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Three Things: The Cloud Edition, II

2014 December 8
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I’m in a cloud-gazing mood. This week, let’s write a cloud into our story/scene/poem/what-have-you. Need it be a boring little fluffy thing in the middle of a bright, blue sky? Well, that’s entirely up to you.

 

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Alfred Stieglitz, Equivalent, 1930. Photograph.

 

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Phil Toledano, The Woods. Photograph. www.mrtoledano.com

 

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Roy Lichtenstein, Cloud and Sea, 1964. Porcelain enamel on steel. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.

 

Psst, it’s Online Open Mic week! This is your last chance to get feedback on your work-in-progress for two whole months, since we’ll be taking an Open Mic break for the month of January. You have today and tomorrow to submit your piece! Go!

 

Three Things: The Telephone Edition

2014 July 14
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Phones are certainly a part of modern day life. Mobile phones, anyway. This week let’s study the telephone and write some words about it. Just to keep it interesting, though, I’ve gathered up three telephones of a slightly more antiquated variety. Brrrrriiinng!

 

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Roy Lichtenstein, Ohhh… Alright…, 1964. Oil and magna on canvas. Private collection.

 

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Richard Estes, Telephone Booths, 1967. Acrylic on masonite. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

 

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Todd McLellan, Apart Phone, from Things Come Apart series, 2012. Photograph. www.toddmclellan.com