Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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ysabetwordsmithThis is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, March 7, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "Crafts." I'll be soliciting ideas for crafters, upcyclers, artists, sculptors, painters, woodworkers, quilters, scrapbookers, artists in residence, Applied Arts majors, Municipal Art majors, Museum Copyist majors, Public Art Manager majors, Studio Arts majors or minors, Generalist majors, Hobby minors, art collection curators, gallery owners, art shop owners, junk shop owners, craft store owners, makers of arts and crafts supplies, philanthropists, an anonymous benefactor, activists, volunteers, teachers, parents, superheroes, supervillains, other creative people, upcycling, painting, sculpting, woodworking, quilting, teaching art, volunteering, making donations, supporting creative people, offering crash space, yarnbombing, discovering things, improvising, adapting, cooperating, bartering, sharing, fixing what's broke, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, craft sheds, art schools, art classrooms, arts and crafts studios, artist colonies, arts and crafts farms, hobby rooms, homes with a giant space for arts or crafts, yarn stores, fabric stores, arts and crafts stores, unfinished furniture stores, upcycle junk shops, fiber fairs, street fairs, art shows, Triton Teen Centers, community centers, intentional communities, clubs, fibercraft circles, sewing circles, quilting bees, sketch fests, Thalassia, the Maldives, the Recycle Bin in Mercedes, makerspaces, other creative hangouts, craft history, art movements, art history, ethnic arts and crafts, folk arts and crafts, historical or archaic crafts, still life featuring cultural artifacts, landscape art, art movements, wabi-sabi, Feel and See Art Movement, Touchy Feely art books, edible art, arts and crafts media, creme pastels, Paletta durable art media for making visual-tactile art, zetetic arts and crafts supplies, game design kits, ColorADD, Feelipa, diversity, inclusivity, trial and error, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
Artists of Destruction is about famous artists as warmongers.
Arts and Crafts America imagines a world based on creativity.
The Bear Tunnels includes historic crafts.
Daughters of the Apocalypse requires creative use of remaining materials.
Frankenstein's Family takes a scientific approach to creative materials.
Polychrome Heroics has various characters and locations relating to arts and crafts. Some characters like Shiv, Turq, and Tarnish use these for self-soothing or therapy. In the Calliope thread, Calvin works at an arts and crafts store. There are multiple artsy places such as Yarn Over, the Recycle Bin, and Woolgather Hill.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "Besa" (9 verses, standalone).
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, March 7. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of "Besa" (standalone). One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in arts and crafts -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
Artists of Destruction is about famous artists as warmongers.
Arts and Crafts America imagines a world based on creativity.
The Bear Tunnels includes historic crafts.
Daughters of the Apocalypse requires creative use of remaining materials.
Frankenstein's Family takes a scientific approach to creative materials.
Polychrome Heroics has various characters and locations relating to arts and crafts. Some characters like Shiv, Turq, and Tarnish use these for self-soothing or therapy. In the Calliope thread, Calvin works at an arts and crafts store. There are multiple artsy places such as Yarn Over, the Recycle Bin, and Woolgather Hill.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "Besa" (9 verses, standalone).
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, March 7. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of "Besa" (standalone). One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in arts and crafts -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!
