I’ve been a little reticent about this enterprise, principally because I represent artists I’m not one of them. Though I could show some of my ruddy actors a thing or two, sometimes when I’m (was) on 10% of their six figures back in the day. But, as a fan of your writing, I can’t less this game not reach its conclusion and you seem to be short of volunteers. I have some caveats though. First I am a Limey so am already slightly lost with cultural references. Second, I’ve never paid much mind to labels in art though I appreciate you have to define participants’ roles. I get The Hero’s Journey but I’ve never really got falling action etc. But I can’t let this fizzle out so put me down for the resolution unless you get other takers. (I’d rather be first reserve.) I ask for part 5 because I’m a bit committed for next two weeks. Just a reluctant offer.
It’s (as we say in America!) ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!!
It would be an absolute honor to have you tie the bow on this gift! A total fan of Ant’a diaries and you! I know you can bring this baby home. Thank you!! 🤗
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warms the cockles & mussles & "Seashell & the Clergyman" 's surrealist longin's in my hearts-of-palm lol!
I've done this in all manner've ways but always "on the spot" an' with just a few lines... the last actin' class I taught ('fore we left BrOKElyn) we did it with just two sentences...usually on the silly side tho' SOME of those teen gals got kinda dark an' lightly scatalogical (lol) so it's funny yer tale here begins in the loo! It's also a blast with drawin' where ya fold up the page an' end up with a mythical beast or other "creation"--did this with my girls fairly often an' we saved the oft-wacky results! Ya likely know 'bout the origns...ORANGES of the game which started with no other than Andre Breton!
I'll eagerly look out fer install-mints as yer tail (woof) unfolds an' furls 'round the banister while the chambermaid slides down-it, her Cheetos held close awaitin' the Fall which they'll initiate ever so lightly as they cover the mustard lawn...
I never knew how the name came to be but what Wikipedia says, makes perfect sense: “The name is derived from a phrase that resulted when Surrealists first played the game, "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau." ("The exquisite corpse shall drink the new wine.")” I love this tidbit of information and thank you for pointing to it, don’t know why I never looked it up myself. The name of the game sounds like an improv game. And yes, I’ve played it mostly as a drawing game, but have engaged in several long form writing and dervishes and they’re always super rewarding.
Do you have it in ya to take a let of the story? Does “falling action” sounds appealing?
we did we did (leftovers finally polished off yestiddy! I love cookin' like a madwoman fer 2 days an' then gittin' a good 5 off lol!) hope ye did too! glad ye liked the hist'ry of the game-"dead man drinkin'!" lol... I mebbe up fer the next round--got a lot on my plate now (sadly no more turkey tho!) AND.... we're in mid-snowstorm so not sure if I should cuss out the globalist or be thankful we don't have ta drive our younger one 90 min to ballet class ha ha!
Yikes!! Hope the snow lets up! I caught the Bills game on the TV on Sunday and it looked like it was starting to come down pretty hard!
The slots got filled up for the exquisite corpse. But it looks like your plate is full anyway! And not of Turkey! 😂 I still have left overs… but the dog has been eating most of it at this point.
This is absolutely 'ducking' brilliant (self auto corrected). I'm not sure my writing skills are up to it as I generally think in 17 syllables only, but if the Climax section is still free then I'd love to try. It's been a long time you know?!
You, my friend, are a perfect fit for the climax section! Ok, once we publish Isaac’s (next week) portion, I’ll tap you in for week 3. And if 17 syllable parts make up part of the story, I certainly won’t be mad at it! Thanks for joining in on the fun! 🤩
The last thing I read that was similar was a 100-word resignation letter that was composed by 4Chan posters. The resignation superman said that he would use it as his actual resignation letter and each poster in the thread posted one word at a time. You can imagine what those words were, and he actually submitted it to his employer.
I was laughing so hard that I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
I'm glad that you stepped up to this challenge, Isaac. I feel like I'm in a theater improv skit where I discover my innocuous seeming classmate is a secret virtuoso, who effortlessly gives monologues with plot twists and charming innuendoes. How does Tonika come up with these off the cuff flights of fancy? But if there's anyone who can follow this act, it's you, who puts words in the mouths of gods. Looking forward to it, and I hope Luna gets a bit part. I have such fondness for her since my wombat reading.
ps tried to do this as a direct reply, but something's wonky with the comment thread. Probably Hermes messing with me.
I’m honoured to have made a family read out-loud! And on Thanksgiving, no less! Please send my regard to the girls, I hope everyone is enjoying some post-feast quality time!
