Writer StatementI agree with John Gardner that the writing of fiction is the "creation of a vivid and continuous dream." To write, one enters this dream state and allows one's characters to inhabit one's being and to speak through one. My fiction influences are diverse and range from 19th-century traditionalists like Henry James, Edith Wharton and George Gissing to 20th-century modernists like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and postmodernists like Donald Barthelme. The Decryption of Floriform X -- This short, illustrated fiction was written on Twitter circa 2008, each tweet numbered to keep track. The God of Wind and Air -- Unfinished sequel to Decryption, written collaboratively on Twitter. The Manuscript of Jacob Hall -- Why write fiction? What is it "for"? |
Saturday, May 05, 2007Patterns, 05-05-07, 11:52 am![]() Was inspired to do a bit of patterning after reading about/viewing rakusu and kesa images (Zen Buddhist vestments). I asked an acquaintance of mine about the textile designers she'd known when studying design marketing. "They were very competitive," she said. "Cutthroat." I guess that's the short answer to, "Why aren't you a textile designer?" The original motif can be seen in the upper lefthand corner. Labels: pattern |
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