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Before we continue to address this topic any further, it would be in your interest to physically get out a "One Dollar Bill" and follow along with the detailed illustrations found in this chapter in order that you get the 'big picture'. Looking directly at the back side of the one dollar bill you now hold, you can plainly see that it has two distinct seals between the four number 1's and the four 'one' words spelled out. How did these two 'Great' Seals originate? Well, I know three stories dealing with its origins. The first one tells of how Thomas Jefferson, a Mason; Benjamin Franklin, a Rosicrucian; and John Adams, also a Mason, were commissioned, on July 4, 1776, to design these seals. This is the historical aspect. The second story relates that these three patriots were given the design by "Illuminated" Masons. The third story holds that, while trying to design this seal in his home, on June 17, 1782, Thomas Jefferson was suddenly approached by a "being", cloaked in black. The "being" allegedly presented Jefferson with a red velvet bag which contained two plaques. Turning around, the "being" walked into Jefferson's garden and mysteriously vanished. The two plaques that were in the red velvet bag were the two Great Seals of the United States. I, personally, agree with the latter story. As you continue in this chapter, you will realize that these seals are too brilliantly put together that it had to be demonically-inspired by Satan. Whichever story 'you' wish to believe, one truly outstanding fact remains unchanged; these seals were not to inaugurate the Declaration of Freedom, but were designed as a tribute to a 'New World Order' that would take over the original Thirteen Colonies of the United States. It was on May 1, 1776, when Dr. Adam Weishaupt founded the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati. Weishaupt was a Professor of Jewish Canon Law at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany. He was born a Jew and later converted to Roman Catholicism. A former Jesuit Priest, he left the order to form his own organization. It was Weishaupt's belief that only a chosen few had enough "illumination" to guide and rule the world. The problem was simply this: Where would he find these few intellectual "lightbearers?" Subsequently, he found them in various lodges and orders of the day. He infiltrated the Jesuit Order, the Masonic lodges, the Rosicrucian Order and other orders of antiquity. But, all this didn't happen without reprisal. Many members of lodges and orders, who realized that they and their secrets societies and organizations had been infiltrated, virtually warned Weishaupt to discontinue his activities. Fortunately for Weishaupt, Thomas Jefferson, in 1784, had recently been named the United States Ambassador to France. Jefferson, a Mason, favored Weishaupt's 'new order' and came to his aid. The 'new order' was now guaranteed to continue and it eventually became known as the "Order of the Illuminati." As their founder continued to expand the ranks and membership, two major events transpired; 1. Five years after he was named Ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson returned home to become Secretary of State. 2. Shortly after his arrival, on September 15, 1789, the
United States Congress officially adopted the Great Seals of the United
States which were, originally, and in fact, the Two Great Seals of the
Now, Take the one dollar bill you have ready for the
following exercise and look at its back side, focusing your attention on
the Great Seal to your left. Compare your bill to Figure 1 on the next
page. "Announcing the Birth of a New World
In occult mysticism, the three sides mean: *Satan, As for the rest of the pyramid, it is made up of exactly 13 steps. These steps represent the Organizational Chart of the Illuminati. (Note: Additional direct commentary relating to this corporate breakdown can be found in a audiocassette work entitled "The Illuminati's New World Order" available from USCCCN II/American Focus Publishers or through your local bookstore) The first block in the first level represents the "Council of Thirteen". This Council is comprised of the thirteen most powerful witches alive today. For those witches, or anyone else connected with the Illuminati, the "Council of Thirteen"takes its orders only from the House of Rothschild in Scotland. Phillipe and Edmond, who were the heads of this house, were considered literal 'gods' upon this planet and their word was LAW. In the last five years both Phillipe and Edmond have died and complete control of the House of Rothschild, and the Order of the Illuminati, is now in the hands of Lord James Rothschild. The second block in the pyramid represents the "Council of 33."This Council consists of the 33 highest-ranking Masons in the entire world. The third block in the pyramid is known as the "Council of 500." This Council consists of the 500 richest people and various corporations in the world. The "Council of 500" is headed by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Her personal estate is valued at over three billion dollars, making her one of the richest ladies in the world. It is also interesting to note, that her husband, the Prince Consort, Prince Bernhard heads the Bilderbergs, the notorious and infamous group who first met in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland. Most of the political and economic plans of the world are created through the members of this group. One last thing to take note of, the 1976 meeting of the Bilderberg Society had to be canceled due to the "Lockheed bribery scandal" in which Prince Bernhard himself was involved. The remainder of the blocks within the pyramid represent those of various orders and lodges as discussed in related chapters of "Secrets of the Illuminati"and "The Illuminati's New World Order" audiocassette series. At the base of the pyramid, in Roman numerals, is MDCCLXXVI, which equals the year "1776." It is highly important to note that most Americans and
people of the world are led to believe that this represents July 4, 1776
in which America declared her independence. This gross error is taught in
America's schools and is incorporated in mainstream curricula which are
used to teach America's children.
This is not true!
As Jesus Christ is to be the foundation for a good
Christian life (I Corinthians 3:11), the Illuminati based their foundation
on the evil ways of their god, Lucifer (Satan). In short, this first seal
is telling us that on May 1, 1776, a 'New World Order' had been created.
