6/29/2010

Blogging/Vlogging

I sometimes wonder if I’d make a good vlogger. I reckon I watch enough YouTube to make a decent fist of it if I wanted to try. But why would I try? I don’t really have a reason to vlog. My life isn’t interesting enough to entertain people at the moment. Plus I figure I’d probably just come up with a few excitable videos then let the whole thing go by the wayside. And that would be if I could ever bring myself to be satisfied with how ‘natural’ I come across on screen.

What would be sort of fun though, would be writing (and making) short video sketches. With my friends! Yay! Who doesn’t secretly think they might have an undiscovered talent when it comes to acting? Or wouldn’t at least humour me just once?

…You? You wouldn’t spoil my fun would you? Dash my creativity and slash my self-confidence?

So I’ll write a short sketch and I’ll share it around and approach some budding, unknowing actors. Then we’ll collaborate and come up with what we come up with and decide what we want to do with it!

Sounds fun to me!

6/18/2010

Poetry Corner

Some poems from my 'Making It Strange' poetry class.

The branches.

The branches here
Don’t sway too much.
The mud is thick and everywhere
You can only dance for so long
Until the children-minded close in
With their tiny jars like mini-chasms
Or the staid contradict their great fight
With their division of freedom.
There are no pass-outs
You can’t shake them
You just have to wait;
Wait and hope for the sway.


Heather

You craft drawings of foreign inspiration
A few deft lines and a person is there,
Emoting
Do they speak to you?

I see you with your chickens
The ones you couldn’t part with from science
Do they nuzzle into you?

You ice skate but I’ve never seen you do it
Can you double axle?

You don’t drive.

You’re just over the fence
But there’s more than just one between us.
Is it of your creation or mine?

I think you’re lonely.
Is that ok?


Title


Italic in style

Bold in spirit

Entitled to your attention

A bad idea

I’m over here…


Distanced.