I always try and see the Perseid meteor shower each August for years now, catching them in various intense situations – being the only one to see them, glimpsing through stormclouds and moonlight, suddenly lying on the concrete to stare at the burning rain – almost a ritual in honor to how spectacular the Universe [...]
About six years ago I had a dream that I would write a novel called Staring at the Sun from Underwater, about a young man trying to escape from the horror and routines of everyday life who begins having vivid and seemingly prophetic dreams, and then gets stuck in his dreams and must struggle his [...]
Earlier I read an article from a skeptic who, distraught that 80% of Britons believe in Heaven, discussed the history of the concept of Heaven in order to disprove it, showing Heaven as at best a comforting bedtime story and at worst as cause for endless wars. While the same could be said of technology, [...]
In my popular culture class we’ve begun discussing freakshows, from the old carnival sideshow to the more contemporary versions of talkshows, tabloids, and some reality TV; a cultural form that essentially profits from the exploitation of abnormality and difference as entertainment. While with advances in scientific knowledge and individual respect such spectacles no longer rely [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Since the other week when I wrote that essay on doppelgängers and the doubles of ourselves created by our self-representations it seems that issue has been finding greater traction on the Internet. As Klint Finley from Technoccult points out, there has apparently been much heated discussion on various occult forums about what constitutes a “hypersigil.” [...]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Ever since I was a child I have had a contrary streak several light years long. First manifesting in a refusal to do household chores (at least until the day my mother poured a shocking jug of water over my head for not setting the table), I soon graduated into the typical adolescent rebellions of [...]
In German legend, the doppelgänger or double-goer is a ghostly version of oneself who follows us like our shadow. When it appears however, the doppelgänger becomes a harbinger of death, pointing Shelley to his drowning in the Mediterranean, or a portent of the future, like Goethe meeting his future self on the road to Drusenheim. [...]
The other day I finished moving into a new apartment in the Friendship neighborhood, and in the morning after my first night there I looked out my third story window and was shocked to realize that the view corresponds almost exactly to the view from the window of the house I lived in years ago [...]
Post-Gazette review of the Unlimited Story Deck Reviews and articles continue to come in, along with emails from teachers who want to purchase copies once the deck is eventually published! This is a very exciting way to begin the new year, and I hope everyone has as blessed a 2010 as I plan on having.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times Book Review, has just posted a positive (and humorous) review of my Unlimited Story Deck! I am deeply flattered, as the cards are still only in a beta version (though available under a Creative Commons license for download) and not yet actually published. Hopefully someone who can resolve [...]
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