“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
― Scott Adams
Nothing finished today but I live, as always, in hope.
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways2022’
Nothing Today
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Mirror and Inspiration
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, future, genre fiction, history, humanity, inspiration, sff, The Expanse, Thoughts, writing on April 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This interesting article discusses space exploration as an extension of the frontier mentality, how humanity’s complications underly a lot of science fiction, and asks, “Are the stars better off without us?”
A few years ago, in an attempt to lose myself in something other than winter lethargy, I became enthralled with The Expanse, a space drama that asks: what if humanity became a multiplanetary species? What would happen next?
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“So much of the show is about resources and scarcity and the connection between economics and history”
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It’s easy to write off The Expanse as “just” science fiction, but the ideas that the show wrestles with are important. Science fiction both holds a mirror to culture and acts as a source of inspiration.
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Today’s a Little Foggy
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, scrambled brain parts, Thoughts, Writers on April 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Pretty much me, at work today…
Calvin: I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Want to see my book report?
― Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Hobbes: (Reading Calvin’s paper) “The Dynamics of Interbeing and Monological Imperatives in Dick and Jane: A Study in Psychic Transrelational Gender Modes.”
Calvin: Academia, here I come!
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Who Says You Can’t?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, work on April 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Talent counts in my book—but effort counts twice.”
― Angela Duckworth
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Very Good Dragons
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Clarkesworld, creativity, Fiction, free fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Naomi Kritzer, sff, Writers, writing on April 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Fun free fiction for folks. Because Monday. And because you can’t have enough dragons.
The Dragon Project by Naomi Kritzer : Clarkesworld Magazine
“We’ve now created dragons for you twice, you’ve had the opportunity to inspect our work at every step of the way, and both times you’ve refused to take delivery. Timothy is a very good dragon, and you don’t deserve him anyway. You’re fired.”
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Dancing Cow Day!
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, happiness, inspiration, Spring, Thoughts, yay on April 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I saw my first flower buds yesterday, in a planter filled with lovely little purple crocus plants. We still have a tiny bit of snow in the yard and my mother reports snow down south, but even so it’s starting to feel like spring.
It’s good timing, too. Today is Økodag, or Dancing Cow Day in Denmark, when the country’s 200,000 organic cows leave their winter barns and head out to greener pastures. This year is extra special as the event has been on hold for the past two years.
Danes revel in ‘dancing cow day’ for first time since Covid outbreak
“The cows are so happy to be outdoors, to feel the sun and the wind, that they dance,” she said. “Out in the field, a cow can also go for her favourite dishes – grass, clover, various herbs etc.”
Happy spring!
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In Short, Life
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #yardworknothanks, home, Spring, Thoughts on April 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Does my yard look tidy? It does not. We left last year’s detritus over winter and it’s still there. A lot of our neighbors started raking and clipping and blowing and trashing leaves and other plant materials as soon as they could find the grass beneath the snow, but not us.
Instead, we have Mr and Mrs Cardinal out front, perching on the Joe Pye Weed stems as they hunt for lunch among the dried maple leaves. We have squirrels coming down into the back yard to gather up mouthfuls of pine needles for nest building. We have duos of doves, clusters of chickadees, and gaggles of goldfinches growing brighter by the day. We have, in short, life.
And while it may not always be pretty, it is beautiful.
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(Not Quite) Spring
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, home, Spring, Thoughts, winter on April 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s rain was doing a great job of washing away the last of the snow, and a little spark told me that spring might finally be here.
A few days ago I went for a walk through the neighborhood with Mr Man. A cool breeze but bright sun, and every other driveway was occupied by an optimist with summer tires. Mr Man shook his head. Too early, he said. He was right.
We woke this morning to snow. Big, fat flakes coating the ground, the trees, the everything in a layer of white. It won’t last, but we still have a few more days before spring makes its true entrance.
Can’t wait.
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Me, If I Mathed
Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity on April 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On The New Climate Change Report
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, climate change, inspiration, ruh-ro, Thoughts on April 6, 2022| 2 Comments »
“Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what kind of tea?’”
― Neil Gaiman
Wise advice.
Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
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