Street Side Inspiration

[balladsofmirth]

***This day started off so dark & gloomy, but is now a bit better thanks to you all, my friend Julia booking a flight to see me for my birthday (!!!), writing a full if rough poem, hearing from a fav. professor (CH), gaining a new freelance project, prepping for facilitation of my first courses with Axia , completing everything on my to-do list,

Comments

[serafaina]

If you like plays on fairy tails, you might really enjoy watching Princess Tutu. I don't know if you know anything about it, and I know you don't usually watch anime, but I thought of it as soon as you mentioned liking twisted and dark fairly tales. Everyone I know who knows of it likes it, so I figure there are very good odds you will as well (even though it has a ridiculous sounding name). It also looks like it's a kids show, but that's really a part of the "fairy tale" feeling it goes for, and the storyline combines a lot of elements and references to famous ballets and European fairy tales. It's cute and dark and awesome

[balladsofmirth]

When I have a bit more time, I need to check this out. It sounds FASCINATING. I do love retellings of fairy tales oh so much. This piece of your synopsis/review/comment made me want to see it: "It's cute and dark and awesome." Sold: Those are the best kinds of fairy tales.

[balladsofmirth]

Also: references to famous ballets, duck as girl/girl as duck, and the resistance of archetypes? Sold again. Resold. Reselling. There. This. Thank you.

[serafaina]

Yay! sold! When you do watch it we can both be like "Drosselmeyer is so creepy!" Zel/Laura too, because she also loves this show. The episodes are only 20 minutes long, which makes finding time easier than an hour show.

Also, I'm glad to hear your interested because I'm like "Lisa Bower needs some happy chill time! Too much stress and bleargh in her life lately!"

[rhythmbandit]

speaking of reimaginings of old stories, and speaking (a few days ago) of jeanette winterson-- her book _weight_ is one of the best things i've ever read. have you read it?

glad your antlers got tied today. love!

[balladsofmirth]

YES I LOVE THAT BOOK

Have you read her essays? Art[Objects]?

I love the precision of her books. Reading The Passion was eye-opening: All that talk about form within form, the space, and the very concept of what a villanelle MEANS. A surrealistic romance with a webbed foot lovely? Let's talk about the symbolism of walking on water.

My antlers did indeed get tied. My friends are so crafty: They have the best tape on hand for such projects. Thank you love.

[takiaizawa]

The best short story I wrote in high school involved retelling HCA's "Emperor's New Clothes" from the POV of the child who points out that the emperor is naked. And it was pulled from both the junior and senior issue of the lit mag by admin because I talked about naked people. (And I was the editor senior year? The hell?)

I think it would be amusing if HU's class of 2005 made an anthology.

[balladsofmirth]

That short story sounds fascinating! Have you thought about bringing it back out and working with it? Oh, high school censorship. At the time, I wasn't writing consistently. However, for one of my English classes, I wrote a short story about a boy coming out for the first time. It was based in subtext -- I was 17 at the time and didn't know many openly gay individuals or folks questioning the limitations of gender -- and dialogue. Anyway, though people liked it, they couldn't publish it for worry about the school administration. I wonder if the same thing would happen now.

Can you IMAGINE if the class of 2005 made an anthology? It makes me smile to consider it.