• Learning to Write Art Criticism
    Posted on 30th September 2008

    Learning to Write Art Criticism

    Ever since I met with Physicalism, I’ve been curious about what its like to be an art critic. I decided to try being an art critic first hand. I put together a sample of my writing and submitted it so that I could be considered for the 23rd Annual Critics’ Residency Program at the Maryland Art Place.

  • Meaning and Experience
    Posted on 30th September 2008

    Meaning and Experience

    There are two types of sense that a work of art can make. It can have meaning. It can also be experienced. Of course, it has both qualities and they blend. It is important to be aware of both senses, and to be able to tell them apart, because we make these different senses in different ways.

  • Experimental Literature & Artists’ Books
    Posted on 23rd September 2008

    Experimental Literature & Artists’ Books

    There will be an exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road”, at Columbia College in Chicago this fall. (Hopefully, this one will allow photographs.)
    In…

  • Digital Fever: Archiving Art and Poetry Online
    Posted on 22nd September 2008

    Digital Fever: Archiving Art and Poetry Online

    If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the state-of-the-art, when it comes to digitally archiving artworks and poetry on the internet, here’s a treat for you. “Digital Fever:…

  • Obligation
    Posted on 21st September 2008

    Obligation

    Comics for September 21, 2008 – Obligation

  • Generative Writing Exercises
    Posted on 18th September 2008

    Generative Writing Exercises

    Generative writing uses a system, such as a set of rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedure, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy resulting in a completed work of art.

  • Poetry on the Broad Side of a Barn
    Posted on 18th September 2008

    Poetry on the Broad Side of a Barn

    The side of a barn, photographed aslant, with the raised letters of a poem running along each running stratum of board on a wide side of the building. The sun is sharp and harsh against the words.

  • Illuminated Manuscript
    Posted on 16th September 2008

    Illuminated Manuscript

    It doesn’t take lights and circuits to create an “illuminated” manscript. The tradition goes way back. Here’s an interesting overview of that history, from the earliest printed books, to the latest…

  • Bi-Lingual Conversation and the Unspoken Parts
    Posted on 12th September 2008

    Bi-Lingual Conversation and the Unspoken Parts

    At the Year of the Dog weblog, an American in Japan has some interesting writing about the things that happen when you’re having a bilingual conversation. The italics indicate the unspoken parts of the conversation. There are many unspoken parts of a conversation like that. Having been to Japan myself, I can relate.

  • The Validity of Experimenal Literature
    Posted on 3rd September 2008

    The Validity of Experimenal Literature

    In 2002, there was a big debate over the validity of experimental literature. It was sparked by an article in the New Yorker, September 30 2002, where "Jonathan Franzen writes about the career of…