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Comment on List of Metafictional Texts by Tonya Lobato

Tonya Lobato — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:05:21 +0000

Hi. Great list. Have you read Annie Dillard’s “Living by Fiction”? A perfect fit for your list on Writing about Metafiction.

Some other great metafiction works include anything by Melville, Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, Djuna Barnes, Hawthorne… and the master of all (in my mind), Henry David Thoreau.

Comment on A Meta-Mural on Clarion Alley: Lo Llevas por Dentro by Jet Martinez by Muerto

Muerto — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:29:58 +0000

Thankyou Ron!
You hit the nail on the head. I appreciate you taking the time to take this piece in. It took four months to complete, and luckily has stood the test of time.
The “lo LLevas por dentro” series is comprised of 8 murals, of which, this was the 3rd. The basic idea is that we as people carry our place of origin within us, no matter where we go. It also touches on the idea that as people, we are so full of our constructions and perceptions of the world, that we fail to see the intense, magical and ever growing Nature which surrounds us.
The silhouette in the image is of a guy named Juan who lives on the alley. It was most important that he lived on the alley. I still see him, and remind him that people are taking his picture every day.
Thanks again. I am honored by your thoughtful and intuitive description of my work.
Many blessings

Comment on Metaphotos of a Metasculpture by Rach

Rach — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:59:27 +0000

I was looking up this sculpture and found your site. I really enjoyed reading your piece with the photos. I was captivated by this sculpture when I met it.
Thanks!

Comment on The World’s Shortest Novel?: Snoopy’s “It was a Dark and Stormy Night” by Snoopy

Snoopy — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:43:01 +0000

*Throws Typewriter at Richard’s Head*

Comment on The Magic Word: Words Have Power by Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:31:10 +0000

Hey, I stumbled upon your site while googling Jean Luc Nancy’s “Myth Interrupted”, and after some browsing, I found out you’re an SFSU grad student, which is exciting because I am an SFSU undergrad. In fact, I was reading Myth Interrupted, probably for the very same Dr. H you mentioned in your comment. (Dr. S. H.? Likes vampires?) If we are in fact thinking of the same person, I would agree, she is an incredible professor.

Anyways, ever since becoming familiar with structuralism, I can’t steer away from it in literary analysis. I, too, am fascinated with the relationship between the signifier and signified, because beyond implying language’s referential powers, it also suggests a slippage, a disconnect, between the signifier and signified. Linguistic meaning, accordingly, is not fixed and is subject to be altered. I suppose the greater implications of these crazy theoretical ideas is that it challenges our ideological assumptions and in that challenging lays the power of language.

Anyhow, great blog! I was definitely thinking of a similar project; a consolidation of all the literary mumbo jumbo I accrue over the years. I look forward to future posts.

Comment on The Magic Word: Words Have Power by ronosaurus

ronosaurus — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:31:25 +0000

I like your word choice, Porter: acceptance.

Hey, Leanne, nice to hear from you. Makes me extra happy you found my site by inadvertently. Dr. H was the very professor I was writing about. She is one of the most brilliant teachers I have ever had, but you are right: the table did appear when she said it did not.

Comment on The Magic Word: Words Have Power by Leanne

Leanne — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:48:36 +0000

Ron! Hi. This is Leanne, your co-TA from Dylan class. I recently had the exact experience you describe in your opening paragraph here: Dr. H_ saying that words did NOT create a table. But you are right, they did. They do.

Anyway, found your site while looking up something for her class (Shklovsky, defamiliarization, T.Shandy) and found this, found you. LOVE IT. Can’t wait to read more.

Comment on The Magic Word: Words Have Power by porter crooks

porter crooks — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:23:25 +0000

i’m thinking “acceptance” might be a better replacement for “penetration”…
…seems to be neutral for all parties involved…
…regardless of sex or orientation…
:-)

Comment on Who is Writing This? by ronosaurus

ronosaurus — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:24:38 +0000

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Comment on The Magic Word: Words Have Power by porter crooks

porter crooks — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:42:15 +0000

so true!