#write ups

[ceramicteapot]

Somedays, it’s easy to be full of energy. It’s easy to leave your sheets, brush your teeth, pick out an outfit, call your mother. You’d switch your laptop on, open a document for school or work, and boom, time dilutes and dissolves. Hours go by and even if you did not get too much done, you know you tried. 

But what about the days when it doesn’t happen? What about when you cancel plans with a friend to check out that cafe they were interested in just because you’re bone tired? You didn’t do much physically, you just are. 

And how do you explain that to your friend? 

What about the days you mindlessly scroll down your social media even when the lines on your forehead spell out deadlines? How do you feel? 

Personally, I am consumed by guilt on such days. Feelings of being insufficient, of “wasting away” my days settle in my gut and refuse to leave. I’d like to know if you feel that way too. 

If you do, you’re not alone. We always talk about our accolades, the merit we made for ourselves, the hilltop we conquered, the fort we acquired. Let’s talk a bit about the steps we missed, the peaks we couldn’t see, the time we let slip from in between our fingers, just because it could slip. Just because we wouldn’t stop it. Just because it wouldn’t stop for us either. 

Pause with me for a bit. Fill up your lungs with a long breath that I know you haven’t taken in a while. Listen to me. 

You are worthy, even if all you did today was get out of bed. 

[destinedjourneyofwords]

Writing to you feels like a gentle hug,resting my head on your chest feeling at peace; Writing to you feels like a cool breeze carrying the sweet earthy scent of rain soaked soil; Writing to you feels like sipping my tea in my mug,warming my hands and heart; Writing to you feels like smiling on an instinct whenever I see or find something beautiful; Writing to you feels like a favorite habit,I'll happily do but definitely not a duty that I'm assigned with; Writing to you feels like healing my pain and telling you where it hurts me the most,to show you how I endured and survived my worst heartbreaks alone without trying to pretend,without the fear of consequences; Writing to you feels like I am being myself and living my moments in the most genuine way possible; Writing to you feels like giving my whole heart to the loving hands,where I am safely nestled,deeply cared, tenderly nurtured and unconditionally loved; Writing to you feels like a blessing for a lifetime chance to eternally honour you,to express how I am in awe of you and the way you make me feel loved anyway and in every way,my love!

[thatsidebee]

no you don’t get it. unpredictability is necessary, and it is so very beautiful. what a privilege to not know what to do, what to wear and how to be. what a privilege to wake up everyday, being so uncertain of everything. finding out is what gives meaning to life. to NOT know, is it be.

[vigilantdesert]

If we're talking modern verses, Urbosa is a Playgirl millionaire philanthropist who is desperately trying to donate money faster than her trust fund can spend it who definitely isn't pulling some strings in government, why would you ask?

[atomicjohndeerweaponssilos]

[deathpoetsoceity]

Death poets society

A series of mine. A series to an empty audience. Where instead of the applause of the audience, i will be returned the applause of the silence. I will perform to empty seats except this time. I'm not exactly performing. I'm just embracing myself.

The 'performance' I'm talking about here is writing. I will write write-ups, atleast once a week. Maybe five times. Maybe twice. Who knows how many times. Write-ups about anything and everything. And this account with little to no audience will be my stage. I hate the audience.

[socialscreamsauce]

And even God Herself has fewer plans than me

got written up at work for leaving early without permission (knowing damn well what I was doing) anyway during my write up I let it drop (to my manager *someone I actually like to work with*) that the 11th will be the start of my last 2 weeks.. jesus christ its all so quick and scary... whata world

[pierog]

i'm so glad goncharov happened when it did, right before prolific public use of AI. that was pure honest gaslighting straight from the heart. real human whimsicality and trickery thru blood sweat and tears. we were a family. and we all gonched, together. you cant replicate that with any machine.

[roach-works]

speculative fiction writers i am going to give you a really urgent piece of advice: don't say numbers. don't give your readers any numbers. how heavy is the sword? lots. how old is that city? plenty. how big is the fort? massive. how fast is the spaceship? not very, it's secondhand.

the minute you say a number your readers can check your math and you cannot do math better than your most autistic critic. i guarantee. don't let your readers do any math. when did something happen? awhile ago. how many bullets can that gun fire? trick question, it shoots lasers, and it shoots em HARD.

you are lying to people for fun. if you let them do math at you the lie collapses and it's no fun anymore.

[nariarts]

Spent a ridiculous amount of time last night obsessively editing my hand written zines in Photoshop to take away any tiny blemishes so they were definitely readable.

Whatever. Understand or don't.

[ceramicteapot]

you still have the bracelet that friend gave you as a fall present all those years ago. its gentle rolling against your skin still reminds you of the belly-clutching, never-ending laughter you shared in sparse classrooms together, how you'd walk everywhere together, how texting each other felt more natural than breathing sometimes, how every second of your day could be shared with them and you wouldn't mind.

you haven't heard their voice in over 2 years now.

so yeah. maybe you can get over the worst of heartbreaks. maybe you can love people and miss them and still let go. maybe choosing yourself isn't so bad. maybe begging for love, clenching your teeth to stop the tears, and digging your nails into your skin out of anger, hurt, pain... really is undeserved.

it's okay. you can sit with it all, feel everything down to the last cell of your body, process it in any way that you can. you can heal. and healing doesn't mean not hurting. it means going on despite it all without pushing anything under the rug.

it means getting up, looking the cause of your pain in the eye, and not letting them have the power they so crave.

it's tough, but you've realized that so are you.

maybe, you'll keep the bracelet as a reminder.

