but the likes of Harleen by Stjepan Šejić, a favourite artist of mine, at number 2 on the NPD Top 20 'Superheroes' Graphic Novels for 2020 is nice to see. Then Japanese comics, which some might note I’ve not done a single review of yet this year? Publishers of such in English from biggest and big to revived from the grave despite challenges are having reportedly banner year(s) with sales.

More and more people are buying books of all sorts online too, a trend likely to continue.

Personally, despite shifting and giving it a go with scads of places I can try online, it’s discouraging. I resent it every time I keep getting pushed to Amazon or their other companies. (I’m becoming less happy with Goodreads too.) The indie retailer I formerly relied on is no longer an option. My LCS basically said SOL. I haven’t held a new physical comic from DC since variant covers of the Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy miniseries were gifted to me. (Apologetically, after the off the rails ending there. But they are still pretty.)

Twittering Birds Never Fly 7 is the first comic in Japanese I’ve gotten in my hands in nearly a year too. I almost cried when the package arrived and in such a timely fashion. (Btw the publisher of the English edition has abruptly reprinted and is continuing with the series in 2021. In addition, claims of undertaking better distribution, though that was an issue well before the pandemic. Still maybe fans won’t be too far behind. For French, Taifu sets a schedule that sees books released more frequently though, has very limited distribution now.)

Of course, I’m still waiting on other books. The current 16-week record for a new release arriving looking as if it will be broken. Some of this explains why I’m not blogging as much about certain things.

Too North American publishers like Seven Seas are getting hit by controversies with some releases of light novels, putting their entire catalogue of such up to this point under scrutiny. Abridgements, censorship or other issues crop up sometimes in the literary translation industry and have forever. Fans in this niche with long memories could bring up examples from over a decade ago. It is not a pleasant problem that an entire print run is basically faulty through editorial processes. Rubbing extra salt in the wound with current printing, distribution and retail challenges. (Updating eBooks is less complicated the rollout already occurring but, digital is only a fraction.) The situation at times upsetting to creators, these copies also may be circulating for some period, putting people literally on different pages when it comes to title(s). Part of why this recent example gave me goose pimples. I did manage to get a copy of the first volume of the English edition of I’m in Love with the Villainess. However, I had wanted to go through the JP eBook as well for reasons, a task I regrettably felt too tired for at the time. The news of alterations and fixes after other readers brought up the issue is bittersweet validation perhaps. Nonetheless this kind of matter and the fallout is only adding to the sense I’m close to burn out.

I don’t know how to quite express the feelings I have that books (ordering, receiving and reading) are yet another area of anxiety now. In a world that keeps delivering many bad days.

Read for March:

The Other Half of History

Breasts and Eggs by Kawakami Mieko

March was Made of Yarn

DC Bombshells

Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

The Galloping Hour: French Poetry by Alejandra Pizarnik

The Memory Police by Ogawa Yoko

#what I'm reading #march 2021 #books are alright

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Travel to Holguin, explore this part of Cuba in 2021.

Located in the warm Caribbean Sea, the island of Cuba is a major tourist destination, where Havana and Varadero, share almost half of the visitors who arrive each year. However there are other places that stand out, today I will show you how to travel to Holguin and what you will find in 2021. You will discover a region that has everything to satisfy the most diverse tastes: beautiful beaches, excellent hotels, biodiversity, history, culture, safety (childproof), and a friendly and polite population. That magical town is called Holguín, and it is located in the northeastern part of Cuba. Although it does not have the glamour of Havana, the history of Santiago de Cuba, or the exclusivity of the beaches of Varadero and Cayo Largo, little by little it has been positioning itself as the third most important Cuban tourist destination.

Holguín Boulevard, one of the most popular sites in the city. Photo credit: Manuel de Nacimiento. According to the Statistical Yearbook of Holguín, published by the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI), a total of 439,464 tourists travelled to Holguin in 2019. Let's close our eyes and take an imaginary journey through the region. This way you can find the answer to the question that gives this article its name. Related link: - Best rated experiences in Holguín - Get Your Guide. Interesting:On January 18, 1752, in the presence of all the neighbors the Marshal Arcos and Moreno made to record in order of date and years indicated that obeying to orders of the King of Spain he gave the title of City to San Isidoro de Holguín, being able to enjoy in front of all the privileges, honors and proper franchises of these institutions.

