Archive for July 2010
Scrap Choices
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 29, 2010
So, when I’m working on a big project, like the comprehensive one I’m trying to propose or the syllabus I’m trying to put together, I’m constantly facing this really annoying question of where the heck to write stuff down. There are so many options: on the computer or on paper; in this little notebook or [...]
Scrap Sculptures
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 28, 2010
Check out this cool article about the work of Nick Georgiou, which combines two of my favorite topics: scrap writing and textual recycling (literally — I mean, like, physically). “His vision is to turn something old into something new,” in part to comment on the supposed decline of the printed word (his recent work in [...]
A Scrap Inspires Verbosity
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 24, 2010
This recent photo on Found is hilarious and bizarre, inspiring a strangely lengthy description — probably the longest I’ve seen. Here’s a sneak peek:
Book Trash
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 22, 2010
Today I took part in throwing away (actually, recycling) a large quantity of old books and journals. It felt kinda wrong.
Revision
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 21, 2010
In the midst of rearranging and revising, the only consolation I can summon up is: at least I don’t have to do this on paper or on a typewriter.
Word Game
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 15, 2010
My trips between Pittsburgh and New Jersey last 6 1/2 to 7 hours. I’m always alone, except for when I bring my cat. She cries. I get really bored, staring at Route 80 for like 5 of those hours. I pass trucks. I listen to Radiohead and Girl Talk, on repeat. After every trip, I [...]
Writing and the Environment
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 10, 2010
Writing is an academic activity. It takes place in the mind. Some might say it’s even a spiritual process — so much about it is tough to explain. Somehow words end up on the page. Somehow paragraphs develop and pages accumulate. The remains are physical. But the process is totally physical too, of course. Hands [...]
That Word
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 5, 2010
I distinctly remember writing a short paper during a freshman-year English class in college and failing to find the one word I really needed to describe the phenomenon I was trying to explain. It’s like it was always on the tip of my tongue, but I just couldn’t articulate it. I thought in reading many [...]
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