How would you design the city of the future? Well this is timely, given my doodling of late (see below). I'd design a city, first, by rereading Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Then perhaps, Perdido Street Station, and then by looking at the art of M C Escher. Then I'd recall that for inhabitants of … Continue reading Dream cities
Art
Slow start
I finally found the time, and the emotional, physical, and mental bandwidth to write, complete, edit, and submit a poem a couple of weeks ago. It was rejected and that felt...actually that felt pretty good. Writing something for it to be rejected is a tiny window of situation normal amidst an ever evolving multi-directional maelstrom … Continue reading Slow start
Bye July
Rejections: 44 Pending: 18 Accepted (3 carried over from 2022): 12 Published: 13
Ekking phrastastic
A theory about forms of creativity interacting, and a link to a new poem.
Last Writes?
A link to a new story, the writing update, and the difference between end goals and process goals.
AI with catitude
I investigate how bad AI cat art can be, compared to traditional means of producing bad cat art. Plus, there's a writing update.
Castles in the air
Want to become a Voynich Manuscript generator? Ask me how....
Artful response
A link to a new poem published today, thanks to The Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticrev + some thoughts about writing in response to art.
March in April
Why not review 2019's Little Women and draw out half formed ideas about ambition, art, and other stuff.
Some words, a little art, and me
Here's a version of me contemplating a different version of me featured in a special @InkPantry interview, about writing, art, and, um…a version of me.
Writing Bec 