Travel to Holguin: how to get there

Frank País International Airport is only 10 kilometers from the city, and also has a terminal for domestic flights to Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Built in 1996, it is considered a medium-sized airport, capable of handling a flow of up to 1,000 incoming and outgoing passengers. In 2020, the runway was resurfaced to receive large aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkhEXpJvJ84 It offers car rental services, cafeterias, travel agencies, medical and currency exchange services, specialized services for the handicapped, duty free stores and VIP lounge. A total of 13 airlines connect Holguín with cities in all continents except Asia and Africa. Among them are: Jet Blue, Air Canada, Arkefly, Belair, Blue Panorama, Condor, Monarch, and Neos. To get to the main city, cabs are readily available at a cost of approximately 15 USD. But if you are a sailor in search of adventure, Holguín offers you the Marina Internacional Puerto de Vita. This port, located only 40 kilometers from the city, has 38 berths and all the necessary amenities. It is also the starting point for catamaran excursions, fishing trips, diving and jet ski rides.

Loma de la Cruz, in Holguín, is a viewpoint of important tourist interest.

Holguin, the City of Parks

The existence of more than 70 parks in the perimeter of the city has earned it that title and is the first thing you will notice when you travel to Holguin. Although if you ask any Cuban, or a foreigner who knows the city well, he or she will surely tell you that its main distinguishing feature, besides the Loma de la Cruz, is the cleanliness and straightness of its streets. They will also tell you that in spite of the distance that separates it from the capital, its inhabitants are lovers of good art and that they have the privilege of having one of the three Lyric Theaters of Cuba, the famous Rodrigo Prats, one of the best dance companies, Codanza, and the Chamber Ballet of Holguín. So, if you wish to enjoy lyrical singing, contemporary dance or ballet, in Holguín you will not lack options. The presentations take place mainly in the beautiful Eddy Suñol Theater and in the different hotels of the northern coast.

The city's ancient architecture is one of its greatest charms. However, if your thing is not classic, don't worry, we also have Discotheques, Cabarets, Bars, Cafes and Night Clubs. The city's nights are very lively, especially between Friday and Sunday. Names such as El Nocturno and Bariay, open-air cabarets in the style of the world-famous Tropicana, as well as El Pétalo, Shambalá, El Benny, Pico Cristal, El Siboney, Jazz Club, Piano Bar or Las Tres Lucias, are widely known nationwide. There are cultural events that have acquired international renown: the May Pilgrimages and the Vladimir Malakhov Dance Competition and Grand Prix of the North Atlantic. Related link: - Top 5 experiences in Holguín - Get Your Guide. - What to do in Holguín - Vigorous Ways.

The Romerías de Mayo is an important traditional popular festival. The Romerías are celebrated at the beginning of May, and although originally a religious festivity, they have become an international Youth Festival. Concerts, street theater, photographic exhibitions and works of art, dance shows, and poetry are continuously happening during a fun week. Moreover, since 2014, the famous Ukrainian dancer Vladimir Malakhov (First Dancer and Director of the Berlin Opera Ballet), has established together with the local dance company Codanza, an International Ballet and Dance Competition that attracts numerous visitors from abroad and from other cities of the island. This year, it will be held in September, albeit virtually due to the presence of COVID 19.

Gastronomy, Habanos and cycle tourism on your travel to Holguin

Hotel Iberostar Selection is a popular accommodation in Holguín. Gastronomy in Holguin To taste the local flavors, the city has about 30 restaurants that offer delicious dishes of Creole and international cuisine. Prices range from 10 to 20 USD in private establishments. Keep in mind that 1 U.S. dollar is currently traded in the informal market for 50 Cuban pesos.Tweet State-owned establishments are more economical, although they generally have less variety and quality in their offerings. Payment is made in local currency. Based on Tripadvisor surveys, popular opinion, and my personal experience, I have compiled a list of the 10 best restaurants in Holguin in 2020: - Restaurante Bar 1910 - La Pasión - Delicias Cubanas - Ranchón Los Almendros - Maragato - Restaurante Bar Parrillada San José - La Torre - La Bodeguita del Medio - Avilés - Noi Due https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aubiEDB5LPM Habanos Cigars in Holguin Inhaling the smoke of the famous Cuban cigars can be harmful, but it is the ambition of many tourists. In Holguín, it is possible to visit an important cigar factory located in the center of the city. In addition to seeing how they are manufactured, you can also buy them at advantageous prices. There is no shortage of major brands: Cohiba, Romeo y Julieta, Montecristo, Partagás and Hoyo de Monterrey. The factory produces 16 million units annually and uses as raw material the leaves harvested in Pinar del Rio, the mecca of Havana cigars. Related link: - Top 5 experiences in Holguín - Get Your Guide. - What to do in Holguín - Vigorous Ways. Cycling when you travel to Holguin A tourist sport activity that has developed rapidly in the region is bicycle tourism. The well-asphalted road that links Holguín with the seaside resort of Guardalavaca guarantees a safe trip full of beautiful landscapes. The 54 kilometers of mostly straight and flat roads lead to the paradisiacal beaches of the north-eastern coast, famous for their white sands, warm waters and all-inclusive hotels.

