Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA, REALITY &WRITING: Weekend Workload

Got a bunch of stuff to do this weekend, and cannot afford the luxury of taking meandering paths. Might need to hover above the maze in a helicopter and touch down here and there. Besides rushing to get a few … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: That Voice Thing Again

Well, this is a little disheartening. Someone who hasn’t read my work in a while just went through a story for me and in all honesty–which I completely appreciate–made the remark that my new found “voice” comes off as choppy. … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY: Generational Gaps, Medicine Caps

Every item tells a story, a different story every day. SUN – MON – TUES…all the way through Saturday. We tell our time through daily pills, through cases throughout our lives. Today I brush my teeth and empty pills from … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY: Spatial Interference

Who would have thought the morning sky could lie? Cirrus cloud feathers track slowly across the blueness of unending space. Odd angles though, in streams not blowing with their brothers. The mark of man, above his earth, has reached far … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING & REALITY: Words

Violets – violins – violence Glad – sad – bad Crusades – blades High jinks – hijacks Morality – mortality Violets – violins – violence. Continue reading

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Stories: Moving Through Living

Walking in circles all day; at night, I follow walls to find my bed. Continue reading

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REALITY & WRITING: Night Magicians

Tree frogs, unaware of calendars and turning pages, resuscitate the breathless summer in the early autumn nights. Fiction of a season like a book that shouldn’t end, but lingers in the mind to travel further. Darkness shuts our eyes to … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Updates

Probably won’t be posting much on New Media, since we’ve developed into teams, which is really the basis for any new media applications, and it wouldn’t be fair to give one view of a five-person effort. Did get the books … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: Change of Season, Loss of Reason

Lost my muse, lost my passion. Feel as if my soul’s been sucked right out of me. Maybe I forgot, allowed a renewal to lapse, perhaps. Maybe I just didn’t pay the bill. My backyard is just my backyard for … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY: TV

Shoot. I love the Discovery Channel. But I do wish they’d warn you a little with the reality bit. I sat through almost an hour of watching people almost drown, but I can’t take seeing a baby elephant stuck in … Continue reading Continue reading

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BLOGGING: Down Time

Just takin’ some thinkin’ time. Continue reading

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REALITY: Night Changes

Remember? I told you that the night is to be given its due respect, even feared. Yesterday was summer. Autumn crept upon us in the night. Firmly entrenched by morning, making allies of the trees, suddenly dressed in colors of … Continue reading Continue reading

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PEOPLE: Reality TV

Just watched The Apprentice while doing a bit of stats homework and finishing up the paper I just posted. I don’t like several things about the new trend of reality shows. First, I don’t like the fact that people are … Continue reading Continue reading

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NEW MEDIA: Exercise 3 – The Window

In this exercise, we examined three different visual spaces, to help understand static and dynamic content. We first looked at a projected image of the Mona Lisa painting, then looked out a window, then were happily let outside to play. … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY: Space Fillers

Sometimes I worry that I am taking up more than my share of space. Sometimes I wonder if I leave an empty space behind. Continue reading

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