The head of this order is Lucifer and it would be based upon depravity and
rebellion. This group, of course, is unlike any other on Earth, for it is
'hell-spawned' with the intent of taking over planet Now, let's examine the second part of the seal, located on the right hand side of the back of the dollar bill, then follow along with Figure 2. Starting from the top, we see a cluster of 13 stars surrounded by 28 glowing guide lines. Thirteen (13), in Gematria, is the number for "depravity and rebellion,"and twenty-eight (28) is the number for "eternal life." Much more will be said concerning this cluster of stars, but, for now, let's continue examining this seal. Continuing downward, we see another Latin expression on a banner, consisting of 13 letters, held in an eagle's beak. The Latin expression, "E PLURIBUS UNUM,", which, in translation, means "One out of Many." But, the question that should be asked is..."One out of many WHAT?" If you will recall, the Illuminati was formed out of many groups, and out of them the finest members with the best potential were kept ("One group out of many groups"). We next consider the eagle. When the first seals were presented to Thomas Jefferson at his home in Monticello on June 17, 1782, the familiar eagle hardly looked like one. In fact, if you compare Figure 3 to Figure 4, the first bird looks exactly like a mythical bird known as the Phoenix. In Egyptian mythology, the Phoenix was a legendary bird that lived between five and six centuries and was, in the end, consumed in fire by its own act. Later, it resurrected itself from it's own ashes, giving itself a new and fresh life. Why a Phoenix of all available birds to represent? An interesting event which has been erased from the annals of time and history took place during the formation of the United States. An insidious plan to take over the new American society was developed by the Illuminati. Many plans and papers had been drawn up in painstaking detail, and these plotted and sought to overthrow the federal government through certain infiltrations, along with other countries such as Germany, France, and England. The plans were handed over to a courier named Lanzein Frankfurt, Germany one rainy night in February of 1785. The information held within the satchels would be circulated to various Masonic Lodges and Illuminati members. As this courier was riding through Ratisbon, Germany, on that cold and rainy night, Divine Intervention came into play. A bolt of lightning came streaming down from Heaven, striking the rider and killing him instantly. Later, when the body was discovered by the police, the pouches were opened and plans were found within that would end our 'just-born' nation and successfully effect the overthrow of Europe. The papers also revealed eventual global conquest. The police subsequently raided all the Masonic lodges and other group meeting places and found still other plans that coincided with the ones in their possession. These lodges, along with the Illuminati, were forced to go underground only to emerge later. But this was slowly accomplished and with the air of Christianity so as to fool everyone into thinking that these were Christian groups. But, as anyone who knows the true inner dealings and workings of those lodges will tell you, they are based entirely upon the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian mystery schools of Satan worship. Just as the Phoenix bird reportedly resurrected itself from the ashes, so did the Illuminati resurrect itself from hiding. Also, take note that the so-called eagle is looking toward the right-hand side of the currency, which is our (your) left. Since this bird is looking toward the right, it looks on in favor of this 'New World Order.' Comparatively, the Nazi war bird of World War II was looking toward the left (our right). Since the bird was looking toward the left, it
symbolically means that it looked away from what 'we' considered a good
governmental system based upon democracy. It looked away in rebellion or
"in favor of change." On the breast of the eagle is a very
unusual shield of protection. If you look at the top of it, you will
notice 12 horizontal lines above 18 vertical lines.Twelve (12), again in
Gematria, is the number for a perfect government and eighteen (18) is the
number for bondage.
So this new government was going to be
held in bondage.
But then, bondage by who or whom?
Thus, the system was going to place Man
above God.
Eight (8) is the number for new creations. The talons of this bird are clenched, symbolizing that
this new government will take over the old one by force. The new
government, of course, will be run by the Illuminati. Underneath the
shield are nine (9) tail feathers, used for guidance and control. Nine (9)
is the number of finality, and coupled with the meaning of the tail
feathers, this signifies that with guidance and control, this new
government has finally arrived.
It is now complete!
Before we continue with these seals, I must interject a
little background information. Witches MUST obey certain laws of
witchcraft in order for the force to work for them. This is not to say
that witches have a force of their own, for, the only force of a witch
comes through demonic contacts and obedience. A witch, by himself or
herself, cannot cause anything to happen. It is strictly by the follow-up
actions of a demon. If every procedure is properly done, a demon must obey
any order or spell given by a witch.
This brings me to my next point.
Take a look at Figure 5. This five-pointed star is
called a Pentalpha. Now look at Figure 6. This interlaced, five-pointed
staris called a Pentacle; with a circle around it, it would properly
called a Pentagram (which is only worn by initiated witches). I can
remember in the 1960's and early 1970's that the only place an initiated
witch could get an interlaced pentacle was in a 'head shop'. On the
outside, this shop would appear to sell only records, posters and incense,
but those on the 'inside' knew that they could buy occult paraphernalia
and even illegal drugs if they desired. Today, one can buy the majority of
these symbols at any gift shop. Even Avon and a number of major mail-order
and catalog sales companies sell jewelry that look exactly like the ones
in these diagrams. Unless a witch has a Pentagram on his or her person
while casting a spell, nothing will happen.
This is a basic law in witchcraft.
Observe very carefully the symbol in Figure 7. It is commonly known as the Seal of David, the Jewish Star, the Mogen David, or the Seal of Solomon. This symbol is composed of two interlaced, equilateral triangles that symbolize the union of two realities; God with Man. Compare this to the symbol found in Figure 8. The symbol in Figure 8 is a satanic counterfeit of Figure 7 and is called a Hexagon. You will note that it also has two equilateral triangles, but they are not interlaced. They are placed one on top of another. Satan, the master counterfeiter,devised this symbol to be used in worship of him. In order for a witch to conjure a demon, and I mean a literal demon being summoned into our plane of existence, a witch must first draw, on the ground, a circle with a nine-foot radius. The outside of this circle is called a "demon's trap," because that is the literal function of this circle. If the circle remains unbroken, and if the witch is using the correct incantations, the demon must remain outside this circle and unconditionally do the will of the spellcaster inside the circle. This six (6)-pointed star with a nine (9)-foot radius circle, is called a Hexagram. It is the foulest, most evil of all symbols in the occult world. Observe very carefully Figure 9, for the hexagram. Now take a careful look at Figure 10 and you will see how that seemingly harmless cluster of five pointed stars now becomes a Hexagram with a "demon trap" around it just like Figure 9. The eagle, representing this newly-founded government, is being crowned with demonic control. To continue with this virtual horror story, observe, very carefully, what happens when you connect and align all the 13's on the seal in Figure 11. You'll find the result is still another Hexagram, and surrounding this seal is a circle or a "demon trap," just as the 28 guide lines around the stars form a circle. So far, we have discovered two Hexagrams, each one containing a "6" because of its six points. Could it be possible, then, that another Hexagram lies
somewhere on these seals to form a 6, 6, 6?
You had better believe it!
Even if I were the severest of critics, and the
sincerest of believers in coincidences, I still could not disprove or have
any doubts that these two seals were just accidents.
I consider it impossible!
*The line under the capstone goes under itself to connect, perfectly, at the ends. *The same thing happens with the fourth row of stars in the cluster of 13 stars.The lines run over the top of each other. As in the case of King Belshazzar in Daniel 5:27, this Great Seal is weighed in the balances and is found wanting. When these two seals were originally designed, did Thomas Jefferson, John Adams or Benjamin Franklin have any idea of the mystic symbol or symbolism behind them? I believe that Thomas Jefferson did and that Benjamin Franklin also had an idea of the truth. In all probability, John Adams remained in doubt. Years later, when Adams discovered the truth about the Illuminati, he left the order to fight against them and their conspiracy. The Illuminati's two greatest weapons are secrecy and money. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, head of the House of Rothschild, and who was also head of the Illuminati, said in 1838..... "Allow me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who writes its laws." How very true! Even in today's society, if a federally-sponsored
charity does not listen to what these groups want, it will be cut off from
all governmental funding.