The beautiful Pesquero Beach should be one of the places you cannot miss on your trip to Holguín. The town of Sao Arriba is located just 11 kilometers from the start of the trip. If you are passionate about mountain biking, you will find trails and paths that cross the picturesque region: hills, rivers, caves, pure nature. After traveling the first 30 kilometers, and always turning off to the left side of the road, we will first find Playa Blanca, famous for witnessing the arrival of Admiral Christopher Columbus to Cuba, Don Lino, Vita Bay, Playa Pesquero, Naranjo Bay, and Playa Esmeralda.

Beaches and All Inclusive Hotels in Holguin

If there is something that differentiates hotels in Holguín from those in the rest of the country, it is the quality of service. Professionalism, responsibility and experience are evident as soon as you arrive: speed, command of several foreign languages, friendliness and empathy towards the client. You can choose among the 14 hotels that serve the region's beaches. Four of them are 5-star hotels: Paradisus Rio de Oro (for couples only), Playa Pesquero (the largest hotel in Cuba), the brand-new Iberostar Selection and the recently built Hotel Almirante. The rest are 4 stars except Villa Don Lino with 3 stars.

Hotel Paradisus Rios de Oro, in Holguin, Cuba. Interesting:With a cost of only 2.00 USD per pax, and three daily frequencies, comfortable buses travel between the different hotels, Guardalavaca, La Aldea Taina, and the Naranjo Bay Dolphinarium. A must visit site is the Aboriginal Cemetery and the Taino Village. There you can discover our pre-Columbian history in a museum located on the remains of an ancient indigenous cemetery. It exhibits 56 of the 180 skeletons found to date. The village recreates the environment of an aboriginal tribe from 5 centuries ago: dwellings, 38 human sculptures, work tools, recreational objects, clothing, etc. Are you bored spending all your time at the hotel? No problem, the different Travel Agencies propose excursions through sales points in each establishment. Don't forget that the province has a total of 17 protected natural areas, including two national parks: Bahía de Naranjo and La Mensura.

Jeep Safari Adventour is one of the best-selling excursions. These are 10 of the most popular excursions: - Jeep Safari Adventour - Crucero del Sol - Catamarán Gibara - Cayo Saetía en Catamarán - Baño con Delfines en el Acuario Bahía de Naranjo - Cayo Bariay - Aldea Taina - Island Paradise - Ocean Paradise - Jeep Safari Salto del Guayabo. These and other excursions may be available through Get Your Guide, a secure site where you can book quality experiences.

Although we are discovering the beach hotels, it is worth mentioning that there are three very good hotels in the city, located in old and centrally located buildings that have been very well restored: El Caballeriza, Esmeralda, and El Saratoga. The latter was inaugurated in 2020. Private accommodations are also a good option, but this will be the subject of another article. We hope you already know why it is worth taking as you travel to Holguin‼. Read the full article

#cuba #travel #holguin

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grandpaswagger · 4 years

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About Us - Who We Are!

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Hello, Everyone!

How are you doing? Well, let me jump right into this. This site is a sister site, but for now, it has a lot of the same material that site # 2 has. Its purpose is solely for my benefit more than it's anything. I'm not going to start as an eCommerce selling anything just yet, but I am entertaining the thought of it.

We also are passionate about making the internet becoming a safer environment for a more enjoyable experience. And by doing so, I am a member of WOT (Web of Trust), and I, along with many other businesses and corporations, some Higher Development company's, as we do our daily business's here, rate these malicious sites as they emerge daily.

I know what it's like to be hacked and have your laptop taken over by ransomware. It's not fun and certainly isn't easy to rid yourself of ransomware. These hackers let viruses off if you try to uninstall them by not reaching their demands. I walked or surfed aimlessly around the net, not realizing what they did to my laptop.

The site's interest is "Writing, Poetry', Writing, oh and more Writing, and Paying-It-Forward." We are positive people, and we have our days too. I currently have some featured pages and dedicated pages for my grandchildren and my late wife as well.

I'll run these featured pages here, one for" 'other writers' from all different writing genres. You'll find that I'm being linked to my 'copywriter/publisher' poetrysoup.com because they have 'inspired me for who they are,' and we are a community of `liked-minded unique individuals that are muses for words." And it is also linked to various writing websites that make this site is connected.

