I like it! I could also see something like this used for conversational threads, maybe. Kind of like speech balloons but not so sequential?
Or maybe, spread out over dozens of poems, a Spoon River Anthology-esque accretion of viewpoints. Or different characters or personas. Or maybe an id/ego/superego kind of thing, all differentiated by color or dashed-line style.
I do wonder how far I can push these things. I stayed away from doing any real graphic trickery in the book. Maybe this is is how I can stay interested in doing these things…
This one really stole my attention for some reason. It can be interpreted several ways, each of which seems to convey a unique and thoughtful message from seemingly arbitrary words in an article. Amazing.
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July 19th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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July 23rd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I like it! I could also see something like this used for conversational threads, maybe. Kind of like speech balloons but not so sequential?
Or maybe, spread out over dozens of poems, a Spoon River Anthology-esque accretion of viewpoints. Or different characters or personas. Or maybe an id/ego/superego kind of thing, all differentiated by color or dashed-line style.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I do wonder how far I can push these things. I stayed away from doing any real graphic trickery in the book. Maybe this is is how I can stay interested in doing these things…
July 27th, 2009 at 12:24 am
This one really stole my attention for some reason. It can be interpreted several ways, each of which seems to convey a unique and thoughtful message from seemingly arbitrary words in an article. Amazing.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Thanks, Ryan. Look out for more of these in the future!