Wash your hands and dry them off. Rip open the alcohol and sanitize the skin. Place the needle on the flesh, and POP. Dry off the first drop; it’s contaminated. Go down to the knuckle and press, apply pressure, milk it like an udder. Watch how the blood drips onto the paper. Go… Continue reading #17
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Workshopping Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
In 1963, Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar was released under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The novel was a hit from the beginning, but was only read by the masses after Plath’s suicide shortly after the novel’s release. The Bell Jar is autobiographical, and when you read the book, you almost have a feeling that you can understand Plath’s personal struggles… Continue reading Workshopping Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
Workshopping Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958)
by David Marler Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 Vertigo is on nearly every list of the best films of all time. It is not only an exciting story of a former detective who follows a suicidal woman around San Francisco, it is also an example of the basics of good cinematography. For this reason, the film is widely studied at colleges… Continue reading Workshopping Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958)
Poetry and not prose
Since COVID-19 I’ve had way too much time on my hands. I’ve had to transform my normal neurotic tendencies into something more productive. I became a very diligent writer of diaries, but after recording the minutia of your day, day after day, especially in a time in COVID when everything is the same, you begin… Continue reading Poetry and not prose