by the barking lamplight
file new blank page pencil sharpener pencil notes and pages highlighter flags a thought insipid round and around up and down tricks known facts the window outside of the window outside of the box blah! along this path in a trance once more hello? darn frikin’ phone head-holding mass production underground walking a ride in the dark goodnight blink blink sigh
meetings pages breaks phone calls blank gazes sharpies coffee another coffee quick solutions empty space showers errands and small caps opposite attractions wine tasting chit chat another night goodnight
suits and shoes books and magazines bag of tricks again chill good happy satisfied victorious swimming carpe diem three hours and back again problems anxious people seeking fighting pleading or not lunchtime and deliverables the “B” word smiles ahh success yes?
input output a blog blogging blog cynic ha! smirk and pleasure points validation? walls and closet space a feeling a hunch call it intuition halt puzzle time dragging minutia by lamplight it’s getting dark bark louder louder louder in my veins in your brain deep deeper deepest smile content success maybe?
Guttural expressionistic stargazingly thoughtful intrinsically intuitive yes?
Comments
well done! heehaa funny!
Posted by: mazzei | July 11, 2005 05:34 PM
Abso-f...lutely gr8.
Would b intersting 2 c this on film.
Posted by: Isabelle | July 11, 2005 08:56 PM
...or set to music. Fun.
See what buying a home will do to ya'?
Posted by: Steve Mock | July 12, 2005 08:05 AM
Thanks Nancy.
film and music
Interesting that those thoughts would come up. I wrote a piece a few years back in this similar style, although quite a bit longer, that ended up being used for a performance. Dancers, a reader and an illustrator with a projector creating scenes as a backdrop for the dancers. I didn't see it, but supposedly it was great.
Posted by: Bryony | July 12, 2005 10:13 AM
At dinner, we actually talk like this…
Rice good thirsty water ice cream now groceries need rice cat scratching oh need litter
And on, and on…
Posted by: Armin | July 12, 2005 10:24 AM
Ironically, it reads like a lot of Spam I get these days.
Posted by: Darrel | July 12, 2005 10:44 AM
> Guttural expressionistic stargazingly thoughtful intrinsically intuitive yes?
yes i said yes i will yes
(well done, b)
Posted by: debbie millman | July 12, 2005 10:57 AM
how do you deal with intuition?
how do you approach it?
how do you sell it?
how do you become and allow yourself to be intuitive?
Posted by: Bryony | July 12, 2005 12:14 PM
intuition to me is really a scary thing and at the same time a beautiful moment...i can either completely trust myself and go with the gut feeling...the little thing in my head telling me to
do something a certain way. how can we tell the difference between intution and rationalization?
Posted by: Lyndi | July 12, 2005 02:34 PM
Check out BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell. A great read into why sometimes intuition (or immediate first impression) is better than rationalization.
Posted by: Doug Bartow | July 12, 2005 03:22 PM
Always been an advocate of—thought this craft was about—impressions. Nobody spends as much time thinking or talking or writing about this stuff (graphic design, commercial art, et cetera) as we do.
Try to live in that first split second thrill of when things impress, or dawn, or aha. That's what everyone will feel. The impact.
Move. Act. Make something. Then do it again.
Posted by: Steve Mock | July 12, 2005 03:57 PM
thanks doug for the book referral
Posted by: Lyndi | July 12, 2005 07:44 PM
steve, i agree that "we" spend a lot of time thinking about these kind of things, but if you really want to see consciousness stream, you should check out the book debbie is referring to.
(but i guess i should keep in mind that Leo was an adman.)
Posted by: design is the light of my life | July 12, 2005 09:09 PM
random stars feeling earth moon sun night day sunrise kids work pool hot summer humid crap sucks cold winter sun fall leaves cool fireplace romantic get away mountains early morning sunrise
Interesting how sometimes just 'knowing' gets you where you need to be. Great write-up Bryony.
Posted by: Rob | July 13, 2005 08:29 AM
What I find to be very interesting as I move along the “corporate ladder”, is that clients respond more and m ore to the intuition/gut feeling I might experience and need fewer reasons and justifications. And, as a relationship grows, the easier it gets. Why? I guess it has to do with trust, and the fact that I no longer need to always hide the fact that I selected one image over another because it just “is better”.
But when you telll a new client, it just feels right, somehow it does not fair so nicely.
Posted by: Bryony | July 14, 2005 09:32 AM
no call phone talk ideas saddness thoughts racecar {meow}
you can use a lifelinememories ring touch smell fear love {meow} regret phone sight train loudness friends rudeness medication work rush through night dreams ah pasta
stomach fullness {meow} em>c) bethoven-final answer
sleepiness depression loneliness spiders rest dreams alarm...
7/21...
Posted by: Lyndi | July 21, 2005 03:57 PM