[destinedjourneyofwords]

Then I gathered all of my tear-filled words and poured them to settle on the paper.It was listened with patience,welcomed with a warm embrace and crowned as poetry.

My words find their voice at night As a silent flood of tears. Some words cry out for being taken for granted, Their value gets unnoticed,their worth unspoken Some words weep for being unappreciated Despite tireless efforts and endless devotion. Some words mourn for being misunderstood, Their intent gets twisted,their meaning gets lost. Some words lament for being blamed brutally Their innocence gets stained,their soul gets fractured. Some words cry out for being ignored, Their presence is unfelt,their voice unheard. Some words sob for being unloved, Their heart gets broken,their spirit gets bruised. Some words simply cry to breathe, To break free from the weight of untold pain. Then I gathered all of my tear-filled words and poured them to settle on the paper.It was listened with patience,welcomed with a warm embrace and crowned as poetry.

© Paintings : Im Gebet, signiert, datiert F. Schurig & Mary Magdalene as a hermit by Francesco Hayez

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Y’all want Taylor Swift to be gay so bad but you won’t even write femslash about her

[robinstome]

Jerry Seinfeld says that you could never do Seinfeld today but one time when I was really high I fell asleep and dreamed a new episode where Jerry came out of the closet as a trans woman and Elaine wanted to be supportive so she gifted Jerry a dress that she didn't really like but when Jerry wore the dress out she got tons of compliments and Elaine gets super pissed about it because she never got any compliments when she wore it but couldn't say anything because she didn't want anyone to call her a fake ally.

[atlaswebdesigns]

this city's so pretty when your lights on

we count the stars together every nightowning the perfect pairs in our sleeptuning into the rhythm of lifeoh, shall we dare to dream tonight?another day, another goodbyeI become an astronaut in the starlight fighting our way against the oceanswhen you found your horizon,I was glad to have found you tonight-Poorwa Instagram Twitter Pinterest Spotify Facebook Recent posts… this city’s so…

[anythingisfilm]

Set Design Write-Up - Exercise 1

Magazine: Set Decor Issue: Spring 2021 Article: The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Karen Burg

The Trial of The Chicago 7 is a period piece with sets focused on authenticity and the communication of character. The film follows multiple different groups and has a large cast, and so visually categorising the groups each of these cast members fall into with distinct visual queues keeps the film understandable. The film is set across 1968 and 1969, and is intended as a mostly faithful retelling of true historical events and so the challenge of communicating character is furthered by the restriction that the sets also had to be grounded in reality.

Set designer Andrew Baseman confronted this challenge by working closely with the director Aaron Sorkin on keeping the balance of cinematic grandeur and historical accuracy. To this effect the set design was done more along the line of recreating the feeling and idea of each space as opposed to recreating the real life spaces 1-for-1. I like this method of design, as it makes the piece more accessable and visually interesting to the audience. Whilst recreating the spaces creates a more historically accurate image, recreating the feeling of the space gives the audience more visual queues on the personalities, style, attitudes and social status of the characters and more queues on the usage, care and atmosphere of each location. The audience is caught up to speed on the inhabitants of each space through visual storytelling.

The props and set dressing were acquired through a mix of hiring, specialty manufacture/design and shopping at antique and thrift stores. The designer talks about the buyers going to antique malls and collecting 50s-60s memorabilia and decor, buying items of that era can be expensive but does make it very easy to create an environment that represents the time accurately rather than creating elements which can then unintentionally draw inspiration from later times than the period intended.

The manufactured and created elements are mostly graphic design elements, which makes sense given that many 60s political design would still be within copyright, clearing these elements could end up being costly and time consuming. As long as the inspiration is thoroughly researched and the designers can be sure they're drawing on correct information, this is a good method of set design that can be employed on any scale of production. The other manufactured element mentioned in the article is the large chandeliers in the courtroom, which makes sense as finding six identical chandeliers that match the specific look and size the space requires would be nearly impossible without ordering them to be made. Although custom manufacturing is something generally only larger productions can afford, the idea of ordering specific items because they simply cannot be found elsewhere should be kept in mind when budgeting for set design.

Similarly, keeping a budget aside for hiring props and set elements is also something productions should budget for. Whilst more cost effective than outright buying elements new, it's still sometimes more expensive than finding items second hand. In the case of TTOTS7, it's specifically mentioned that the sconces and tables in the courtroom were hired from a prop house. This makes sense as unless a very, very specific type of table or desk is required it's far more efficient to get items like that for hire, especially as larger items like tables would then require storage between shoots or whilst they're being resold after the production wraps. The scones are typical of American courtrooms and municipal buildings of the era, and so again it makes more sense to look to hire them than thrift or manufacture. It's unlikely you'd be able to thrift that many identical lights, and manufacturing them would be expensive, but as they're more common designs to see in film it makes perfect sense to try and source them from a prop house.

The practical application of set design on this film and the careful consideration given to story, character and authenticity gives a great lesson on the motivation a set designer should have in mind when planning and building sets. The description given for how elements are given also gives a good insight into how a set designer should expect to source their set elements, especially on a period piece. Although on any period earlier than the 1940s, thrifting items may become more expensive and difficult than manufacturing them.