Frank O’Hara, New York poet, wrote in the moment. He responded to the deaths of well-known celebrities – if his poems had anything, they had “immediacy”. But this dashed off almost fresh from your journal page feel, paid tribute to performers whose fame would carry on long past their death: James Dean, Billie Holiday. WritingContinue reading “LAMENT: Writing in the Moment”
Category Archives: hear
BOOKS: Missing Libraries?
Are you missing the opportunity to visit your library in the current virus lockdown? Try listening to this 7 minute article on what you’re missing, by Umberto Eco, writing somehow despite having his tongue firmly in his cheek. The essay “How to Organize a Public Library” is selected and read by Booktube creator Shawn DContinue reading “BOOKS: Missing Libraries?”
ART: Steve Martin at MOMA
Missing being able to pop into an art gallery these days? Try this – viewing 2 pieces from MOMA with actor/comedian/writer Steve Martin words and video on MOMA site here. As Steve looks at the pictures, which seem to be abstract art, he gets a whole new insight into one of them. As he says,Continue reading “ART: Steve Martin at MOMA”
Getting to calm
Getting to calm is quite an achievement at times in April 2020, in a worldwide time of panic and pandemic – and pandemic of panic. I find one practice helpful – at one particular time of stress it got me to calm in 33 minutes. I go into a room solo, light a simple candle,Continue reading “Getting to calm”
WRITING: Book Launch Successful
As a writer, I am delighted to find the “Book Launch” podcast by Tim Grahl, who helps authors build their platform and market their books. Here’s why: Tim has had 5 authors in the NY Times bestselling booklist in the same week there are episodes on so many useful topics Tim comes across as a decentContinue reading “WRITING: Book Launch Successful”
1,000 posts!
This is our 1,000th post, & Counting! Thank you for being part of this by your visit – do stay a moment and have a look through what is now a generously sized magazine online on creativity and how to make more and enjoy more. There are hundreds of posts on many different arts andContinue reading “1,000 posts!”
Other People’s Phone Messages
I don’t normally listen in on other people’s phones – but we’re all invited to do so in the opening title sequence for the TV series “The Rockford Files”. What a great idea for an opener – it immediately tells us so much about the main character of the downbeat Private Investigator – the humour,Continue reading “Other People’s Phone Messages”
Videopoem: Elevator
How to avoid panic when stuck in, for example, a broken lift.
Tweet: birdsong
Happy new day, new decade, new audio treat – BBC sounds is running a little series of early morning sounds of birdsong. Today’s is the Song Thrush – simply a one and a half minute sound recording, together with a quote from a poem on the sound – and all presented by a very wellContinue reading “Tweet: birdsong”
Scriptwriting: Fail early, work harder
Stephen Cannell gives advice on scriptwriting
