This week, I’m in the mood for science fiction. Care to play around with some sci-fi elements in your piece? It’ll be fun, I promise.
Simon Stålenhag, Septemberjägare, from Invasive Species series, 2013. Digital painting. www.simonstalenhag.se
Melvin Sokolsky, Untitled, from Harper’s Bazaar “Bubble” Spring Collection, Paris, 1963. Photograph.www.sokolsky.com
Arthur Radebaugh. Illustration from his syndicated Sunday comic strip Closer Than We Think, December 9, 1962.
P.S. Are you a sci-fi fan living in the Twin Cities? Then you should be at Club Jäger every Tuesday night for JägerCon Sci-Fi Tuesdays, hosted by Rob Callahan. Yessirree.
Three Things: The Broken Window Edition
Two weeks ago, I broke a window. As in: I threw a ball, which hit a window, which subsequently broke. Oops. This week, let’s write about just such a broken window. What are the circumstances surrounding your shattered glass?
John Gutmann, The Cry, from the series Beyond Reality, 1939. Photograph. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
René Magritte, Le monde des images, 1950. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
Rex W. Lindsey (illustrator), Archie’s Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 2, Issue #174 cover, August 2006. Archie Comics.
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Psst: This Thursday (July 11) at 7:30 pm we’ll be at Maeve’s Cafe in Northeast Minneapolis. Join us!
Poets Caitlin Bailey, Sarah Certa, Sarah Fox, Matt Rasmussen, and Jeffrey Skemp will be reading, plus we’ll have some word contests and vintage writing prompts for y’all to enjoy. See you there!