Hey Tonika...the Exquisite Corpse method is a new one on me, so thanks for expanding my awareness...reminds me of the William Burroughs/Brion Gysin 'cut up' or 'fold in' techniques, but in a serial rather than parallel fashion. I'd love to volunteer for one of the next modules, but after your auspicious lead, the best I can offer is a musical interlude between it and whatever follows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWvKDf3g5Y
If anyone's interested in taking clumsy saint Phillip Gar's story into kaliedoscope territory, here's what occurred to me as a possible next step...in a city about 40 minutes away from his choirboy duties, Mr. Gar is living another sort of life, a life in which he is known to the merchants of this other metro area as Pesky (from 'pesque') Phil da Fish...a polite low-level collector of periodic premiums on verbal contract insurance policies given to proprietors of profitable establishments who have been persuaded of the efficacy of keeping up to date with the coverage offered by Phil's organization. They say a day late or a dollar short tends to make Phil da Fish very pesky.
Of course if the next installment tells us that Phil had started a low-impact skimming scheme from his big-city job and that the silver-green Prius incident was a carefully arranged sub-lethal message from sustainably oriented mobsters in his other life, done to prompt Phil to promptly replenish the pilfered funds...well, I better stop there if I'm really not going to join in the project. But, I'll be reading for sure...
When the opus is completed, I might print up the whole thing and do some cut ups or fold ins and see if anything magical jumps off the pages...if so, you'll be the second to know. :-)
😮😍🤩 first off, that link - what a performance! I’ve never ever come across before this but you could write a whole movie script based on those dynamics!! And second, the direction of parallel storyline is quite intriguing and I get if you don’t want to commit to anything right now, but I would love to read what ever origami fold comes out of slicing and dicing the final project!! 👊
I don't know how I missed this... what a great idea. Being late to the party has been a theme for me recently. Oh, well.
I’ve been a little reticent about this enterprise, principally because I represent artists I’m not one of them. Though I could show some of my ruddy actors a thing or two, sometimes when I’m (was) on 10% of their six figures back in the day. But, as a fan of your writing, I can’t less this game not reach its conclusion and you seem to be short of volunteers. I have some caveats though. First I am a Limey so am already slightly lost with cultural references. Second, I’ve never paid much mind to labels in art though I appreciate you have to define participants’ roles. I get The Hero’s Journey but I’ve never really got falling action etc. But I can’t let this fizzle out so put me down for the resolution unless you get other takers. (I’d rather be first reserve.) I ask for part 5 because I’m a bit committed for next two weeks. Just a reluctant offer.
It’s (as we say in America!) ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!!
It would be an absolute honor to have you tie the bow on this gift! A total fan of Ant’a diaries and you! I know you can bring this baby home. Thank you!! 🤗
‘Let this game reach…’ Sorry for typo. No edit buttons
All good! If you’re on a phone, you can’t make an edit. If you’re on a computer, you should be able to click the three dots by the comment and have the option to edit from there. :)
Sounds like immense writing fun!
Join in, SF!
warms the cockles & mussles & "Seashell & the Clergyman" 's surrealist longin's in my hearts-of-palm lol!
I've done this in all manner've ways but always "on the spot" an' with just a few lines... the last actin' class I taught ('fore we left BrOKElyn) we did it with just two sentences...usually on the silly side tho' SOME of those teen gals got kinda dark an' lightly scatalogical (lol) so it's funny yer tale here begins in the loo! It's also a blast with drawin' where ya fold up the page an' end up with a mythical beast or other "creation"--did this with my girls fairly often an' we saved the oft-wacky results! Ya likely know 'bout the origns...ORANGES of the game which started with no other than Andre Breton!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse
I'll eagerly look out fer install-mints as yer tail (woof) unfolds an' furls 'round the banister while the chambermaid slides down-it, her Cheetos held close awaitin' the Fall which they'll initiate ever so lightly as they cover the mustard lawn...
HAPPY THANKSGIVIN' (one day late ;-)
Hope you had a joyous holiday, Daisy!
I never knew how the name came to be but what Wikipedia says, makes perfect sense: “The name is derived from a phrase that resulted when Surrealists first played the game, "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau." ("The exquisite corpse shall drink the new wine.")” I love this tidbit of information and thank you for pointing to it, don’t know why I never looked it up myself. The name of the game sounds like an improv game. And yes, I’ve played it mostly as a drawing game, but have engaged in several long form writing and dervishes and they’re always super rewarding.
Do you have it in ya to take a let of the story? Does “falling action” sounds appealing?
we did we did (leftovers finally polished off yestiddy! I love cookin' like a madwoman fer 2 days an' then gittin' a good 5 off lol!) hope ye did too! glad ye liked the hist'ry of the game-"dead man drinkin'!" lol... I mebbe up fer the next round--got a lot on my plate now (sadly no more turkey tho!) AND.... we're in mid-snowstorm so not sure if I should cuss out the globalist or be thankful we don't have ta drive our younger one 90 min to ballet class ha ha!