This is "monetarial
Even the Great Depression,beginning in late 1929, was part of this overall plan. Congressman Louis T. McFadden, Chairman of the House Banking Committee, said... "It was no accident. It was a carefully contrived occurrence. The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so they might emerge as rulers of us all." So the Roosevelt administration asked the United States Congress to pass legislation which would force the American people to give up their gold in exchange for paper money. When the passing of the appropriate legislation was accomplished, the American people were forced to give up their gold for this new paper money called "greenbacks." They had received $20.67 in paper money for an ounce of gold. This sounded fair in the very beginning, but, shortly thereafter, the government raised the price of gold to $35.00 an ounce. In short, the government (during the great depression) had robbed the American populace of over three billion dollars. Senator Carter Glass was asked his opinion on this new development. He replied, "President Roosevelt, I think that this is worse than anything that Ali Baba's forty thieves could ever have perpetrated." As Roosevelt's "New Deal"was put into motion, every new dollar bill coming off the presses carried with it two new seals which had never been there before; the Two Seals of the Illuminati. They could now openly declare that their conspiracy had finally born fruit, their "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" or "New Deal." What does all this point to? It points to the overthrow of our government and places in jeopardy the benefits that accompany it, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Wake up, America! We're in trouble! So now we know that not only does the Illuminati have their own official seal, but we also know that its design equates with the number of the beast (666) as found in the Holy Scriptures. Before moving on, I feel it necessary to illustrate one more major point. Throughout the years I have been constantly asked if the Freemasons, or Masons as they are called, are in league with the Illuminati. The answer is yes! Once again we will turn to the Great Seals of the
Illuminati to prove the point. In Figure 13, I want you to notice that the
lines which make up the hexagram, are passing through and connecting with
certain letters. Starting at the bottom of the pyramid, which is the base,
or foundation, we see the letter "m" with
a circle around it. Following these lines in a non-stop fashion, the
letters which are touched upon are:
This correctly spells out the group
known as the MASONS.
However, if you need further proof, please take the time and the worthwhile effort to read "Secrets of the Illuminati" in its entirety, and listen and follow along in the detailed guide which accompanies the audiocassette series, "The Illuminati's New World Order." You may order this book and audiocassette series by
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Below are my first contributions for the "8-bit & Beyond!" show by the Autumn Society. If you haven't played Castle Crashers yet, you really should! Specially if you own an Xbox 360. I'm not much of a modern gamer, but this game was an exception! This game is a mix of my SNES days with nice animations, great humor, and some good butt kicking action! The characters and art in the game are simple and genius! My hat goes off to Dan Paladin for creating such a wonderful game with his company, The Behemoth. Dan was also responsible for the popular Alien Hominid a few years back. There should be more people like Dan in the world making these kind of modern / old school gems! Anywho, here's my version of these awesome little butt kicking dudes. Finals will be 6"x8" on Wood, will post pics later in the week.
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80s Pop Show Photos
Here are some photos from the 80's Pop Show Gallery by the Autumn Society at Brave New Worlds. I've been trying to experiment with wood lately to make my digital art, not so digital. Don't know where its going yet, but I'm liking the results.
80s Pop Show,
karate kid,
Trap Jaw
Monday, June 1, 2009
Wax on...Wax off
Here's my contribution to the 80s Pop show for the Autumn Society. I remember growing up with these movies I always felt inspired and ready to accomplish anything that came my way after watching them.
80s Pop Show,
karate kid,
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Pride & Prejudice & Zombie!
I recently got asked by the Philly Spells Writing Center to do some posters for their upcoming "The Zombie Talent Show FUNdraiser" event based on the "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" book. Here's the graphic I came up with and used it for the first poster. In the second poster, I basically used the same type, but with a different color scheme, texture, and graphics provided from the actual book.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Heart Earth Show: Chico Mendes
This is my piece for the Heart Earth show, put together by the Autumn Society of Philadelphia at Mugshots Coffeehouse & Cafe. It's a portrait of Chico Mendes, a brave and legendary man who fought against the burning of the Amazon Rainforest. For more on Chico and how you can support his cause go to: http://www.chicomendes.org.br/
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Heart Earth Show,
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Friday, April 24, 2009
"Le Pink Death Skull"
This is my submission for the Pink exhibition in London, brought to you by DIY WOMP and premiering at 93 Feet East's PINK BAR next Thursday, April 30th!
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Watchmen Stickers!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Hello blog world! As my first post, here are my Watchmen portraits I did for the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society show at the King of Prussia.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Inspired by the Obama / Shepard Fairey campaign posters, here's my piece of Abe Lincoln for the "Honest Abe" show by the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society at Brave New Worlds Comics. Come and check it out if you're in the area!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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The Internet Service Providers Association is looking for customers of service providers to vote for their provider in the 2012 Customer Choice Award. The winner will be announced along with all the other awards at the London Sheraton on July 3rd 2012. Entrants in the Customer Choice category are:
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Customers voting for their provider will be entered into a draw for two tickets to the actual awards ceremony, which will provide a chance to meet many of the names behind the anonymous face of the UK Internet Industry. Alas wall to wall TV coverage like the Oscars cannot be guaranteed. If your provider is not entered, then encourage them to enter for 2013.
"This is a great way for consumers to have their say in which company wins this category at the industry awards. We also look forward to welcoming the winners of the draw for free tickets on the 3rd July."
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While I was haphazardly "unplugged" in Florida, my beautifully-organized friend Jeanette suggested there might be 7 random things about disorganized me that I could pull together in one place. Obviously, it takes me a while to get as many as 7 things together. Of course, even this randomness has its rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
So, what can I say about life in the erratic lane?
• I love to bake, but since I have no sweet tooth, I always reduce the sugar in the recipe by at least half. It delights me that people then say my pumpkin bread or my goodie cookies or my whatever are the best they've had, when the main difference is that the other tastes shine through without the sugar overload. Besides, science is beginning to prove that sugar is second only to sun exposure in hastening the aging process. (I pay attention to such things, you know, regardless of how little I can do about it now.)
• Stored somewhere in my basement are 54 matching king-sized sheets, box-pleated to hang as curtains. When we lived on the occupied side of Jerusalem, renting a marble-floored villa constructed by a Palestinian oil man whose wife preferred to live at a more socially advantageous height in the Jerusalem hills, we needed that many sheets to cover the three glass-walled verandas. One morning, as I drew back the curtains on the bedroom veranda, I was astonished and chagrined to see that the Arabs camping in the nearby field had sorted through my garbage to find and lay out like patchwork in the sun all the plastic baggies I had discarded.
• In high school, I was the only girl on the trampoline club. Like a human basketball, I was tossed back and forth in flips, up to the top of the pyramid, somersaulting off our team formations as all the hunky guys pounded the trampoline and flexed their well-developed muscles. Sort of an early Cirque du Soleil -- without the cool music and costumes. Still, although no other girl volunteered to join me in the air, lots envied me the proximity to the muscles.
