They fly through the air with the greatest of ease… Do you ever wonder what goes through their head? Or maybe you think about what their lives are like when they’re on the ground. What’s the story inside of you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in…
Month: January 2014
2014/01/25 #SundaySentence
It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don’t measure well by conventional means. From Measuring nothing (with great accuracy) by Seth Godin Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – New York Movie
The painting speaks for itself, doesn’t it? What does it say to you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. New York Movie by Edward Hopper, 1939
Lightening strike
I love this picture for several reasons. It is fascinating to me to see a Paris where the Eiffel Tower is clearly visible from such a distance (and is the tallest element in sight, thus drawing the attention of the lightening). Yet I also love it because it reminds me that there is always more…
2014/01/19 #SundaySentence
He was completely interested in humanizing technology. What something should be was always the starting point for his designs. From Jony Ive: The Genious Behind Apple’s Greatest Products by Leander Kahney Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.
A picture to inspire 1000 words – Thisbe
This photograph entitled “Thisbe” was taken in 1900. The title makes reference to the story of Pyramus and Thisbe first noted in Ovid’s Metamorphosis and since retold by many different authors. There’s no question that the image offers many inspirations, but what story does she inspire in you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your…
Faster than a speeding train
The human brain is such a fascinating thing. I look at this photograph and have such a sense of nostalgia. Distant memories try to come to the surface and I can’t resist the smile that crosses my face. The odd thing is there is no way that this should trigger any memory. It would be…
2014/01/12 #SundaySentence
If you keep giving me these eyes that note all the details – if you tell me the lawn is manicured but you dont’t tell me that it makes your character both deeply happy and slightly anxious – then I’m a little bit frustrated with you. I want a story that’ll pull me in. I…
Helen Keller on the power of ideas
May 10, 1933: Students across 34 universities in Germany gathered to burn books from Jewish intellectuals such as Einstein and Freud, as well as other blacklisted non Jewish authors including Hemingway and Keller. On this same day a gathering of around 40,000 German citizens listened intently as Joseph Goebbels stated “the era of extreme Jewish…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti
It doesn’t get much more iconic than this, and you can see a million stories in those bedroom eyes. What do you see? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. “Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti” by Tamara de Lempicka, 1925 was commissioned by the German magazine…