How Storyteller Tools by M. Harold Page makes plotting addictive
Lost in the messy middle of your story? Storyteller Tools by M. Harold Page transforms planning into play. With conflict diagrams and clever QABNs, it’s like story sculpting on steroids. Fair warning: once you start, you might not want to stop plotting. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Art is wine: metaphors, AI and a book review
Do artists have an advantage over AI? In this post I look at metaphorical communication and try an experiment with an AI image generator.
Unravelled Wednesday for Jan 20
Do you analyze your dreams? I’ve been reading in “Belonging” that it’s very helpful for figuring out the problems your subconscious is dealing with. The mind can get very creative in dreams, making them seem confusing or disjointed. For example, learned in the book that if you dream you are being chased by a bad […]
The Making of an Artist (Book Review)
I saw The Making of an Artist: Desire, Courage and Commitment by Kristin G. Congdon on Scribd and was immediately intrigued by the title. What does it take to make an artist? Is it really a matter of being born with talent? Or is there something else needed in order to “be an artist”? She […]
CanPlan Review
Today I had my first post-operative appointment, which was supposed to be for suture removal and port placement. It ended up being just the suture removal. I’m not sure why, but the office wasn’t prepared to put me under anesthesia to place the port. So I have to wait for them to call and reschedule […]
Book Review: Stonehenge
A couple of days ago I finished reading Stonehenge: A New Understanding by Mike Parker Pearson. It was a pretty amazing book, not quite what I expected, although far too long for a non-archaeologist like me to fully appreciate. I don’t know what made me chose it. It has a nice cover illustration depicting today’s […]