Yikes!! Hope the snow lets up! I caught the Bills game on the TV on Sunday and it looked like it was starting to come down pretty hard!
The slots got filled up for the exquisite corpse. But it looks like your plate is full anyway! And not of Turkey! 😂 I still have left overs… but the dog has been eating most of it at this point.
lol Lucky Dog! (yup, it's kinda blizzardy so I too hope it lets up!)
This is absolutely 'ducking' brilliant (self auto corrected). I'm not sure my writing skills are up to it as I generally think in 17 syllables only, but if the Climax section is still free then I'd love to try. It's been a long time you know?!
You, my friend, are a perfect fit for the climax section! Ok, once we publish Isaac’s (next week) portion, I’ll tap you in for week 3. And if 17 syllable parts make up part of the story, I certainly won’t be mad at it! Thanks for joining in on the fun! 🤩
I feel so fancy reading this, it's so highbrow.
The last thing I read that was similar was a 100-word resignation letter that was composed by 4Chan posters. The resignation superman said that he would use it as his actual resignation letter and each poster in the thread posted one word at a time. You can imagine what those words were, and he actually submitted it to his employer.
I was laughing so hard that I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvGpC_jLuw
When Australian digital ID comes in, that is how I am going to write my Substack resignation letter.
I will be resignation superman, and there will be nothing highbrow about it.
I hope we stave off digital tyranny, EDAU, not just in AU, but everywhere. But if shit hits the fan, we’ll rage appropriately into the dying light.
Great freaking song!! How did I go so long without knowing this band?!?
Big Head Todd & the Monsters are 90s awesome.
Yeah, added it to my playlist to check more of their stuff out!
I'm glad that you stepped up to this challenge, Isaac. I feel like I'm in a theater improv skit where I discover my innocuous seeming classmate is a secret virtuoso, who effortlessly gives monologues with plot twists and charming innuendoes. How does Tonika come up with these off the cuff flights of fancy? But if there's anyone who can follow this act, it's you, who puts words in the mouths of gods. Looking forward to it, and I hope Luna gets a bit part. I have such fondness for her since my wombat reading.
ps tried to do this as a direct reply, but something's wonky with the comment thread. Probably Hermes messing with me.
Hahahaha! Don’t you dare underplay your imagination, T! I know what you can do!
I read your beginning to my daughters. They were very impressed! And the foreshadowing in the Honk! I'd missed that the first time through.
I’m honoured to have made a family read out-loud! And on Thanksgiving, no less! Please send my regard to the girls, I hope everyone is enjoying some post-feast quality time!
I would imagine Luna will make her provocative presence felt, as usual
Hermes would be most pleased with these developments. Keen as a bean to be involved!
Heck yeah!!! You got “rising action”, my friend! Honored to have appealed to yours (and Hermes’) sense of play. 🤗
Hey Tonika...the Exquisite Corpse method is a new one on me, so thanks for expanding my awareness...reminds me of the William Burroughs/Brion Gysin 'cut up' or 'fold in' techniques, but in a serial rather than parallel fashion. I'd love to volunteer for one of the next modules, but after your auspicious lead, the best I can offer is a musical interlude between it and whatever follows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWvKDf3g5Y
If anyone's interested in taking clumsy saint Phillip Gar's story into kaliedoscope territory, here's what occurred to me as a possible next step...in a city about 40 minutes away from his choirboy duties, Mr. Gar is living another sort of life, a life in which he is known to the merchants of this other metro area as Pesky (from 'pesque') Phil da Fish...a polite low-level collector of periodic premiums on verbal contract insurance policies given to proprietors of profitable establishments who have been persuaded of the efficacy of keeping up to date with the coverage offered by Phil's organization. They say a day late or a dollar short tends to make Phil da Fish very pesky.
Of course if the next installment tells us that Phil had started a low-impact skimming scheme from his big-city job and that the silver-green Prius incident was a carefully arranged sub-lethal message from sustainably oriented mobsters in his other life, done to prompt Phil to promptly replenish the pilfered funds...well, I better stop there if I'm really not going to join in the project. But, I'll be reading for sure...
When the opus is completed, I might print up the whole thing and do some cut ups or fold ins and see if anything magical jumps off the pages...if so, you'll be the second to know. :-)
😮😍🤩 first off, that link - what a performance! I’ve never ever come across before this but you could write a whole movie script based on those dynamics!! And second, the direction of parallel storyline is quite intriguing and I get if you don’t want to commit to anything right now, but I would love to read what ever origami fold comes out of slicing and dicing the final project!! 👊