In the past, I have tried this coding or writing script, and personally, it's not for me with my current circumstance or condition, but in general, it still isn't for me.

I've been writing a story concerning myself, and hopefully, find time to finish writing it. I've been trying to write this story for quite some time, but it needs to come out. It is about self-conviction and trying to find forgiveness for me. Been 22 years, and I'm exhausted.

Please, support the Mental Health Association's, locally or even globally, when and if you can.

I suffer from mental illness, a very real emotional setback, and it hasn't been easy for me, especially in my childhood. But life isn't fair; it isn't supposed to be either, life is a journey, and we all need to live the best we can, without hate in mind or heart. That word isn't in my vocabulary, and I wouldn't say I like using it, but I have felt it along with rage once, about 23 years ago, and it nearly destroyed me, and this is about self-conviction.

Best of Wishes,

William Darnell Sr

#introduction, #who-we-are, #positive, #unique, #publishers, #interests

#about-us #site changes #publishers #positive #introduction #who-we-are

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fredenglish · 4 years

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Featured Writer: Brandon Williamson

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to talk with one of Fredonia’s outstanding alumni, Brandon Williamson. Brandon graduated from Fredonia in 2007 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Theatre. He started in his profession as a high school theater teacher. A few years later, he changed directions and decided to come back to Fredonia to become an Admissions Counselor to not only fulfill his joy of working with students, but also to give back to his Fredonia community. During the past nine years he’s been an Admissions Counselor, Brandon also founded Pure Ink Poetry in 2012, the only monthly Poetry Slam in Buffalo open to the public, and wrote and self published two books of poetry. Brandon describes his name being built on not only theater, but also the world of spoken poetry and writing.

Excitingly, this week Brandon was named the President of the Ujima Theater in Buffalo, NY. Ujima Theater is the only African American professional theater company in the city of Buffalo. Brandon stated, “their performances help people change perspectives on things and open eyes on topics like social justice, and identity. You're not going to go there and see something with a chorus line. You are going to see things that have a message and meaning, something you are supposed to carry with you.”

Brandon has been a member of Ujima since 2001, and recently became interested in working even more closely with the theater company again. He had originally thought that he would be working with his typical small role from the past and helping out in any way he could until he found out that his mentor, Lorna C. Hill, had passed away suddenly in June.

I asked Brandon what his main motivation behind joining this organization was and what this opportunity to be its new President means to him. He replied, “I had originally joined the group because of my mentor, Lorna C. Hill. She was the leader and artistic director of the company. The cornerstone of theater. She created the Ujima Theater and was the voice and personality of it. It is now my turn to carry the torch, carry on her legacy, and be what she wanted us to be in theater by working together as a collective and carrying on the responsibility of teaching and training and and telling the stories that need to be told. Even in the tough times of COVID-19, to keep Ujima’s meaning and message alive.”

On top of this huge new accomplishment, we discussed his passion for poetry and his release in August of his book, A ‘How to’ Guide. He describes this as an “instructional guide or cook book one might say that incorporates metaphors of poetry.” While writing this book he also pairs it with a complimentary album reflecting his poetry. He composed his own music for this album and then incorporated the same poems from the music into the album (with only a few glitches!). He says that “the idea to write this book was put into practice when COVID-19 first happened. I pulled my poems’ ideas from that concept, which were concepts I had before, but now had the time to use them. I wanted to be creatively productive with my time.”

Back in 2015, he also wrote and self published his first poetry book, Critical Lenses, a series of poems emphasizing the view through the eyes of a poet. I asked him what inspired him to write these books, and who he was hoping to impact through them, and he explained that “I used to have the mindset that my poetry is meant to be heard and not read because when you see a performance poet who is passionate about the performance, then you can feel what they are trying to relay. It's like the difference between seeing a script and writing a play which is why I didn’t write any books for the first 7-8 years that I performed poetry. Then, I had a conversation with someone on the history of poetry and how poetry is the voice of the people, and I wanted to leave a piece of myself in history for someone to get a feel for my story. I then decided to leave something in print which is why I decided to write a critical lens where I took elements of my story and set it down so I could reach out and affect whoever comes across it.”

Brandon is a versatile individual who puts every ounce of energy he has into his different works, and displays strong passion for what he does. His intention in terms of poetry is to give people an opportunity to have a voice and share their stories. His accomplishments thus far have been remarkable, and are worth recognition. I wish him the best on his new journey as the President of Ujima Theater and thank him for sharing his story with me.