• In college, in spite of not being an English major, I snagged the post of class rep to meet all the visiting British and American poets and writers who came to speak or run workshops. That included poet Anne Sexton, who was still an exotic and sophisticated woman to us then, before her illness seriously affected her career. She was just about to win the Pulitzer when I last saw her.
• Collecting well-crafted boxes is a serious hobby of mine. I love how the old wood and fixtures look and feel, how the hidden compartments are fitted in, and how much attentive crafting can be put into a small utilitarian object. Among my favorites are my mother's old maple treasure box, several brass-fitted writing boxes, the black Russian lacquer boxes from my trip to Moscow and Leningrad, a Shaker box, and olive wood boxes that still smell of the Middle East. Oh, and an inlaid German box from early in our marriage, and a whole stack of woven hemp OP boxes from Gaza. Plus the Finnish carved birch boxes, some of which are painted red, and . . . you get the idea.
• Books are another passion. It's very hard for me to consider using old books as an altered book resource. Any place will do for reading, although I have my favorite window spots. My most favorite reading nook used to be way up in the grand old trees at my family home, where I could look out over meadows and stretch my imagination to follow those absorbing writers.
• My current obsession is reading mysteries. Something about there usually being a neat and concise rounding up of the clues arrayed along the way appeals to me in my normally chaotic life. At the library, I sweep all the books by one author off the shelves to read at once, so I can appreciate that author's style (and better figure out the ending beforehand.)
Who will tag along? Two bloggers I'm newly enjoying are Nancy and Erin, both starting their tenure on the Scrapbooks Design Team. My sweet friend Amy is getting her blogging rhythm back and could certainly entertain us with 7 random things about mothering. Can Korie come out and play? Also on my list to know better are Polly, Pia, and Mari, one of many Scandinavian blogs that celebrate a pale palette, but she adds an English version, too.
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Have you HEARD? ArenaNet's started releasing free content updates for Guild Wars under the title of Guild Wars Beyond, updates that are gently guiding the world through the events preceding Guild Wars 2.
The second of these updates, Hearts of the North, landed yesterday. It tells the story of the romantic and legal union of "the greatest heroes of Ascalon, Gwen and Keiran Thackeray" and even ends in a ceremony and "festivities". Full details can be browsed on the official site, including info on all the accompanying pay-for tuxedos and dresses. £5 gets you a tux, dress or ladytux, and, bizarrely, £7 allows you to dress up in the same clothes as the bride and groom themselves. Now, I have all the social intelligence of a wounded badger, but surely that's a faux pas.


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I'm a shameless Bouroullec groupie. Since I was introduced to their work in 2003, I've eagerly awaited each and every update. For me, they're the tippity top — always stretching to rethink something in a more creative, functional and beautiful way. If I could be their intern for a summer, I'd drop everything and go. I'm sure that just being in their presence for a few weeks would open my mind in such dramatic ways. Until that dream becomes a reality, I'm content to sit here and admire their newest work, a fantastic collection of ceramic tile for Mutina.
Their new Pico tile collection was designed to move away from the slick surfaces typically seen in tile and focus on the raw material itself, which is textured and beautiful. All of the Pico collection uses a matte finish — not your typical glossy tile coating. Available in neutrals like white, gray and sand, each tile has an irregular dotted finish that is available with small colored dots (my favorite option, in red and blue) to contrast against the background. That attention to detail creates a small but significant change that really makes the whole collection work for me. I'd love to use the gray tile with red dots in my kitchen; it's the sort of neutral that feels clean and minimal with just a spot of color to warm it up. The collection officially launches this September at the Bologna trade fair, but until then, you can click here to check out the Bouroullecs' work on their website. Well done again, Ronan and Erwan. xo, grace
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They're pretty, but the first thing I think when I see those is "germ trap."
How neat… not sure how I could use this in my house but I really like it
Wow. This might be one of the most unique things I've ever seen. Strangely compelling and appealing. I love it.
How exactly do you clean a matte, irregularly bumpy tile? That's kind of why most tile has that glossy surface and we tend to use it in areas that need a lot of cleaning like the kitchen and the bathroom. Unless you don't actually cook in your kitchen, I can't see it being very practical.
I love this Pico collection, it really embraces the three dimensional aspect of a flat surface. In regards to Susan's comment, "germ trap" I would agree, definitely not for the average family but for the working individual or classic boutiques.
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I agree with Susan. Nice texture, but a nightmare to clean.
My thoughts exactly – cleaning nightmare! It does look great though, maybe the solution is a clear glaze that would reveal the texture without the germ troubles.
My first thought was "Wow, that's pretty", followed a split second later with "But what about cleaning it?" I think over time the recesses within the tiles would appear dingy. As for the bumpy one, well, it might be nice along an often unused wall or shelf (or ceiling!), but not so great for walking on.
This would be awesome as an artsy brick pattern of these types of tiles along the wall–there's so many possibilities here, more than just a kitchen tile
The desire to reach out and touch is almost painful! An almost edible texture, very, very yummy.
I can't believe the Bouroullecs haven't factored in hygiene, it just doesn't seem like them to design for design's sake alone…to be continued or, as we say in French, "à suivre"? -
So gorgeous and simple, I'm in love with the textures!
Totally digging this tile collection. So fresh, so unique and clean!
I got sucked in by their site. Wonderful concepts!
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I would not worry about cleaning because I have a great steam cleaner. These are beautiful.
beautiful work. seriously magic!
Just got this collection for my son's bathroom, blue dot grey on the wall and up blue on the floor. Let's see how maintaining them will work
How has the maintenance been since you've had the tile? Considering it, but would love some feedback from a user in the wild.
I am wondering about maintenance as well. I would like to use them as a backsplash.
I live in Australia and would love to purchase the Pico dot tile. Would someone please tell me who stocks this range – any stockist anywhere in the world would be great, thank you. Elizabeth
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Large parts of the western working class now seem to gather around right populists, demagogues, and racists. They vote for reactionary and fascistoid political parties. They helped to vote the UK out of the EU and to make Trump president of the world's superpower number one, and they vote so massively for the far right political parties that the latter have government power in sight throughout several of Europe's most populous countries. Since working people traditionally are expected to vote for the left, this creates unrest, insecurity, and confusion among experts, as well as commentators and mainstream politicians particularly in the labour movement. There is no lack of condemnation and moralizing to those who go to the far right. An increasing number of commentators, however, are now beginning to suspect that the march of large groups of workers toward the far right can be an expression of protest against the prevailing social development. Not all have received the benefits from the globalization success story, they say.
