#ScribesAndMakers day 1: Does the change to a new calendar year affect your creativity in any way?
Not really. The change to a new month means I have to load a few more blank lines into my progress log file, waiting be filled or completed as each day goes by. That's about it.
#ScribesAndMakers day 2: Vivid?
I'll take this as a prompt for something from my own writing. Here's a snippet of a practice vignette. It's Kevin Wingard's birthday (roughly 8 years before the WIP novel takes place), and Adrian Hardesty and Derrick Devereaux are taking him out on the town. Adrian's gotten them into a very upscale club and asked if there's anything else that would make the night better. Kevin thinks he might hit the dance floor...
#ScribesAndMakers day 4: Share a mondegreen (misheard lyric) you like.
For the longest time, I misheard a line in the Smiths' "There is a Light That Never Goes Out". I heard it as:
> And in a darkened underpass, I thought:
> "Oh, God, my chance has come at last!"
> But then a strange fear gripped me
> And I just couldn't pass.
I thought it made an absolutely banger *triple*-entendre: Not only could he not pass by another car in his own, but he also... 1/2
...couldn't make a pass at the woman he's driving around with... and therefore, couldn't pass as straight. (I initially thought it was only a double meaning, before discovering that Morrissey was gay. Even then, I thought it was clever, but the lyricist's homosexuality adds so much with that third level of meaning!)
Sadly, it turns out my mishearing was *way* more creative than Morrissey's actual line, which is merely "...and I just couldn't ask." Meh. 2/2
#ScribesAndMakers day 5: Make a story or art based on the misheard lyric you shared yesterday
It'd really just be the story Morrissey was already telling in the song. Except a little more clever.
#ScribesAndMakers day 6: How long does it usually take you to decide if you like a piece of visual art?
Sometimes it can be as quick as "the moment I see it", if it's something that I can take in all in a glance. More complex things may take up to a full minute or more, if I have to really inspect the details and get a real understanding of the thing. 1/2
Though I do sometimes change my mind about a piece, after some much longer time. The first time I saw "Guernica", I went, "Ugh, what a gross mess!" (I am not proud of this reaction.) A couple of years later, I finally got the point, and I'm now in agreement with most of the rest of the world in considering it a very powerful artwork. 2/2
Thanks for the perspective! I have seen his work in person. I think I need to stand in front of one with a friend who does like it so they can explain it to me.
Kagan MacTane (he/him)
Dyana Weissman
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