napwrimo: april 30

..and your final NaPoWriMo prompt for 2010...

napowrimo: april 29

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napowrimo: april 28

One day on the corner near home, you see a large green bag. Suddenly, the bag begins to shake.

napowrimo: april 27

use these words/phrases in a poem:

Whole-Hearted
transitory
kindness
human beings
Adventure

napowrimo: april 26

I found the strangest thing in my pocket...

napowrimo: april 25

In the streets of summer the spirits mourn...

napowrimo: april 24

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philip glass

for Sesame Street

1979

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napowrimo: april 23

Inside the meaning of longing the women echo...

napowrimo: april 22

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napowrimo: april 21

In the dream of discord the old ones wander

napowrimo: april 20

the day returns too soon
incorporate a sheikh and cowboy gear

napowrimo: april 19

napowrimo: april 18

A brass door handle, a glass of root beer, and someone's grandmother

napowrimo: april 17

today's prompt is a

song

(click to listen)

by Julianna Waters

of Heart and Hammer

Razor's Edge for 4/16/10

Richard Foreman has been a playwright, director, creative advocate, and more for decades. He has a specific style and has a theater in New York City, where many go to intern and learn and develop their own plays. It is called the


Of the amazing work he does, one thing is the creation of his "notebooks." Every day, he writes dialogue. This dialogue is not in any particular order, nor is it attached to any characters or scenes. And these notebooks are available online, for anyone to use (read the use guidelines).

I first found out about the notebooks a few years ago when a friend told me about The Richard Foreman Festival right here in Portland, Oregon. The concept was fascinating and I had to go. How it works here is that Linda Austin selects a section of one of the notebooks. Various artists/performers are given this piece of Richard Foreman text, along with specific instructions - such as which parts have to be used (they can use all of the rest of it, some of it, add, change, and so on - but specific words or phrases must be used), and one or two props that must be included. Then each performer/performance group has (I think) 10 days to prepare something from that. There are two days of performances. I enjoyed it and had to learn more about Richard Foreman's work. Then, a year later, I went to New York City for three weeks for work. I stayed with a friend in Brooklyn, worked during the day, rode the train back to my friend's house to change and go back into the city for theater/dance/dinner - whatever I found to do that day. Of course I went to a performance at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Wow. And I love that this famous writer/director/playwright/performer puts his ideas out into the world for people to use.

So - today's Razor's Edge includes a section from one of his notebooks (Dismember) to use as a prompt or to include in a story. Read the outtake below, then click on the video for relaxing sounds and write until the video stops.

(from Dismember notebook, by Richard Foreman)

Instant of careful attention

The hallucination chamber

The dark space in which I hurt.

The bright sun inside the dark space.

The five fingers, flying into the brain.

What's to be seen

What's to be crossed out

As the eyes erase with attentive looks

Swiviled on glass.By passed, all normal channels.

naprwrimo: april 16

when she walked in wearing blue-shadowed silk

napowrimo: april 15

from art.com

napowrimo: april 14

A steak knife, a garbage pail, and a delayed letter

napowrimo: april 13

a picture prompt

Cornwall 1865

(click the title of the painting
by Serena Barton to view)

napowrimo: april 12

write a poem that includes these words:

slither
globe
wooded
wade