Katherine Yudin, October 30, 2020

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gingerly-writing · 6 years

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Questions Tag Games

explanation: I’m super late to these, I suspect not many people will want their dashes spammed with my random answers, and I’m not tagging people, so I’ve amalgamated all of these into one post.

tagged by @concealeddarkness13! haven’t spoken to you in a while, hope you’re doing great

1. Would you rather write a more classical hero or an anti-hero as a protagonist? I’d rather write a hero for the protagonist, but an anti-hero as a general character

2. Who is your favorite character you have written and why? Ever? That’s cruel. Out of people that y’all would know, Urial does seem to generate the most emotional reactions

3. How many WIPs do you have? 3 proper ones, currently: Iron Flower, Space Royalty and Piracy Pays

4. Who is your least favorite character you have written and why? To write? Klarion from Young Jutsice fanfic. Motherfucker would not follow the assigned plot. Hate-wise? Possibly Coincidence or Accord, neother of whom you guys have met yet. Those two are a pair of nasty criminals/villains, and they are a little too good at punishing anyone who gets in their way

5. What is your favorite aspect of writing? Finishing!

6. If you had only one sentence (per WIP) to get someone to read your books, what would the sentences be? They wouldn’t because I suck at loglinesss...humourously though?

IF: an entire continent is saved from the ravages of war by the ancient art of sexting via treaty negotiations Space Royalty: ‘she stabbed me? god-fucking-dammit I am so in love with her’ Piracy Pay: you get to chug your drink every time I kill a character

7. If your protagonists fought to the death, which one would win? Protags? Depends if morals were removed, and whether it was on-on-one. Koronis, if not -he’s an emperor with black magic and an entire galaxy-wide army. If it was on-on-one with minimised morals, Ace would stand a damn good chance. Boy is smarter than he gives himself credit for, and very adaptable. Galaxy is also pretty viable. Girl can swing a superpowered punch like she means it, and she hasn’t survived this long on luck alone.

8. Which protagonist(s) would survive the zombie apocalypse? Koronis would. Ace would die trying to save someone else. Solaris would...provided Monarch was dragging him around, and even then they might go down together in a dramatic last stand. Galaxy would be in charge of a small, benevolent queendom. Cleo would, those plant skills would make her handy to any new civilisation. Fact would go down staving off the hoardes so everyone else could run. Rosalie would think she was the weak link of her group, but they would probably keep her alive; L’aura would kick zombie ass.

9. Which is your favorite story you have written or are working on? Space Royalty is damn fun to write -the benefits of extravagant, overdramatic space operas I suppose. Piracy Pays has had a good reception, so I’m pretty proud of that. Hopefully I can keep the momentum going until the end! It is a huge pain o write though

10. Which of your characters is your favorite villain and why? Raph is my evil supervillin crimelord Big Bad and I adore him utterly

11. When do you find is the best time of day for writing? Evening! 8pm-1am

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tagged by the lovely @a-sundeen! this is so old I bet you don’t even remember tagging me, oopsie

1. When you’re describing a new character, what feature do you usually note first? Build, usually, as in their height/weight ratio, muscles/skinniness or lack of, how they carry themself etc. The reason for this is that I often start with the macro ‘impression’ of the character before zooming in on a few specifics. I try to use an interesting description or comparison here as well.

2. Do any of your characters play an instrument or really enjoy music in general? If so, what instrument (or what genre, if it’s the latter)? I am the least musical person on planet earth, so making my characters musical often doesn’t occur to me. Koronis can sing and play the space-piano (forced childhood lessons), and Jade can play the violin, but neither of them are passionate about it. Kolya/Cynosure (the popstar/supervillain) is very very musical, but I skip around a lot of the specifics because I’m a big cheater. He mostly makes anti-establishment and anti-hero music, but he’s one of those artists who strays all over different genres.

3. Which musical artist usually gets you the most pumped to write? Les Friction does good dramatic music and they’re not so well known, so I like to tell people about them when I can

4. Do you prefer writing fight scenes over other types? (This is a weirdly worded question I’m sorry, rip) It’s worded fine, sunshine! And no, I don’t like writing fight scenes because I don’t like the logistics of them. There are too many limbs to keep track of, and then I feel like I’m neglecting their surroundings and potentially useful items in favour of mentally tracking who’s where and what their arms and legs are doing. I cover up for my fight scene weaknesses with too much dialogue, and I’m fully aware of that fact.