At the same time, we experience more and more offensive and aggressive employers, who, among other things, orient themselves away from the employer's responsibility through outsourcing and the increasing use of temporary agency workers and thus weaken trade unions. Furthermore, employers strongly benefit from the evermore anti-trade union policies of the EU/EEA and their courts, which contribute strongly to undermining trade union rights. In the persistent battle for control of the work process, work is increasingly emptied of content in many parts of the labour market. It is becoming more and more fragmented and standardized, employees are being subjected to increased monitoring, control, and management and the work intensity is increasing. Professor Sten Gellerstedt has documented this well for Sweden, while Eurofound has documented a sharp increase in routine work in Denmark (cited in Ugebrevet A4, 31/10/2016), and there are good reasons to believe that the situation is about the same here in Norway: Danes carry out about 30 per cent more routine work than we did 20 years ago. (...) Interestingly, routine work increases the most in types of jobs which are not traditionally associated with routine. In particular, it is managers, professionals and office workers who now get more and more routine work. In addition, the welfare-to-work ideology contributes strongly to shifting attention from organizational structures and power relations to individualization with moralizing, suspicion, and a brutal sanctions regime against individuals. Developments in the world of work have thus been reversed for a great many workers in our society. Of course, the basis for this development is to be found in the economic crisis. Capitalism is experiencing its deepest crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and capital owners have changed their strategy to regain profitability. Neoliberalism became their political/ideological response to the crisis, but there is nothing which so far suggests that they will overcome the internal contradictions of capitalism in this way. Unrestrained financial speculation is just one of the serious effects of this crisis development. Neoliberalism itself as well as financial speculation are thus both effects of the capitalist crisis, not the reasons for it, as many people claim. And globalization, which many claim has come to be, and that trade unions only have to adapt, are nothing but the result of capital's strategy and offensive to meet the crisis. Why Workers Turn to the Right In Europe, it becomes more and more clear that important goals of this policy include getting rid of the welfare states and defeating the trade unions. In any case, this is what is taking place under the political leadership of the real existing European Union Institutions. That millions upon millions of workers worldwide become losers in this process of globalization should not surprise anyone. Nor that they will eventually react with mistrust, rage, and blind rebellion. That part of the working class lacking left political parties with analyses, policies, and strategies to address and meet the crisis and offensive of capitalist force are attracted by the extreme right's verbal anti-elitism and anti-establishment rhetoric, is possible to understand against this background. To understand, however, is not the same as to accept, let alone support. That some people on the left allow themselves to be dazzled by the apparently worker-friendly policies of many of the new parties on the far right, even wanting to ally with them, is thus a dangerous development. There is nothing new in our history that the extreme right pander to the little man in society. It also happened during the emergence of fascism in the 1930s. Then, as now, there were also people on the left, though not many, who switched sides in a blind belief that national socialism was a form of socialism, and not the diametrically opposite, as history so clearly proved to us. What is important to understand is why many of the most exploited and powerless in our society are attracted by far right anti-elitist rhetoric. We need to gain insight into the reasons why this happens. In trying to understand this, we have to have in mind how power relations at the workplaces have shifted dramatically in favour of the employers, how the brutalization of work increases, and how insecurity increases for large groups of employees. This will be decisive if we want to develop an interest-based policy that responds to these challenges. The reality is that worker's exploitation and their increasing powerlessness and subordination now hardly have a voice in public debate. Labour parties have mainly cut the connection with their old constituencies. Rather than picking up the discontent generated in a more brutal labour market and politicizing and channelling it into an organized interest-based struggle, middle class left parties offer little else than moralizing and contempt. Thus, they do little else than to push large groups of workers into the arms of the far-right parties, who support all the discontent and do their best to channel people's rage against other social groups (immigrants, Muslims, gays, people of colour, etc.) rather than against the real causes of their problems. Of course, we have to fight against this development, but the fight will not be won through moralizing and contempt. If the left is not able to anchor the struggle against capitalism and its crisis in people's everyday experiences at the workplace, they will lose the battle for the soul and heart of the working class. If we want to avoid such a development in Norway, we also must stop talking about the Nordic Model as if nothing has happened as if it were intact as if the mutual cooperation, respect, and codetermination between the classes were existing truisms in today's society. In large parts of the leadership of the trade union and labour movement, the Nordic Model of cooperation between labour and capital has been elevated to a general phenomenon which is to the benefit of both parties completely decoupled from the power relations that develop at the workplaces and in society. It is seen as a higher form of rationality and surrounded by a rhetoric of common interests that more and more workers have trouble recognizing. Even if the exploited masses hardly have any organized voice in public debate today, we still happen to get small drips in the media about another reality at the workplaces. Like when the newspaper Dagbladet (20/03/2016), under the title We cry every day at work, published an article about the ISS staff who clean the rooms at the Oslo Plaza hotel under extremely harsh conditions. Or when we are presented with an increasing number of anonymous articles in newspapers from employees within different public institutions which inform us about the existence of ever more authoritarian control regimes à la New Public Management, which destroys the work environment and removes whatever might be left of job satisfaction. Among those who experience such conditions in today's labour market, their experiences are obviously a long way from the message the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions presented at the Annual Conference of the employers association last year: We have agreed on which challenges we face. And despite different approaches, we agree on many of the solutions as well. And we are certainly agreed that these challenges will be solved better in cooperation than in conflict. (...) We have the same goals [emphasis added]. Namely sustainable Norwegian working life. (...) As in the 1990s we cannot avoid what you like to call moderation. We call it collective rationality, and it must apply to everybody. (LO. no - 07/01/2016.) If it had been the case that social dialogue and tripartite cooperation was in favour of both parties in the current situation, shouldn't we then have expected that employers wanted to establish good relations of cooperation and participation in areas where trade unions are weak, such as in hotels and restaurant, in shops, in cleaning, etc.? The opposite appears to be the case. Rather, it appears that the social partnership ideology, which emerged in the wake of the class compromise, has contributed to a depoliticization and deradicalization of the trade union and labour movement, while employers are increasingly attacking labour laws and agreements which they previously accepted in the spirit of the class compromise. [Ed.: see LeftStreamed No. 154] The Necessity of Mass Mobilization In summary, the balance of power at the workplaces has shifted dramatically from labour to capital, from trade unions and democratic bodies to multinational companies and financial institutions. Over a few decades, capitalist interests managed to abolish the main regulations that made the welfare state and the Nordic Model possible the international monetary cooperation, capital control, investment control, and other market regulations. In this situation, the social partnership ideology (i.e. emphasis of common interests as an ideology rather than the increasing conflict of interests which is unfolding in the real world) constitutes a barrier to trade union and political struggle. The main challenge of the left today is to organize resistance against this development. Only in this way can right-wing populism and right-wing radicalism be pushed back. Once again, we must be able to construct a heaven over our struggle i.e. perspectives and visions of a better society, a society with a radical redistribution of wealth, where exploitation ends and where human needs form the basis for social development. If so, it is not sufficient to use statements, protests, and appeals to a tripartite cooperation that is constantly drained of content. It is all about power economic and political power. This will require massive social mobilization in the way that trade unions built their strength to conquer power and influence at the beginning of the last century. Are we prepared for that? |
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- - For the people from the UK????
