tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post3940928318864921784..comments2023-03-23T04:24:49.048-04:00Comments on The Ear's Mind: The ten-minute found poemJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-22339816809422038492008-09-30T05:48:00.000-04:002008-09-30T05:48:00.000-04:00Am sitting through a VAT seminar and it is sprouti...Am sitting through a VAT seminar and it is sprouting hay(na)ku, a clear proof that surrealism is in full swing...spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-60351482865264549682008-09-29T10:10:00.000-04:002008-09-29T10:10:00.000-04:00Hi Marjorie! Thank you. I'd love to see someone ...Hi Marjorie! Thank you. I'd love to see someone do a work document of some description. I'm convinced it could produce something interesting. :)<BR/><BR/>That looks like a fun form to play with, Nathalie. I like using those sorts of forms when playing around with poetry-- anything that makes it seem more like doing a puzzle seems to help a lot. I don't know why.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-26849056417906278242008-09-28T15:04:00.000-04:002008-09-28T15:04:00.000-04:00Cheeky maybe, but lots of fun, and I love the end ...Cheeky maybe, but lots of fun, and I love the end result. As Aletamay says, it seems to have your voice but still Neil's as well. <BR/><BR/>I may have to take up Nathalie's challengs and try something based on a work document (mine are mostly draft court orders relating to financial settlements - so definately a challenge!)Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-77529247909734346462008-09-28T05:59:00.000-04:002008-09-28T05:59:00.000-04:00If you are still looking for an exercise for your ...If you are still looking for an exercise for your students, you could try <A HREF="http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haynaku.htm" REL="nofollow">haynaku</A>.<BR/>Not nearly as easy as it seems (in particular if you are trying to tell a story using the technique).spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-50462925964782487262008-09-26T16:00:00.000-04:002008-09-26T16:00:00.000-04:00Product or Quality Assurance manuals are the dries...Product or Quality Assurance manuals are the driest things.<BR/>I have been toying with the idea of transforming some our Program Board papers into Humument type creatures (another great exercise) but they tend to have the most boring verbs and hardly any adjectives, which makes it very challenging.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-76091657554573791492008-09-26T06:56:00.000-04:002008-09-26T06:56:00.000-04:00Oh, Nathalie! The Ariane 5 launcher safety manual...Oh, Nathalie! The Ariane 5 launcher safety manual! You have to do something from the Ariane 5 launcher safety manual. That would be brilliant. :D (Sometimes I think the duller the found text, the better the poem ends up being...)<BR/><BR/>Hi, Dragonsally! Thank you for all your kind comments (and I hope you don't mind my replying to them on this one)-- it's nice to see you here. :) I'm gladJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-67732957515753779502008-09-26T02:38:00.000-04:002008-09-26T02:38:00.000-04:00I love it Jess, and I can still hear Neil's voice ...I love it Jess, and I can still hear Neil's voice which is cool.<BR/>Love Spacedlaw's piece too.Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-18844293601904730322008-09-26T00:28:00.000-04:002008-09-26T00:28:00.000-04:00I think the absurdity of the piece shows it clearl...I think the absurdity of the piece shows it clearly as something of mine - and I knew you would recognize it as such. Don't worry Jess, I just did not have the opportunity to "find" a piece of writing that wasn't mine, so I just went and rediscovered an old June 2007 text that was on my computer. The REAL challenge would have been to do something with a work related document (the only thing on myspacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-36523587763691380602008-09-25T20:32:00.000-04:002008-09-25T20:32:00.000-04:00Do it! It's fun. I'd love to see what you come u...Do it! It's fun. I'd love to see what you come up with, if you feel like sharing it. :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-11257865685541997282008-09-25T19:57:00.000-04:002008-09-25T19:57:00.000-04:00This is great Jess! I loved those exact words you...This is great Jess! I loved those exact words you used here when I first read them and you have formed them into a new and also beautiful thing. <BR/><BR/>I want to try this too!AletaMayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639273261672273258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-27531621305126717042008-09-25T19:06:00.000-04:002008-09-25T19:06:00.000-04:00That was a rather awkwardly-worded question I aske...That was a rather awkwardly-worded question I asked, wasn't it? I'm worried now that my comment reads as though I thought it wasn't something you'd done, which wasn't what I meant-- I'm sorry if it came across that way. :( It's absolutely your writing style and humour-- I just couldn't remember whether it was something of yours that I knew already. <BR/><BR/>I thought I remembered this from Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-79055235943762255892008-09-25T17:18:00.000-04:002008-09-25T17:18:00.000-04:00Of course it is. I had written this as a reply to ...Of course it is. I had written this as a reply to one of the "on the premises" contest - and did not make it, but I had great fun writing it nevertheless.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-21297442142066781582008-09-25T14:45:00.000-04:002008-09-25T14:45:00.000-04:00Wooo! \o/ I like that, Nathalie. :) I'm assumin...Wooo! \o/ <BR/><BR/>I like that, Nathalie. :) I'm assuming this is a found poem-- but for some reason I think it's one of your stories. Am I right?<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Rubius. I've always especially liked Neil's blog for the things he has to say about writing. He just has a neat way of looking at and thinking about language and storytelling, and a succinct way of talking about it, that I findJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-84186698852635199082008-09-25T14:12:00.000-04:002008-09-25T14:12:00.000-04:00BUTTONSCalvin once complained - Calvin once compla...BUTTONS<BR/><BR/><BR/>Calvin once complained <BR/>- Calvin once complained –<BR/>That there were <BR/>Not <BR/>Enough <BR/>Buttons in the world.<BR/><BR/>Let’s be clear: <BR/>He never <BR/>Never, never, never, <BR/>had haberdashery in mind. <BR/>Not a frivolous man, he. <BR/><BR/>What he was <BR/>Really <BR/>Promoting at the time were belly buttons. <BR/>Loved them for some reasons. <BR/><BR/>spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-3998053200573727932008-09-25T14:00:00.000-04:002008-09-25T14:00:00.000-04:00I haven't seen Neil's blog but I like what you hav...I haven't seen Neil's blog but I like what you have done here.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-23936503852998653962008-09-25T13:28:00.000-04:002008-09-25T13:28:00.000-04:00Jess, Thank you. I like this. I didn't know that...Jess, Thank you. I like this. I didn't know that what Neil did had a name. (I should have though.) I found that sentiment on his blog, the one about the newness of the questions and the way the answers age, fascinating and so true. But that is Neil, whenever he writes something I think 'gee, I totally understand that, I really wish I could have expressed myself like that, he makes it so clear'.Rubiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489017422221346200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-10892820589729040242008-09-25T11:16:00.000-04:002008-09-25T11:16:00.000-04:00Uh oh. Rumbled. :DUh oh. Rumbled. :DJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-59668567756979427412008-09-25T10:20:00.000-04:002008-09-25T10:20:00.000-04:00I'm leaning toward cheeky. ;)I'm leaning toward cheeky. ;)Dread Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081969484772150648noreply@blogger.com