5. Is there a city or country you’d really like to write in or about? Write in is probably just where I’d like to travel, so Russia, India and South America (I know that’s general but it’s the only continent except Antarctica that I haven’t been to) are my top choices. Write about…I’d like to sink myself deep into east coast USA to really nail the feeling of Galaxy’s city and her character, and then be able to confidently write about it. I do have a study year abroad coming up in 2020, so here’s hoping…

6. Do you prefer to be warm or cold while you write? Warm! I love blankets and my big fluffy dressing gown, and on top of that all my friends always complain about how hot my house is

7. Do any of your characters have hobbies you’d like to try out someday? Fiction wise, glo-ball from Space Royalty sounds like a very entertaining game, especially when I’m kept safe behind a pod. sodding netball injuries Jade paints and draws, and I’d love to get better at art. Likewise, Rosalie sews, making and decorating her own clothes, and I’d love to be able to do that. Idk, does being a supervillain count as a hobby? I’d love to rob a bank…not even necessarily for the money, just the #aesthetic

8. What is your favorite type of character to write? Villains! And morally grey people. And characters where the POV character has no idea what they’re really thinking, who they really are, what they actually want etc. And, on the flip side, balls of positive sunshine, because they make me feel better about the world

9. Halloween is here! Which character has a costume made for them by their mom? Ahahahahaha can you tell how late I am to this.

10. Halloween is here (again)! Which character thinks the holiday is childish but dresses up anyway? I AM SO LATE. Rosalie thinks the holiday is childish but dresses up in the most elaborate homemade princess outfit ever and entertains all the kids she can find. What, it is a children’s holiday, surely she should be making them happy on their special day…

******************************************************************************************* tagged by @blackfeatherantics who is now @mbovettwrites I think? I hope?

1. How long have you been working on your WIP(s) for? Iron Flower is the oldest current one, and I started it on Christmas Day 2016

2. What song would you assign as your protagonist’s theme tune? I’ll just pick one, and Koronis’ is Young and Menace by FOB. No real lyrical reason, it just reminds me of him

3. Do you have any favourite spots (gardens, parks, cafes, etc.) where you like to write? The sofa in my living room next to my family

4. Poetry or Prose? Prose!

5. Where do you draw inspiration for your writing from? Everywhere! Other people’s writing and prompts and published novels and TV and movies and random stray thoughts and daydreaming and chatting to other writers and-

6. Is there any popular book that you wish you had written and why? The Lies of Locke Lamora because I’d take out the first 100-ish page of solid worldbuilding and backstory that seemed almost completely irrelevant to the rest of the plot?And the domino-effect of all the plot elements knocking each other into action at the end was so clever, it annoyws me that the beginning means I don’t like reccing it to people

7. What’s your planning process when you start working on a new WIP? I daydream about it for at least a few weeks to make sure the idea has staying power. Then I come up with character names, quirks, descriptions etc. finally, I lay out the plot chapter-by-chapter from the beginning to the end so I have a guiding rope throughout the whole process and I’m less likely to get stuck. Of course, that’s when I plan on letting a WIP bloom into being. Some, like Space Royalty and Piracy Pays, start off as short drabble ideas and then refuse to leave, which means I have no concrete plan for them...

8. Do you work best in mornings, afternoons, or at night? Evening!

9. Would you prefer to self-publish or work with an agent and publishing company and why? Agent and publishing company, because I value the help they can provide more than the ability to retain complete creative control over my book (since I’m crap at titles and designing book covers anyway)

10. How do your emotions/moods affect your writing? Not a lot tbh. If I’m very very tired I can’t write anything good, but I’m not sure that counts as an emotion.

11. What’s your favourite line of your WIP/one of your poems? I’ve written both of my current favourite lines for prompts, which were: ‘Time hollows all victories’ and ‘The hero doesn’t die in this one’. I’ve had other favourites in WIPs over time, but I can’t think of them right now

******************************************************************************************* tagged by the ever wonderful @time-to-write-and-suffer

1) How are you so awesome? Genetics.

2) What’s your favorite thing about your writing? The dialogue! Or the romances, which I mostly like because of the fun/cute dialogue.

3) Who’s your favorite character that you’ve written and why are they your fave? This is so mean. At the moment, Raph, because I can’t stop thinking about him and he’s so incredibly dangerous, yet on the low down (like the Mariana Trench level of low down) he has all these cute little quirks that only one or two people know about

4) One of your characters has been placed in the world/plot of a book you love. What happens? Rosalie becomes a Grisha in Leigh Bardugo’s world. She finds a sense of self-worth and gets to enjoy the little luxuries that come with the position.

5) One of your characters has been placed in the world/plot of a book you hate. What happens? X takes the place of Celeana Sardothien. He murders everyone in his path, tells the crown of Terrasen to get fucked because there’s no way he can run a whole government with any level of competance, probably murders Rowan with extreme prejudice, opens the Wyrd gates just to search the universe for Raph and bring him through so he can construct a decent government for Terrasen, would probably sleep with Dorian, would make it his new life goal to highfive Manon.