For the people from the UK???? Now we know you all drive on the wrong side of the Road.:-P With out looking up the answer. Can you answer the question of why you drive on the left side?? Or I should say why this practice of driving on the left hand side of the road started??:D No Cheating by looking up the reason.:? |
We drive on the right side not the left side Regal :-) Regards |
I don't know if it's an urban myth or not, but it's commonly cited that travelling on the left kept one's right hand free for defending oneself with a sword. There is evidence that the Romans marched on the left as well. |
right answer. you get an A+:-) they would move to the left when passing so if they had to draw there sword it would be ready |
Wow! what did I get 0? Darn another F to my list of grades! Dad talk to the principal and get me to the next class! :-) Regards |
I think the question confused you.:D as to not which side of the car the steering wheel is on but, as to the traffic lane that the car is actually driven in. |
Hahaha! I am full of confusion. The only time I don't get confuse is when I am not thinking. Hahhaa :-) I got what you meant earlier on now.:-) Regards |
I've a question regarding left-handed driving style. We (who drive right) have to give way for those who come from our right side. Do you have to give way for those who come from your left side? |
Are you talking about rules at junctions? They're different in every country as well as whether you drive on the left (RHS car) or drive on the right (LHS car). In the UK, we drive on the left with right-hand steering cars. If I recall correctly from my theory test, which was nearly two years ago ... at an unmarked junction with no traffic lights, no one has priority. Most junctions, however, are minor roads crossing a major road, so they are marked so that traffic on the major road has priority. At traffic lights, you go when you have a green light. If you have a green circle, rather than a green arrow, you do not have sole right of way. For example, you may be about to turn right (across the flow of traffic) and have to wait for the people coming the other way to finish before you can actually go across. However, if you had the green arrow, your way would be clear and you could go straight over. At a roundabout, you give way to those already on the roundabout, i.e. coming from the right. I have a question for those who drive on the right. I've heard, many times, comments that 'it would be impossible to handle a manual gearbox/stick shift with my left hand'. I have actually found the opposite: I would hate to be controlling the steering of the car with just my left hand all the time. Gear manoeuvres are easy; keeping the car straight requires stronger muscles. I usually rest my left, rather than my right, when driving. Do you agree with the statement about it being hard to handle gearboxes with your left hand? |
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After snack: "Here sweetie, take this to the table. Nope - come back - we're not finished....here's a cloth - you may wipe the table" and so on. Then "Now we are going to play a game". Lead them through a few circle games. Then have a story. Take the little boy into your lap - he is probably dying to have an adult's warm and centered aura surrounding him so he can relax into his body. Then :"Ok - what a lovely visit. Time to go home now. W will walk you home" Keep the initial visits to no more than 1 hour. CLEAR BOUNDARIES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!
And at every step of the way you are right in there to the fore. Your presence, your guidance, your calm structuring of the situation will allow play to happen and allow the children to be in your home. This is a therapeutic situation - and I am afraid it is absolutely normal these days. Many parents, of course, don't witness these problems because when children come over, they are immediately plugged in to a machine of some sort. The children are left to deal with the energy built up in them by the images they view all by themselves. And it does come put - maybe at school the next day, maybe it builds up to a crescendo and a huge out burst. And maybe the children get labeled as having ADHD or some other problem when really, they are just being mishandled and not understood and their developmental needs are not being met.
I strongly suggest that you sit down and have a good think anticipating the future. You need to have absolute boundaries (key word these days, eh?!). If they do not cooperate, they go home. Not a threat - a friendly fact - that's how it is. No wheedling or cajoling. Do say things like "ok - you can go run around back at your house. But here - let's play this game first" (Oh - and I do suggest you select your games with care and that you do not have too high expectations - it could well be that these children have never had a chance to play ring games and simply do not know how to play. Again - a very common scenario in the lives of America's materially rich and spiritually impoverished children). You need to work via imitation and being right in there physically taking charge.
The pictorial language will not work on children like this because they are so out of themselves that they are unable to be receptive to the images. They cannot even imitate. You have to build up the foundations for them from scratch. Hard work - but very rewarding.
Think ahead a few weeks or months - ok, you've cracked it, the children can play together. You need to have rules about what happens when someone brings his gameboy over. Or invites your child to their house to "play" ie watch videos.
You need to be busy so that the "dumping by parents" problem you mentioned is nipped in the bud" "Yes - that will be lovely to have X here - but we are going out at 11 so you can pick him up then - great. .... No - he can't come with us - that doesn't work. Great to have him here now - see you later!" And really do go out so they can't call your bluff. If they pull a no-show, take the child to their house and leave him there. You're going to have to be tough to make this work. Tough and VERY clear.
These are therapeutic situations for the parents, too. Imagine being the parent of a child who is off the wall - you'd be desperate to pawn him off on someone else for a few hours! And if those parents don't have the skills and experience to cope....well, it's not that it's your job to teach them - but if this is going to work, you are the one who is going to have to put most of the work in. That's just how it is. Your goal which you articulated was to enable your own daughter to be able to play with the neighborhood children - and this is the hand you've been dealt. There really aren't any short-cuts.
The parents have boundary issues. That's why they dump their children on you. You can't change them. But you can work on your own boundary issues. And if "politeness" and nervousness are getting in your way, then that's your area to focus on! You have to do it! Isn't parenting great?! What fantastic opportunities it provides for our own self development! This is going to be tough, I am sure - but if you manage to get on top of this one, you'll be able to handle anything life throws at you!


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Fed to end bond-buying program in October
But the group remains optimistic that the economy will rebound to healthy growth rates.
Federal Reserve officials had differing views in June on the best way to signal to financial markets when they might raise a key short-term interest rate. They were in broad agreement, however, that their monthly bond buying program will end in October.
Minutes of the Fed's June 17-18 meeting released Wednesday showed officials split between those who wanted to communicate that the Fed remains concerned that inflation is rising too slowly and those who were worried that the economy might rebound faster than currently expected.
In the end, the Fed statement stuck to the current guidance that rates will likely remain low for a "considerable time" after the bond purchases end.
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On the bond purchases, Fed officials supported the view that the last reduction would likely total $15 billion in October.
