Everything these two make together is great. Bruno Solařík’s seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of European Surrealism is sure to make this an interesting afterword, too.
From On the Field of Signs, by Thom Burns and Raman Rao, the accompanying book to their exhibition at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California through February 4.
The players write:
“This collection of images is the result of the experimental game of Sequential Montage played over the course of a year. The present group consists of fourteen complete games, involving between two and a dozen moves each.
Sequential Montage is a team sport and a game of imaginal solitaire. Each move is contemplated and forged in solitude yet the outcome is the result of combined efforts; the players are partners as well as opponents, without stake in the outcome other than to be suprised at each turn as the images accumulate.
The game may be played by two or more participants. The rules are simple: One player sends an image to another player (original photography is preferable, but found images can also be used). The recipient player adds a new element and then sends it back to the first player or on to the next player as the case may be. The cycle then repeats. One move calls for another, dissolves into the next while thwarting or assisting the move after that.
Traces of the players’ individual style will often remain, making it perhaps part of the game for the viewer to guess ‘who did what.’ Yet, this collection of images demonstrates a clear indifference to authorship and resists attempts to reveal it. Stylistic identifiers yield to play and invention.”
Fun statistical fact: Cows are about 300 times more likely to kill you than coyotes.
Minor sidenote to statistical fact: If it was common for people to keep several hundred coyotes on their property and routinely chase them into a corral and handle them, this statistic would be different.
this is a great summary of ‘conditional probability’, a statistical property many people grapple with
…I feel like this post just made me realize that both coconut trees and vending machines, items often quoted in wacky death statistics, are both things that people shake vigorously often.
November may be over, but your writing doesn’t have to be! If you’re struggling to settle into a routine or find motivation to continue your novel, have no fear! Today, author Neal Thompson shares his advice for how to keep the momentum going:
In the cafeteria of a Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry, headphones on and laptop glowing, I’m surprised at how many others, like me, are drinking beer at 2 PM on a rainy Thursday afternoon. In Bremerton, I find a coffee shop and write until it’s time for the ferry back east, where I’m surrounded by beer-swilling men and women headed to that night’s baseball game. It’s not pretty, but it gets the job done. By the time we reach Seattle, I’ve added 1,200 more words to my next book.
Lately, I’ve found that every word I write is the result of a hard-fought battle, a series of compromises. Some writers find the month-long commitment of NaNoWriMo to be their battle, and I applaud them.
But what if you don’t reach that 50,000-word goal? Or what if you hit 50,000, only to realize you’re at the halfway point? How do you keep the momentum going?
I made my wreath today…I did do it with just scissors and it looked a bit angry…so..I’ve added my darning mushrooms (something else I’m collecting..oh dear) and Im super chuffed with it.Im hanging it over my fireplace as it would be safer.I used a metal plant pot stand as a base and wired everything on so nothing is ruined and can be taken apart. I’ll put a pic of it in the comments..it worked really well as it is heavy.Hope your feeling festive…this has kinda put me in the mood..I have played Carol of the bells for the past two hours as well so I’m on my way.x
