I really loved Ira Glass’s take on the “building blocks” of stories—the way he approaches storytelling from an audio perspective is really cool. The way he talks about anecdotes and stories in their purest forms was pretty cool—even really simple, “this, then this, then this,” stories can become really powerful, even if the basic plot […]

I decided to draw the arc of one of my favourite movies, Iron Man, in a Vonnegut-inspired graphic representation. It’s not so much an arc as it is a series of bipolar swings, which pretty much reflects the main character, Tony Stark, and his chaotic life—not too different than the life of the actor who […]

photo roulette Five Card Story: Out of Darkness a Five Card Flickr story created by Leah flickr photo by Serenae flickr photo by lesliemb flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by Intrepidteacher flickr photo by Serenae We didn’t want to go into the woods, but we were running out of food. The candles were running […]

I really loved reading–and hearing–about the dread pirate Santa on the Inspire site. The incorporation of a radio broadcast with a more traditional visual design was a really cool idea and lent so much credence to the tale. I’m a big fan And heeere is a previous student’s work–they took a single frame from a […]

Not going to lie: my summary of week three is “AAAAAAAUGH!” I was so, so, so behind this week. I did sign up for a slot on the radio though, so that’s excite. O_o I didn’t even manage to comment on other peoples’ work. (FOR SHAMMEEEE) I feel pretty bad about that (I did however […]

My notion of storytelling has always been that it is our way of expressing that which is both truest and most unreal—in fantasy we are able to create a sort of hyperrealism that supersedes the constraints of everyday life. However, for most of my childhood my ideas about stories and how they were told were […]

Daily creates for week three were fun and easy Last week I did writing ones, so this week I did pictures! Trying to mix it up a little by doing things I’m not the most comfortable with.   This is something broken: a crayon that I accidentally snapped while trying to draw—of all things–my vonnegut […]

Daily Create Prompt: Submit a favorite monologue from a movie with every third word removed. Response: Drunken Stenographer Now you receive us. Do not for your or your . We do want your tired sick. It your corrupt claim. It is evil that be sought us. With breath, we hunt them. Each day will spill […]

Daily Create prompt: Describe the sky in a single sentence without using any color words. Response: Before the Rain It is a dead thing, a dawn-dampened thing, it settles, sprawls, dark and heady, overwhelming, dreary and dreadful like a cemetery stone. Writing this was fun. I love using imagery and trying to avoid the use […]