“How happily, said Austerlitz, have I sat over a book in the deepening twilight until I could no longer make out the words and my mind began to wander, and how secure have I felt seated at my desk in my house in the dark night, just watching the tip of my pencil in the lamplight following its shadow, as if of its own accord and with perfect fidelity, while that shadow moved regularly from left to right, line by line, over the ruled paper.”
W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz.
and then
“Now I found writing such hard going that it often took me a whole day to compose a single sentence, and no sooner had I thought such a sentence out, with the greatest effort, and written it down, than I saw the awkward falsity of all my constructions and the inadequacy of all the words I had employed. If at times some kind of self-deception nonetheless made me feel that I had done a good day’s work, then as soon as I glanced at the page the next morning I was sure to find the most appalling mistakes, inconsistencies, and lapses staring at me from the paper. However much or little I had written, on a subsequent reading it always seemed so fundamentally flawed that I had to destroy it immediately and begin again. Soon I could not even venture on the first step.”
W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz.
Friday, May 15, 2009
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Quote of the day...
“There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. Your thought, even a bad one, while it is with you, is always more profound, but in words it is more ridiculous and dishonorable.”
| — | Dostoevsky |
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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ch ch ch ch chan ges
After a daring critique with some AMAZING writers and illustrators I am excited about the next draft. Dropping the rhyme, going ahead with the accordion book format and building the new book dummy like I envisioned originally, shifting the artwork into the 24 page format - maybe 32 with the layout adjustment & finally punching the graphics with some additional layering.... seems worthwhile to see through to the final revision which is probably several more revisions away. Be the Kite!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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