The minutes also showed that Fed officials discounted the big drop in economic growth in the first three months as a slump that reflected temporary factors. They continued to express optimism that the economy will rebound to healthy growth rates for the rest of this year.
However, the minutes revealed that several Fed officials saw developments in Iraq and Ukraine "as posing possible downside risks to global economic activity or potential upside risks to world oil prices."
At its last meeting, the Fed kept policy essentially unchanged, holdings its key short-term interest rate at a record low near zero, where it has been since December 2008. It also made a fifth $10 billion reduction in its monthly bond purchases, bringing them down to $35 billion a month. Before the reductions began in December, the purchases, aimed at keeping long-term interest rates low, stood at $85 billion per month.
The minutes showed that Fed officials discussed a question they have been getting about whether the last reduction in purchases might total $15 billion or $5 billion. According to the minutes, the participants said it would be appropriate to reduce the bond purchases by $15 billion in the last move, which would occur at the October meeting, rather than hold off and make a final $5 billion reduction in December.
But Fed officials stressed that action did not signal an earlier move to start boosting its short-term rates.
Most private economists believe the Fed's first rate hike will not occur until next summer although some analysts believe that move will occur a few months sooner if the labor market continues to show healthy gains in employment.
The government reported last week that the unemployment rate fell to 6.1% in June, the lowest level since September 2008, the month the financial crisis hit with force, while 288,000 jobs were created, the fifth straight monthly gain above 200,000.
The minutes showed there was an extensive discussion about how the Fed should start reducing its massive holdings of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, which will total close to $4.5 trillion when the new purchases end later this year. No decisions were made at the June meeting but the minutes said Fed officials believe a new plan, which would replace the exit strategy developed in June 2011, should be formulated before the end of this year to provide advance notice to markets.
The Fed's actions to sell off its holdings could have a significant impact on interest rates.
The minutes were released Wednesday with the customary three week delay since the last meeting.
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Not your father's abrasive jet
Technological advances, attention to common woes give fabricators options for precision cutting
The advances made in abrasive jet cutting in recent years have negated much of the downside formerly associated with the technology.
Fifteen or 20 years ago abrasive jet was the technology of last resort for severing difficult materials that could be cut no other way.
These units were crude, noisy, and dirty. A nozzle was hung on an X-Y burning table and the resulting tolerances and surface finish were comparable to a burning operation, only slower. Operating these machines was almost an art form, a special skill by which experienced operators could make good parts while others could not. Few fabricators wanted one, and most abrasive jet cutting was done by specialty shops.
Today, things are different.
Modern machines can hold tolerances of +/- 0.005 inch or better. Noise and flying dirt can be minimized by underwater cutting. Abrasive jets still are useful for machining difficult materials such as INCONEL® alloys, titanium, and composites, but they also are widely used for easily cut materials such as mild steel and aluminum. Today abrasive jets are being placed in machine and fabrication shops alongside traditional machinery and operated by relatively unskilled labor. They are used for one-of-a-kind through medium-volume production. What changed?
The changes were the result of improvements in both nozzle and motion control technology.
Nozzle Technology
The first abrasive jet nozzles wore down so quickly that the jet would change its characteristics during production of a single large part. This made it impossible to hold tolerances. Early abrasive jets could be used only when subsequent machining could be performed or for very crude work.
Recent technological advances have improved this scenario, but users still should be cognizant of nozzle wear. As an abrasive jet nozzle wears, users first notice that the effective diameter of the tool begins increasing so that a larger and larger tool offset must be programmed into the motion to hold dimension. Then the cutting ability begins to drop, so much so that the surface finish degrades and a large taper appears in the cut. Finally the jet ceases cutting through the material.
The cause of these phenomena can be understood by examining the construction of an abrasive jet nozzle.
The workings of an abrasive jet nozzle are shown inFigure 1. Clean water traveling at forces up to 55,000 PSI is routed to a chamber directly above a sapphire orifice. The water accelerates through the orifice, forming a jet about 0.014 inch wide that is centered within a carbide tube 0.030 to 0.040 inch wide.
Abrasives enter the low-pressure region above the tube and are accelerated by the jet to form a high-speed slurry at the bottom of the tube. This slurry is the cutting tool. The cutting process is like grinding, except that abrasives are moved through the material by water rather than by a solid wheel.
The abrasives used in the cutting also wear away the carbide tube. If the tube changes its shape significantly during the manufacture of a part, it is impossible to make a precise part. New materials have increased tube life from as short as three or four hours to 50 or 100 hours. Once designers developed a way to maintain nozzle geometry, design improvements were made to improve both cutting speed and precision.
Motion Control
The second technology change was the advent of low-cost, powerful personal computers.
Modern PCs brought a major improvement in motion control. This improvement was needed because abrasive jets are not rigid tools. They bend backward in the cut by an amount determined by the motion speed and the workpiece properties. Figure 2shows the effect of speed on the lag of the jet and on the surface finish of the part. Speed decreases as the quality number increases from 1 through 5.
Obtaining an accurate yet low-cost part requires that the jet move fast where it can and slowly where the lag would cause part geometry errors. This speeding and slowing used to be performed by a skilled operator who had to adjust the feed rate override control constantly.
Modern machines have no feed rate override control because the expert system built into the PC control is much better at adjusting the speed than any operator could. Figure 3shows the speed variation required to make a good part efficiently. The colors represent the speed ranging from white at high speed through red to dark purple at low speed.
These speeds were calculated and set by the controller in response to the user's request for different quality levels on each of the five fingers. The input is made by setting colors on the part drawing in the CAD system as shown in Figure 4. Note that the speed varies as a function of part shape even though the cut quality is kept constant.
Figure 5shows the part setup screen for a modern abrasive jet machining center. A user can select the part to be made from any PC that is connected to a network that includes the machine. An image shows the part to be loaded. When the user selects the material as mild steel, a machinability factor of 87.6 automatically appears in the lower left corner. The user selects a plate thickness of 0.25 inch and enters a tool offset measured from a previous part. He also can select whether to rotate the part on the table or to scale it for temperature effects or other reasons. The software does the rest. No longer must operators look up the speed in a table and then watch the cut with his hand on the feed rate override control.
Finally, after variations caused by nozzle wear and poor speed control were eliminated, it became worthwhile to improve precision of the motion axes. Old machines were built on torch cutting gantries with either friction or rack-and-pinion drives. The ways often were simple angle iron with rollers. Today abrasive jet machines are built with machine tool-grade linear ways and ball screws. These high-precision components are protected from water and grit by bellows that completely seal all moving parts.
A Tool for Every Shop
With these changes, the market for abrasive jet machines also is changing. More and more shops are installing their own machines rather than relying on subcontractors.
