I haven't been posting about my August Art here, this month, but for this piece, I kind of have to:

On Sunday, for naarmamo, I made a text-based art, with lots and lots of words. Encoded as a jpeg file, it cannot be read by screen readers, and there are far too many words for me to fit in the description space on flick'r. So I'm posting the words, here, and then I will link to it, there (I think that's possible, yes?):

( Monsters are on the rise )

(And that text repeats once, to fill out the rectangle of the image)

And I just now, noticed two typos -- and yes, I fixed them (I wrote this near midnight, in a state of exhaustion, the day after "Irene", so I think only two typos is pretty good, considering). The word choices were made with as much an eye to keeping it a solid block of text, and keeping the righthand edge nearly straight, as to actual clarity and meaning. It could definitely use some editing, if it wants to be a real essay or poem when it grows up.

And for those who can see it, here's the image / link to Flick'r:

5 good ... or, um, actually, "it's a mixed bag, honestly" things:

1) Woo! Now, when you cite an LJ Community, using DW's tags, you get the community icon, instead of the "single user" icon. I was wondering when that code would catch up.

2) OK-Go: I like their YouTube videos, but a couple of weeks ago, I guess it was, I caught them as the "musical guest" at the end of "The Late Show with David Letterman." And from seeing them just standing on the stage, I realized I don't like their music very much. It might be good, but I can't tell, because the sound balance is off between voice and instruments, and it just strikes my ear as a loud, jaunty, muddle. Also, I suspect they are covering their vocal weaknesses with AutoTune.

3) Speaking of "striking the ear," Vihart (of "doodling in math class" videos) has recently put up a longer work, that's a mix of live action, stop action animation, and montage, that wonderfully explains the biology, physics, and mathematics of sound, here: What's up with Noises? (The Science and Mathematics of Sound, Frequency, and Pitch). On the one hand, it's a wonderfully poetic explanation that validates all my love for music. On the other, it also validates the feeling I often have of being overwhelmed by hearing All The Sounds, All The Time.

4) I'm trying to figure out how to write about the Grimms' tale Hans-my-Hedgehog; usual (i.e. Jungian) interpretation generally frames his half a life as Hedgehog-boy as being metaphorical, and his shedding of the hedgehog skin (and emerging with milk-white complexion and blue eyes) as being the "reality." And I want to turn that on it's head. But I'm not sure how to frame that.

5) Still thinking of writing up a Similes Meme. But 30 is a lot. So it will probably end up being Seven Days of Similes, instead.