6) Your characters must fight each other to the death until only one stands victorious. Who wins? Raph. Koronis could conceivably stand a chance against him, but Raph would decimate pretty much anyone else. I think Raph would be able to stay above the fighting for longer, whereas Koronis would jump in just a touch earlier, which would be his downfall.

7) If you could steal a cover and a title from other books to use for your own WIP/s, which ones would you steal? Cover-wise I’d steal the minimalist Red Queen aesthetic, because that sleek shit is the bomb. Title-wise? That’s harder. The Lies of Locke Lamora has some sick alliteration, but I think I’d rather steal the style of it rather than the exact title

8) If you switched places with one of your characters, what would happen to you and to them? I would die, pretty much everywhere. If Rosalie swapped with me, she would slowly come out of her shell and become a fashion designer -not an A-lister, she wouldn’t like how vicious and ruthlessly businesslike you have to be, but maybe making her own high-end clothes in a small shop in London

9) What makes your style unique compared to other writers? Thanks for the existential crisis, Eff.

10) Describe your antagonist’s song number if they were a Disney villain. No Good Deed from Wicked, for Darklight

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1. Have you ever realized how similar an oc is to you and felt the need to change them so they aren’t so similar? I mean, Jade from Iron Flower almost shares a name with me, and she’s ginger, which did concern me for a while, but hopefully she’s nothing like me personality wise (or else I’d have to do some serious self-reflection)

2. Do any of your ocs like candles? I bet Rosalie loves pretty candles, especially patterned or strongly scented ones! Anything luxurious that she can’t afford, really

3. Do you normally write settings that are (or are based on) places you know intimately (ie your home town)? Oh god no. I like sweeping Chinese-inspired castles or creaking pirate ships or far flung space universities and man-made planets. I’m really not a contemporary writer though, so I guess this isn’t much of a surprise?

4. What is a book that feels similar to your own wip? Ahahaha, which WIP? Piracy Pays has similar vibes to @boothewriter‘s pirates and probably also @noodlewrites’ pirates (I’m guessing? I haven’t read any excerpts from you I’m sorry). Space Royalty is just weird. Iron Flower is probably similar to a lot of generic fantasy YA, like Red Queen and whatnot.

5. Do you have a dream cast for your ocs? I don’t really faceclaim? Or know much about a wide array of actors, so no, not really.

6. Are you good at story titles? Do they come easily to you? I am abysmal at story titles, holy shit. I mean, you can see the evidence scattered around this post. Piracy Pays and Space Royalty are just placeholder names, but I’m not convinced I’ll come up with anything good to replace them. Iron Flower is alright in that its relevant to the story and fits into the series title (The Flowers of War) but…idk, its not setting the stars alight or anything.

7. Do you ever change oc names once you’ve started a wip? Not often, though I am considering changing Ace’s name because I don’t think ‘Seb’ suits him. Only question, what to??

8. Which people have you let read your work? I mean, all of y’all have the opportunity to read Piracy Pays. No one has read Iron Flower, and I’m stretching myself by letting @rrrawrf-writes @lux-deorum@haphazardlyparked read Space Royalty in its raw first draft stage.

9. What usually catches your attention about a book first? Style? Characters? Plot? I’m quite an easy reader to catch and hold tbh. What makes me love a book is a clever plot. For me, a very strong plot can carry weak-ish characters, but I can never read super deep characters with no plot.

10. Do you have a favourite author? Probs Rick Riordan, or Julia Golding.

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1. How many works in progress do you have? Properly, three. Iron Flower, which is written (143k) but needs editing, Piracy Pays which y’all are reading, and Space Royalty which crossed 30k about a week ago

2. Do you/would you write fanfiction I used to! I stopped in Y12/13 because I didn’t have enough time to do fic and original writing, and I haven’t really had the time to pick it back up.

3. Do you prefer paper books or ebooks? Either, I’m not fussed. Though if it has a really pretty cover, I’ll be hankering after a paper copy

4. When did you start writing? 14-ish on Young justice fanfic

5. Do you have someone you trust that you share your work with? Not all of my work, but yeah, I have a lovely server and also some irl friends that get the junk landed on them

6. Where is your favourite place to write? At home chilling with my family while we all do stuff

7. Favourite book as a child? Dragonfly by Julia Golding

8. Writing for fun or publication? Hopefully publication, but I know I need to improve a lot first, honing my skills etc.

