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Your compositions will transform to a whole new level once you put in the time to learn proper Theory. This is taken from one of our livestreams here in this group.  Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eGWrp7_a

I am going to start a series on great South African non-fiction pieces under 10'000 words, I.e. works of narrative non-fiction published by media outlets, or in journals. Totally subjective of course, done without consultation, but always recalling the great Lin Samson's verdict on the writing of a fellow South African: "a bloody good reporter, and he writes good sentences, but that unnameable quality is missing, that makes for unforgettable non-fiction." The pieces I will share all possess that elusive quality, and I will attempt to describe some of the virtues of each, in my view. First up, Hedley Twidle's To Spite His Face, a truly original investigation into the whereabouts of the nose that was severed from the bust of Cecil Rhodes at the heart of the Rhodes Memorial complex on the slopes of Table Mountain. Full disclosure: Hedley is an old friend, but as readers of letters between writers know, friendship seldom gets in the way of honest critique. I've read every bit of non-fiction Hedley has published and this is amongst his finest outputs. I love the fact that he is fully plugged into the zeitgeist (unavoidably, as a lecturer on a South African University campus), yet he makes no concessions to it as he follows Rhodes nose, with his nose. There's a depth of literary reference (he begins with some of his teaching notes on Nikolai Gogol's The Nose, and establishes a deeply unlikely connection between the defacer of Rhodes memorial and a character in K Sello Duiker's The Quiet Violence of Dreams) that is rare in SAn non-fiction but unsurprising from an expert in modern literature. He delivers a delightful cherry picked biography of Rhodes, which is perhaps a little more detailed than it needs to be for a local readership (but not for publisher Harper's largely American one), and ends without a clear verdict but having perfectly captured the tense and absurd spirit of those times (Rhodes Must Fall/Fees Must Fall) and that place (Cape Town). https://lnkd.in/dWxYjvM9

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one of the prettiest books i've had the pleasure of being a part of ... LIVING WITH ART text by Jeremy Fernando in conversation with illustrations by Yanyun Chen This book attempts to explore the relationship between living and art — and it posits that the possibility of art is produced in the space, the gap, between the work and the viewer; that it is brought forth by the very act of seeing itself. It opens with a meditation on the possibility of an encounter with a work of art — one in which nothing can be known except the fact that there might be the potentiality of an event. At best, this encounter can only be glimpsed retrospectively, which means that it can only lie in memory. And, this is why the book has to move — in the second movement of the text — through fiction, through the imagination of an encounter. In the third panel of this triptych, there is a reflection on time — keeping in mind that time, alongside timelessness, is never far from the question of art — there is a meditation on time, in an art fair; opening, keeping open, the question of the relationship between value, valuations, and a work. Throughout the book, there is a conversation between the written text and the works, the illustrations, of Yanyun Chen — this being, quite possibly, the very site in which the living takes place https://lnkd.in/gb_xQmx8

Why use composite images? In books for children, worlds take flight, Through pages adorned with images bright. Composite wonders, a blend of art's might, Sparkle and dance, in the reader's sight. Through forests of dreams, where stories reside, Composite images paint scenes far and wide. Characters leap, with joy and with pride, In worlds of imagination, where they abide. With colors that swirl, and shapes that entwine, Composite images capture moments divine. From whimsical castles to creatures benign, They awaken young minds, a treasure to find. In these pages, a symphony of creation, Composite images spark curiosity's sensation. A journey of wonder, an exploration, In books for children, an endless invitation. So let the images weave their magical spell, In tales that enchant, and in stories to tell. For in these composite wonders, children dwell, In worlds of imagination, where dreams excel. COMING SOON - Wonderful World of Words - Vol 1

Narratives: You Can't Go Without'em! An AI-powered lecture narrative on narratives, starring Charlize Theron as Candy Herr and Jude Law as Tom Fischer. Enjoy! https://lnkd.in/grnXzwNk

Chapter 6: New Projekt in Behance - Der Lotuszwinger - a hardcor Der Lotuszwinger - a hardcore fairytale The Lotus Kennel is a post-apocalyptic fairy tale for adults. Inspired by Dante and de Sade, the story exudes the spiritual Spirit of Dante and the vulgar Fantasies of the Marquie de Sade.

On the whole, this photograph bothers me. It's mine, so I feel free to say so. The subject is an ovenbird, and it's rearing back and belting out a song as male ovenbirds do in late spring and summer. But the limb passing over the bird's head partly obscures our view of its bill. That's not what I was aiming for. What to make of a diminished thing? That's a question Robert Frost posed in his celebrated poem about the ovenbird. My question is more prosaic. What to make of a diminished photograph? Part of me resolves to do better next time, and part of me strives to see the good in the image as it is. After all, when you spy an ovenbird, typically it's deep in a tangle of leaves and branches and you only glimpse a fraction. I wish I could show the whole ovenbird, but maybe there's value in just a portion. In nineteenth century bird books, the ovenbird is often named the golden-crowned thrush. Brown on the back and white underneath with breast spots, it looks like a cousin of our forest thrushes, except for the touch of gold on its crown, a touch you usually don't see unless the ovenbird walks the ground in front of you. Studies of the bird's anatomy and biochemistry, however, tell us it's a wood-warbler. This widely distributed citizen of our deciduous and mixed forests nests on the ground, as many warblers do. But it adds a singular finishing touch. It covers its nest in the way a Dutch oven is covered. The door providing access to the inner chamber is on the side. Ovenbird!

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