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vagueshape museariadne

1 year ago

I wrote a response to the first prompt! https://vagueshape.neocities.org/muse

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

a fellow academic writer! academic and creative writing are so different, aren't they... it's so difficult to juggle between those two tones, and i'm glad that you're giving yourself a space to be free when you write. you're right- time really does make everything fine. maybe time will make you feel more confident in sharing your stories with the world. ☺

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tehuan 1 year ago

i Totally understand the feeling of hating what you write. was putting up a few writing pages and physically cringed at my 2022 pieces.. it's hard, but disliking what we write is often part of the process. wishing you the ability to see what you want to improve & feel proud of yourself instead of upset you aren't perfect :]

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denpatenshi alicebluef0f8ff

1 year ago

first of all, i really enjoy how you write. there's something raw and real to it, something that i really admire in a writer, and something i see you value as well. personally, i feel that it doesn't matter whether you're 'good' at writing or not- as long as you're expressing yourself, finding that catharsis that you need in creation, isn't that all that matters?

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

i think we approach writing in different directions, and with that, there's something i can learn from you and your approach. i used to never be satisfied in expressing myself, i've always felt the need to turn it into something poetic, weave something out of it, like you said. and i think there's a power in expressing it in metaphors and allusions, exploring the full extent of how you feel and how it affects you.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

but sometimes, i find a form of catharsis in just plainly saying that "i am sad" too. the example you shared is something i felt almost constantly when i was younger, feeling simultaneously unimportant and too important at the same time. i think eventually, it comes to a point where no amount of descriptors can describe that piercing agony. there's value in both, and it ties into emotional honesty and vulnerability.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

i think this ended up devolving into a ramble ten minutes in- but, i enjoyed your entry, i enjoy your blog, and i'm looking forward to seeing more of your site!

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alicebluef0f8ff 1 year ago

Thank you so much for your kind words <333. I also think i can learn from your approach to writing too :) . I definitely get caught up in the details & the language a lot of the time, and sometimes miss the underlying emotion (shoutout english not being my first language).

alicebluef0f8ff 1 year ago

I think neither ways of writing are any worse than the other, and they're both important in their own ways. In fact, there is nothing more refreshing seeing someone saying how they feel outright sometimes, especially when you're in that same mood. I've read books that are written like masterpieces, each line expertly crafted & each chapter a revelation. But it completely falls flat compared to feeling seen by another

alicebluef0f8ff 1 year ago

a blogpost about the same condition you have. All words have their place, and their time. I also look forward to seeing more of your site :)

alicebluef0f8ff 1 year ago

(also i really liked your muse post! the part about being your own voyeur ever since childhood... i'm glad you put it to words cause it really resonated with me.)

vagueshape updated Sol’s Soul

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nervousantic updated digital angel

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denpatenshi saddleblasters

1 year ago

i loved every second i was reading your first response to the writing club prompt. writing as an extension of thought and wanting to think of something new is something i can relate to all too well. the mundane is so hard to write about, but i'm glad to find someone who finds beauty in it, the inherent surrealism of day-to-day life, especially in this day and age.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

a quote i really resonated with was this: "one yearns for a new kind of pain, new kinds of ambiguities, that force the mind to confront other possibilities." sometimes, other people succintly put into words an idea you had no clue on how to capture. i really enjoyed your insight- and your commentary on mou tun-fei intrigues me. i never really thought about creation through abstract theory, but it sounds magical.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

creation on the foundation of interpretation and original thought- i think it ties everything together well. writing as a conduit for understanding the workings of one's mind and ideas. thank you for sharing. i feel seen through you. ♥ can't wait to see your response next week!

