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miekasa · 3 years

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mie!! since u write such beautiful gorgeous astounding breathtaking life-changing tearjerking fics, do YOU have any good fic recs that you personally love 🤔

I do! I have a whole blog of wonderful fics I’ve read (tho I desperately need to update it/reblog the ones in my drafts and tag them) @ackermeun for more if you want because there are many lovely, talented writers; but I’ll list a few of my faves for Levi and Eren below 😌😌

Levi

kiss me more by @vennilavee

Now, I could recommend you anything and everything by Saran and I have no doubt that you would love all of it. There’s not a single thing in her masterlist that I dislike, she even made me okay with the idea of pegging Levi bye. The entire tbah universe (specifically parental moments one) has a special place in my heart, but recently the perpendicular world has been on my mind, and might be coming for number one. Either way, you’re gonna love it. She writes Levi in his slightly bitchy, kinda needy, implicitly affectionate, true to nature form, and I am so grateful for it. Also, Saran is a comedian.

silver soul by @oi-levi (now posting from @bibblelevi)

I suck at keeping up with series, and, so, naturally, I’m terribly behind on this one, but I’m gonna go ahead and rec the whole thing to you anyway, because I have no doubt that the other chapters are just as great the two I’ve read so far. The way she writes Levi... when I tell you I could wrap myself up in a blanket and binge this whole series, and her entire masterlist, and be very content I mean it; her writing feels warm, that’s the only way I can explain it.

the art of tea composition by @karikarasuno

I don’t remember how or when I found this fic exactly, probably just scrolling through the tag, but I love it. Domestic fluff with Levi, allowing me to pretend I’m a morning person, and just the right kind of smut to go with it. Simple and very, very effective. I’ve reread it a few times by now, no shame.

where you’re meant to be by @deludedimagines

After you read this, I also suggest just going after the whole masterlist. I cannot express how grateful I am to have found this blog PLEASE. Her characterization of Levi is perfect, and something about her prose feels very clean and simple, but elevated and layered at the same time. This one-shot in particular is one of my favorite canonverse pieces, I’m a sucker for a classic injured lover trope.

the ones who matter most by @deludedimagines

Yeah... this shouldn’t be a surprise. Fantastic writing, fluff in canonverse has a special place in my heart because I think it can be really hard to pull off well; it’s difficult to balance a sense of softness within the aot universe for the obvious reasons, and getting Levi’s caring nature right can be (unfortunately) so hard to find. Good thing people like Sorcha are here. Enjoy more fluff. Also this fic is particularly fantastic to me not just because of the injured lover trope, but because the 104th babies pay a visit and you all know how much I love a good glimpse of reluctant adoptive dad Levi hehe

bullet by @jean-does-not-have-a-horseface

If you can’t tell by now, I love canonverse fluff, tho this fic isn’t fluff in the traditional sense, but I think that makes it all the much better. Perfect depiction of real life shit that would go down in the aot world paired with Levi’s need to protect his s/o. It’s fantastic.

the knife by @therealvalkyrie

I didn’t mean to turn this into Mie’s Favorite Canon Fics Showcase, but here we are anyway. As much as I love a good injured lover trope (and this does have that hehe), I love a good kickass reader insert, too. Shoutout to Valkyrie for included both in this fic, and Levi being proud of his s/o... well you can imagine how much I liked that bye

dante’s inferno by @alrightberries

College au + roommates au with Levi... that should be enough for you to read this lmfao, no but actually it’s adorable. Not to mention friends to lovers... if you know me you know how I feel about that, I’ll gobble up every f2l fic until I’m dead and gone. Not to mention there’s a cat and Levi won’t admit he likes it, or he’s jealous of it. Simply cannot go wrong here.

waves know shores by @onwiings

Bro I don’t even like the idea of public sex and I’m not even a fan of water like that but this fic has me wrapped around it’s pinky lmfaoooo. Some of the best Levi smut I’ve read and you already know how I feel when Levi and reader have cute interactions with the 104th in fics. Really it’s checking every item on my list.

Eren

speed racer by @emeren

I’m pretty sure I found this fic during my midterms last semester, and when I tell you I’m so grateful for it lmaooo. It’s really just a good au, I think it fits Eren (honestly barking at just the concept) and the writing brings it all to life.

under the moonlight by @murmikaa

I’d have to be dumb not to recommend this to you. I love reading longer fics, and if you do, then this will 100% satisfy you. The whole story is great and immersive, not just between Eren and the reader; their relationships with the other characters are really what makes this special imo. There’s also beach sex, so. Obviously it’s good.

untitled.avi by @puredivinity (now @celestidarling)

Naur you must of thought wrong if you thought at least one of Mara’s fics wouldn’t be here. I’m obsessed, I think I’ve read it three times minimum. I read all her Eren fics, and you should too. She writes him in such a dreamy way, almost like he’s right there and too good to be true that you must be hallucinating. Immaculate.

