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  1. 101 alternative uses for a lightsaber - #3

    Heating water, perhaps for a cup of tea or a bath. .
    By pyroglyphian · Jul 17, 2022 · 653 · 1
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  2. 101 alternative uses for a lightsaber - #4

    Deadheading geraniums, petunias and rhododendrons. .
    By pyroglyphian · Feb 11, 2024 · 229
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  3. A Phantom for My Opera?

    Some days when I doubt myself and my abilities to write I think of employing a ghost writer. But in a bit of a different setup. I will write the first draft and then the potential ghost writer can refine it to a readable/enjoyable state. I love storytelling, and I love the creative process. But my produce just isn't up to par most of the time. Training is like trying to teach an old dog new tricks. I read, I watch, I practice... I learn? Yeah, sometimes I do learn. But I will continue to...
    By Madman · Apr 1, 2024 · 259 · 1
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  4. A Slow Start

    So this first entry is going to be a little warm-up. everyone always wantd to rush into things right? I've learned my lesson the hard way with that. so focused on the end-game then the actual journey itself. life is about getting to know things. I know as a child for me I had the feeling of constantly being rushed. everything needed to get done on someone elses time. racing against a clock that never stops. We live in a world that never stops. We never have the same moment Twice. even if its...
    By AraROO1111 · Aug 19, 2022 · 523
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  5. A study of Fires on the Plain (1959) — Director Kon Ichikawa

    I consider Fires on the Plain (1959) a brilliant example of poetic narrative. Here are 2 scenes: Long stretches of the movie contain no dialogue, only the sounds of nature and some music. The in-between stretches are dreamlike and indeed somewhat remind me of Chaplin at times, though not comedic. In fact the main character moves and walks in subtly Chaplin-esque fashion, but this is sort of ghost-Chaplin or zombie-Chaplin. It begins with a hard slap in the face. Tamura, the main character,...
    By Xoic · Feb 1, 2020 · 465
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  6. A way to explain the Dunning Kruger effect

    Put simply, the Dunning Kruger effect says: Beginners are unable to see that their work isn't as good as the work of more skilled artists. First to dispell a very common misunderstanding—it doesn't mean they're stupid. It just means they haven't learned certain things yet. I first ran up against this in drawing, and I think using some visual aids can help get the principle across clearly. One of the ways I've heard it put best is by drawing instructor Robert Beverly Hale in one of his...
    By Xoic · Mar 2, 2024 · 386 · 9
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  7. All I can do

    All I feel I do is endure. There is no way out of this thing, this experience of awareness. All the pain, and all the pleasure passing by while I watch it. Everything is happening in one space, and I don't even know where or what it is. What I am. The thoughts that come up are the same, I don't choose which ones arise, I only notice some of them as they do. Some are more viral than others, and the whispers of others often wiser. No wonder this idea of the angel and devil on the shoulder is...
    By Dave The Great · Feb 14, 2023 · 445 · 1
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  8. Alone...

    I find it so funny that in a world with what 8 billion people give or take the ones we don't know about.. That people are getting to the point where we feel we are better off alone. Because it's peaceful.. Now I will just say I like my alone time just as much as the next person. I like to feel at peace and not having to worry about walking on eggshells or being afraid of what might come out of my mouth that might possibly offend someone. For the whole 26 years I have been on this planet...
    By AraROO1111 · Nov 23, 2022 · 503
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  9. An Investigation into Poetic Film - The World of Objects/Nature/Animals

    I doubt many people bothered to look up my Darkmatters blog, so I'll start this by pasting in my first 2 posts on the subject of Poetic Form. I've corrected a few things, including the name of a movie I got completely wrong originally (it's Secret World, I had mistakenly written Secret Garden). After these two I'll start making original entries here at Writing Forum. So here's the first one: It's time for another dose of Cinemastudies! To set the stage for this post - bear in mind my sig at...
    By Xoic · Jan 31, 2020 · 660
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  10. Aphantasia

    Just ran across this. Pretty good info, and it relates back to my earier post about the subject.
    By Xoic · Jun 23, 2023 · 359
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  11. Awakening

    Awakening I don’t know where I came from, and I don’t know where I’m going when I die. But for this brief interlude, I am here. My body is my home. I have a sense of home in myself. Each day brings new learning. I awaken to being wrong, I awaken to being right, I awaken to dawning truths I had never considered. In sleep, there are limits. Blind spots in our perception. How can you answer the question – What if? – if your senses are not on alert, if you are not fully awake? Did you even...
    By Louanne Learning · Jun 5, 2023 · 511 · 3
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  12. Can writing be a meditation?

    This idea has been on my mind for a while, just as idle speculation, but now I want to run a bit of an experiment. I know drawing and painting function as active mediations for me, at least at times. It happens when you fall into the flow state, when time seems to stand still or you forget all about it, forget to eat a meal or two becuase you're so absorbed in the creative work, and when you do bring the session to an end you realize a lot more time has gone by than you thought, and you...
    By Xoic · Oct 1, 2023 · 779 · 22
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  13. Change

    Change is more than the coins in your pocket. It’s the only true constant. It’s the one truth. Change the world, change your underwear, change your mind, change your position. Change is difference, and you know what they say. There is benefit in variety. Challenge is borne of change, and growth proceeds from challenge. We change with change, hopefully in positive ways. And float. Let yourself float for a while. It doesn’t have to be all hard. But no doubt about it. Change must be...
    By Louanne Learning · Sep 22, 2022 · 637
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  14. Character, Plot, & Theme

    Recently in a thread on this forum, a member put forward two potential “driving forces” of a story (plot & character) to suggest where the greatest share of a writer’s focus should be. I then chimed in to say that I subscribe to a theory of three potential driving forces, those being: character, plot, and theme. And in this post I’ll go into more detail about those three, as well as what I view as their hybrids. (1) Plot-driven: I opted to start with plot because I suspect it’s the most...
    By Bone2pick · Oct 4, 2022 · 500
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  15. Clarity, Power, and Discovery in Writing

    This is actually stuff I've known and been doing (and promoting in here) for a long time. I usually talk about it in relation to journaling and what I call 'writing about a story before you write the story.' In each case they're ways of exploring, structuring, and developing your thoughts about a subject. You can also do that in freewriting if you keep it to a subject and don't just slap down pure gibberish (which is an extreme form of freewriting). I often start a writing session with some...
    By Xoic · Mar 10, 2024 · 322 · 5
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