As I write this, I am up well past midnight, alone in my living room while the rest of my household sleeps. Yep, I’m a night owl. This week I’ve collected three (very) different night owls for you. What will your character get accomplished/caught with/away with in the wee hours of the morning?
René Magritte, The Night Owl, 1927-28. Oil on canvas. Folkwang Museum, Essen.
Michael Wolf, Untitled (#93) from Transparent City series. Photograph. www.photomichaelwolf.com
Remedios Varo, Quiador, date unknown. Oil on masonite.
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!
This week I retreat to a family cabin for a much-needed getaway. Said cabin revolves around one charming piece of construction: the fireplace, built by our great-great-grandfather, great-grandfather, and grandfather. It’s still chilly enough there to warrant building a fire all evening, every evening.
As I sit in front of the flames this week, how about you wax eloquent on a fireplace of your own? Here are three images which should sufficiently spark your imagination.
Alex Colville, Untitled (Dog and Fireplace), 1950. Graphite and gouache on watercolor board. Collection of the Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University.
Morris Louis, Saf Dalet, from Veil series, 1959. Acrylic on canvas.
René Magritte, Time Transfixed (La Durée poignardée), 1938. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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Yoohoo! Yes, you! This week is online Open Mic! Which means you should submit your work-in-progress poetry or prose piece today or tomorrow (deadline is midnight Tuesday night). If you do, then you’ll get feedback from your fellow writers during the 24-hour wild workshopping on Wednesday!
Apples, apples, apples. ‘Tis the season for apples. Apple cider, applesauce, apple pie, apple butter: who doesn’t like this season? This week, let’s write some apple stories. Just in case you’ve forgotten what they look like, here are three reminders.
Paul Cézanne, The Basket of Apples, 1895. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Grandma Moses (Ann Mary Robertson Moses), Apple Butter Making, 1947. Oil on wood.
René Magritte, Le prêtre marié, 1961. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
PSST: IT’S OPEN MIC WEEK THIS WEEK!
Submit your work-in-progress prose or poetry piece by Tuesday night, in time to get feedback from your fellow writers on Wednesday!
