Archive for April, 2011
Who is the best movie character of the 90s?
“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.” –Ingmar Bergman Writing is a solitary endeavor. The writer spends most of the day rummaging around in the tower of words inside his head, [...]
What I learned from The Sims: lessons from the virtual world
“A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.” –Albert Camus “Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.” –Rollo May When I was young [...]
Learning to extend metaphor: taking the red pill
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. In a recent post, I wrote about how attempting to write changes the way you view works of art. As I continue toiling away, creating artificial worlds in which my characters come to life and try to [...]