9. Have you taken writing classes? Not a lick

10. What inspired you to write? Gotta get those stories out of my head and onto the page, man. Gotta get that sweet sweet representation out there too.

thanks everyone! xx

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Tech News | Made in India Social Apps Capturing Void Created by Ban on TikTok

New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The wave of shock came strong for the content creators after the sudden ban on the Chinese applications, among which included one popular, widely-used video-sharing app — TikTok. However, the Indian app developers seized the moment and stepped up to meet the rising demand by providing a few Indian alternatives to the creators.

Here’s a list of some of these homegrown companies, who now have the chance to scoop up new users in droves.

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– Fun 2

An emerging and a new entrant amongst the new-age video-sharing platforms, Fun2 is looking to explore the nuances of Indian culture and diversity. A made in India application for Indian audiences and diaspora, the Fun2 team is working on intuitive design and a new refreshing experience for both content creators and viewers.

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With a “content” first and “creator-driven” strategy in place, this app aspires to be the go-to destination for both existing and emerging talent. Audiences & content creators can view, create, and share short as well as long-format videos ranging from 15 seconds to 3 minutes. The technology roadmap for the application includes advanced camera features, a music library, and the use of augmented reality for special effects.

Started as a project initiative six months back this platform already has the presence of more than 500+ influencers. The Beta version is available in the Google play store with an iOS version and the new design theme with advanced features in the anvil.

– Roposo

Founded in 2013, Roposo is another Indian short video platform that has garnered many users over a period of time. It is a platform where people express visually with homemade videos and photos. Catering to users aged between 15 and 35 years, the app offers a TV-like browsing experience with user-generated content on its channels. Users can also use editing tools on the platform and upload their content. With 8.5 crores (85 million) users, Roposo provides a space where users can share posts related to different topics like food, comedy, music, poetry, fashion, and travel. It is available in 15 languages.

– Aii Social

Aii social is a first of its kind social media founded by Ankit Chaudhari which allows users to convert data, social engagement, and brand interactions into rewards & payment. Along with content creation and engagement with friends and family, Aii social emphasises on users’ safety and data privacy.

The app is a KYC enabled platform in the social space addressing the issue of social bullying & trolling at the same time. The hybrid platform rewards users for their social interactions and data, tackling hidden user data monetisation as it occurs on other social media platforms where users have never before been rewarded for their data. While the app is released for individual users, Aiisma is also running a beta program for business, brand, and influencer partners.

The first platform to charge only for the real business to consumer interactions, Aii. Social already has over 50 brands working with it. By 2021, the platform aims to reach 5million+ users and plans to expand geographically to the Middle East with social commerce and games made available on the app.

– MX Takatak

Launched on 4th August, ‘MX TakaTak’ is emerging as a destination for content creators, providing a home-grown platform that brings together India’s short video users and short-form content across genres such as dialogue dubbing, comedy, gaming, DIY, food, sports, memes and many more. Currently, MX Takatak hosts 1Mn+ digital influencers, including audience favorites such as Jannat Zubair, Nisha Guragain and Gima Ashi, who have all chosen to be a part of this large community.

MX Takatak has 30 Mn+ video uploads. The platform hosts content in 10 languages including English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada. Within weeks of launch, MX Takatak has given a platform to content creators across categories, be it nano micro and macro-influencers who put in a lot of creativity and hard work into their videos, bringing alive their dreams.

Besides, tech giants such as Facebook-owned Instagram and YouTube are also trying their hands to capture the market with their fun and creative efforts. However, while going by early trends, Instagram’s efforts to cash in on the absence of TikTok in India hasn’t paid off yet, YouTube is testing a new feature on its app that will let users upload short video clips.

Here’s are a few other options over Chinese Apps.

– Insta Reels

Similar to TikTok, Reels lets people create short-form videos set to music that can be shared with friends and followers and discovered while browsing the app. It’s the newest opportunity for Instagram to bring in users, increase the amount of time people spend in the app every day, and establish itself as a video entertainment platform. Reels allow people to record videos up to 15 seconds long and add popular music, as well as an array of filters and effects, over top of them. Some of its key features are: One can add music, AR effects, speed up/slow down parts of the video, etc.

– YouTube Shorts

The new feature will allow the users of the app to record multiple short clips directly on the app and upload the same as one video. If the video is less than 15 seconds, then it can be directly uploaded on the app without going to the mobile gallery. However, if the user has a video longer than 15 seconds then it will need to be uploaded from the gallery of the phone. Currently, the feature is limited for some selected Android and iOS users. Apart from the new initiative, YouTube already allows its users to upload the short videos in the form of YouTube stories on the platform which is also known as Youtube Reels. (ANI)

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