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Thank you so much for reading! When I wrote that yesterday, I had just finished Kazushi Hosaka's "Plainsong", which has character he mentions that as a kid he wanted to be a novelist, but that he gave up on it to become a filmmaker because writing always has to be about something, whereas when making a film you can just turn the camera on when talking to friends and let it captures what it captures.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

The paradox was that Hosaka's novel somehow also manages to feel like a camera dropped into the lives of its characters, capturing glances at their daily routines and snippets of their conversations without making it about anything. Seeing him so successful at it makes me wish I could be a camera — some kind of psychological camera, that captures more than just light, that somehow meditates without judging.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

I read your response as well, and you mention that your writing has shifted from fantasies about other lives to more directly confronting reality. But I don’t think there needs to be a conflict between the two. I think that in recording and contemplating our reality, we can still meditate on our fantasies and why they exist inside of us. The contrast between fantasy and reality can allow us to look at both closer.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

This is one of those things that we could both spend thousands of words writing about, so I’ll leave at that for now. Anyways, it just passed midnight here. I’m not sure what time zone you’re in, but happy new year!

yhtsyl

1 year ago

100 followers :-) thank you dearly for listening to me yap 24/7......and if someone unfollows and it goes down to 99 this will be really embarrassing haha. read little busters!

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crtstatic

1 year ago

having multiple pages to work on is a fight between "do i finish my shrines" and "but do i finish these other ones"

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crtstatic 1 year ago

at this rate collections will never be done orz

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touhouproject 1 year ago

Real

misterdizzy

1 year ago

Holy shit this was fifteen years ago in actual Macromedia Flash. I love this fucking cartoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwVQrbBgfqk

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misterdizzy 1 year ago

I got none of the jokes in this when I last saw it but I was enthralled by the animation.

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crtstatic catcakes

1 year ago

thank you for the message in my gb! i love your site so much!

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misterdizzy

1 year ago

I remixed "In Motion" from The Social Network soundtrack. https://soundcloud.com/mrdizzy/in-motion-trent-reznor-atticus-ross-mister-dizzy-remix

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misterdizzy 1 year ago

PREVIOUSLY ON MISTER DIZZY: I also remixed the title main theme, Hand Covers Bruise https://soundcloud.com/mrdizzy/hand-covers-bruise-mister-dizzy-remix

jwhighwind updated a wanderer's log

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pixelexchange updated Home Blog

1 year ago

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swiftred alicebluef0f8ff

1 year ago

I appreciate what you wrote about intent shining through because of emotional honesty. That's really interesting and profound to me

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alicebluef0f8ff 1 year ago

Thank you so much! I think a lot about emotional honesty vs literal honesty so i'm glad that part resonated with you :D. One day i might write something longer on the subject cause i think it's super interesting

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loneliwish updated loneliwish

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angeleyesprings 1 year ago

Your prose is really beautiful, enjoy the rain and stay safe

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michaelmas 1 year ago

I think you would be well suited at writing field guides or nature encyclopedias; You have the voice for it, the voice that makes everything sound wonderful, no matter how small. If you ever upload that poem anywhere, you should let me know. I wrote a poem the otehr night, but had a dream that someone told me it was awful (& it is in all likeliness awful), so it's remained hidden from sight & is still a first draft.

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loneliwish 1 year ago

Thanks angeleyesprings ! Btw your sense of design is wonderful. The layout for cutechara.html is so nostalgic and pretty !

loneliwish 1 year ago

thanks vashti, i'm always happy to hear your thoughts on my posts. it may take a while, but i will send you the poem in april or earlier !

loneliwish 1 year ago

@vashti pt 2 : oh no, that sounds like a pretty troubling dream. i'd be interested in reading the poem if you'd like to share it. but no pressure, and no rush. i remember one poem i wrote and left alone for a long, long time, i came back to it later with sharper eyes, and that round of editing made it way shorter and way better

misterdizzy

1 year ago

Yeah, just changed out the fill valve on the toilet tank, no big deal 💪🧔‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

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misterdizzy 1 year ago

I'm gonna go watch a sportsball and, like, conquer something.

misterdizzy 1 year ago

And belch a lot

kanrojisoup updated Kanroji Soup

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