Abrasive jet machining has changed from a specialty process for crudely severing a difficult material to a mainstream precision machining process that integrates well into a typical machine or fabrication shop.
INCONEL® is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corp.
Dr. John H. Olsen
OMAX Corp.
Kent, WA 98032


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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Starting over is so hard! Reading one too many 'how to plot' books & trying out Scrivener meant that when it came to writing word 1 of Chapter 1 yesterday (the previous 1,000 words long since abandoned), it took most of the day just untangling myself from myself.
One of the big problems of being self-employed, or self-unemployed in my case, is structuring the day. With writing it's so easy to fall into staring at the computer screen for hours, clicking backwards and forwards, literally wasting the day away. Because there's the need to get on with it, in my case to give this writing a novel business one last shot - to get up and do something else produces nothing but guilt. Yet to stay with it when you're still finding your way in is just misery. I start clicking between Twitter, Facebook, email et al wondering why I'm not more popular, why so and so hasn't replied/followed me, why I'm not as witty/funny as everybody else etc etc which is just the pits. NO MORE!
Finally got 500 words down yesterday and 500 this morning and I'm now on the way. The characters, setting and plot skeleton are all there. I'm going with Evan Marshall's Novel Writing 16 Steps to Success method of Action/Reaction section sheets, and my first 14 scenes are ready to go. I've also got one of the big 3 surprises, an evocative end setting and a theme. With the theme I'm following the advice of, I think it was Charles Palliser in his BBC writing course, who said, 'think very hard about what you want to say and then try not to say it.' And so I have my secret word which I will try not to say but will be there throughout, I hope not too obviously until the end or days after the end.
Despite yesterday's glums, am determined to enjoy it this time. I'm going to limit myself to 500 good words a day and get them done in the morning, finishing half way through a sentence and then leaving the rest of the day for things other than sitting at the computer screen. I'll print out as I go. Before each new scene I'll study the next action/reaction card ready for the following day. Oh good intentions and all, but still, will see.... Now I'm going to shut down the computer and go for a walk.
Bye bye, thanks for visiting, come again soon.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Have homed in on my favourite idea and now have a working title, a setting, 3 characters with names, agent approval and 1,000 words written.
Now what?
Steam ahead?
Develop characters?
Downloading the Scrivener application was a good break, getting to know how it works and plodding through the tutorial. Recommended to me by The Writing Coach, Scrivener is a writer's software app that lets you store everything in one place, including web pages & stills and - oh, it does all sorts of clever things. My favourite so far is the split screen which lets you have not only different documents up but the same document up. For example, at the moment with my character profiles I'm cutting and pasting from all over the place onto one document but can reference it from two different places at the same time when I make corrections. ? Sorry if not sounding very clear, but it's very useful! They give you a free month's trial which only adds up by the day, as you use it, so there's no panic. If you write using a Mac, have a look.
Then I went to the library and got out a pile of How To books to have a look at their plotting advice. I've always written into a story before, finding it as I go. This time am quite keen to experiment with my style, going into the first person and having several different viewpoints. I'm also determined to go for a better first draft than I normally produce, shortening the daily wordcount to 500 maybe but making them 500 good words rather than 2000 of steam that needs severe editing later. Really severe editing later. I don't think I can bear to do that again.
At the moment am on Novel Writing, 16 Steps to Success by Evan Marshall, one of the better of the How To books I've come across, and Ted Hughes' Poetry in the Making - for children, and about poetry, so not much plotting advice but FAB.
'The one thing is, imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously as if you were working out mental arithmetic. Just look at it, touch it, smell it, listen to it, turn yourself into it. When you do this, the words look after themselves, like magic. If you do this you do not have to bother about commas or full-stops or that sort of thing. You do not look at the words either. You keep your eyes, your ears, your nose, your taste, your touch, your whole being on the thing you are turning into words. The minute you flinch, and take your mind off this thing, and begin to look at the words and worry about them... then your worry goes into them and they set about killing each other. So you keep going as long as you can, then look back and see what you have written. After a bit of practice, and after telling yourself a few times that you do not care how other people have written about this thing, this is the way you find it; and after telling yourself you are going to use any old word that comes into your head so long as it seems right at the moment of writing it down, you will surprise yourself. You will read back through what you have written and you will get a shock. You will have captured a spirit, a creature.' Ted Hughes, Poetry in the Making, Faber 1967
Hmm, maybe I'll just dive in after all...
Bye bye, thanks for visiting, come again soon.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
August without a holiday in it anywhere was a new experience and I didn't like it much. I did have a week without writing though, and stayed away from the internet (mostly) which has cleared the mind if not the itchy feet.
I think my main frustration is identity. Am I a writer or am I not a writer? OK, full-time writer. Of which there are, as we all know, very, very few who earn their way. So it's not quite that. If writing was a sideline to the rest of my working life there'd be frustrations all over the place, of course there would, but not the bigger question of what I'm going to do with myself. As it is I'm neither one or the other. I haven't got the resources to write another book without a commission, not until I retire anyhow. What I am going to do is work intensively over the next few weeks firming up the characters and plot of the next novel. I shall send this to my agent with a one page synopsis and 3 sample chapters in mid-September, good time for October's Frankfurt Book Fair, and tie my fingers in knots once more.
On the wider subject of identity, was so pleased to see Lev Grossman's Wall Street Journal article on the future of the novel which has been doing the rounds of the authors on Twitter these past few days. At the moment am reading One Day by David Nicholls which is very contemporary, very, very funny and, if it had been written by a woman would without a doubt have a very different cover from the gorgeous, embossed, serious-looking clothback hardback and be on every supermarket shelf in the land.
The novel is finally waking up from its 100-year carbonite nap. Old hierarchies of taste are collapsing. Genres are hybridizing. The balance of power is swinging from the writer back to the reader, and compromises with the public taste are being struck all over the place. Lyricism is on the wane, and suspense and humor and pacing are shedding their stigmas and taking their place as the core literary technologies of the 21st century.
From a hieratic, hermetic art object the novel is blooming into something more casual and open: a literature of pleasure. The critics will have to catch up. This new breed of novel resists interpretation, but not the way the Modernists did. These books require a different set of tools, and a basic belief that plot and literary intelligence aren't mutually exclusive.
In fact the true postmodern novel is here, hiding in plain sight. We just haven't noticed it because we're looking in the wrong aisle. We were trained—by the Modernists, who else—to expect a literary revolution to be a revolution of the avant-garde: typographically altered, grammatically shattered, rhetorically obscure. Difficult, in a word. This is different. It's a revolution from below, up from the supermarket racks.
Lev Grossman, Wall Street Journal, 29.8.09