@damonyoung I suppose the quintessential “magic” of writing is that meanings can be attributed to words in the first place.
So I can listen to a writer talking about the “magic” of writing all day long if there’s a least some transmutation of meaning going on. I can drink that alchemy.
@bookishbrews The general strike discourse (especially within an American system) got especially heated in the wake of the political events in 2020.
I don’t think a general strike is possible in the near future. The American working class doesn’t recognize itself as a class and can’t even agree on who the enemy is, let alone a strategy for defeating their systemic defenses. A general strike is not much more than a list of demands at this point, so of course it’s a joke to the ruling class.
@bookishbrews Batman and Iron Man are billionaire apologia. There’s no way that an individual gets that materially alienated from the working class without doing bad and being bad.
Spider-Man rules btw.
@ariadne Storytelling in general has some roots in the shamans and oracles who are said to channel the voices of gods or spirits. These “voices” make their way through the writer, characters, and hopefully, the readers.
There’s something magical when the life cycle of an archetype completes, when the reader is inspired individually by a “spirit” that has been assimilated collectively.
Stories exist for the sake of culture and community, as I understand it.
I think every fiction writer has some serious stuff that they really want to talk about.
It’s already an achievement if the writer can talk about it.
Even better if the fictional characters can talk about it.
But it’s pure sorcery when the readers say what the writer wants to say.
@aworldinpages The first one makes me think that you often get unexpected good results when you reconcile or dialogue various degrees of foreground and background.
The trees in the second one are nice, but it was the birds that got my attention. They manage to have an active and living presence in just a few unremarkable strokes.