midnight snacks by @writertitan

Dumb, college-typical antics and fluff with Eren... obviously you know I’m about that. The whole concept is so mundane, but so cute, you can’t help but fall for it because it could be so real!! I love that kinda stuff hehe

i’m your satellite by @ackerfics

Comparing hand sizes with Eren!! YEAAAAH!! No, okay, but I read the summary and was ready to dive in because... size kink go crazy, but when I tell you I was so blown away to find out that it was not only from Eren’s pov, but that he was being a complete simp and down terrible the whole time. Normalize boyfriends being completely fucking in love with their gfs that simple shit like the size of their hand makes them wanna simp even harder!!!!

eren as an ass man by @hznji

I’m dying on the hill that Eren is an ass guy and you should too because it’s the objective truth. Fluff, Eren being a complete dog as per usual, Eren’s being touchy (I will also die on the hill that he’s touchy as fuck and has no concept of personal space) and just in genral snarky but cute banter. Gotta love that.

Jean

tears over beers by @appplepii

When I tell you this is my favorite Jean fic, I mean it. Friends to lovers with hopelessly pining Jean + oblivious reader = everything I could have asked for in a fic, AND it’s from Jean’s pov too!!! INCREDIBLE!!! The pining made me yearn, and the smut was so well done, too.

this drabble by @arlerted

Whatever, whatever, WHATEVER!!! I DON’T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT!!! Cal is right, don’t do drugs but... this mf... this imagine.... has been burned into my mind since the first time I fucking read it bye. Callie also writes a bunch of filthy (affectionate <3) fics and drabbles and lewds and you should read them, preferably when you’re alone and with the lights off.

#anonymous #um you probably didnt ask for 1k words worth of reviews but here u go anyway!!!#fic recs

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fandom-necromancer · 3 years

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Staking his claim the human way

This was prompted by the wonderful @smolandangry001! Enjoy!

Fandom: Detroit become human | Ship: Reed900

‚You already had two!‘ ‚Well, so did you, that’s not an argument!’, Tina talked back at Chris. ‘Oh, hey Nines’, she added as the android entered the breakroom. ‘Hello Officer Chen. Officer Miller’, he greeted back, setting Gavin’s mug under the nozzle of the coffee machine. ‘Come on, it’s just a donut!’ ‘Yeah today, but what about tomorrow?’ ‘This is ridiculous’, Chris grumbled and already reached for the package, only for Tina to grab the last remaining donut first and lick it in front of Chris, putting it down afterwards grinning triumphantly. By now Nines was a curious observer of the whole interaction, coffee forgotten. Or maybe postponed, it was Gavin’s coffee after all. But this was far more interesting.

‘You are such a child. Fine, take it. Didn’t want it anyways.’ With a content smile, Tina took a bite out of it and called after him: ‘I will buy you a new one tomorrow, I promise!’ ‘Yeah, whatever.’ Nines cocked his head deep in thought about what he had just witnessed, but finally pressed the button on the machine. ‘What?’, Tina asked with a smirk as he turned towards her to ask his burning questions. Caught off guard by her observation skills, he could only stare at the already half eaten donut in her hand.

‘I just wanted to aks about what you just did. You both wanted it, yet Chris gave up so easily. If a few drops of human saliva really had this effect, no one would touch an envelope. I… I guess this is just another part of human culture that was considered unnecessary for my unit.’ ‘Oh, baby’, Tina cooed. She was likely the only one who didn’t mean it as an offense, but still Nines tensed his shoulders in defiance. ‘How do I explain this… It’s disgusting? I mean, licking something makes it disgusting for any other person except for the one that licked it. It means you have claimed whatever you licked. It’s yours now and everyone will have to accept that.’ Nines frowned, then sighed and took Gavin’s now full mug. ‘You continue to be confusing. Humans have a habit of sharing drinks. Gavin got saliva on this very mug and people aren’t weirded out by that. Also kissing and exchanging body fluids is a form of affection for you. I can’t even begin to understand on what occasion something is considered disgusting and when it’s fine.’ ‘Oh, Nines, don’t worry. Humans are just gross’, Tina giggled. ‘All of us “organics” kinda are.’

Nines could only agree. With maybe a few exceptions, he added thinking about the reason why he had come to the breakroom in the first place.

‘Come on, Nines, you have to try it!’ The android sighed and had to repeat himself yet again: ‘Gavin, my model wasn’t intended for human integration in these… manners…’ ‘Bullshit, all people I knew who enlisted in the military drank like a fishes!’, Tina disagreed, heavily relying on the couch to keep herself upright already. ‘Maybe they were human’, Nines sighed with sharp tongue. ‘Refilling my thirium levels through my neck-port is as close as it gets to me drinking something.’ Gavin scrunched up his nose in annoyance. Or was it regret? Maybe a mix of both, he settled on. He was already a little intoxicated, but Nines knew from experience it would get even worse with him. That was the only reason he came along on these “bar nights”, so his human would arrive home safely. Definitely not so he could take care of the man and enjoy how clingy he could get. That… That wasn’t his intention at all.

‘Hey, what about your scanning stuff?’, the man asked then, face lighting up suddenly. Nines took one good look at the cocktail in front of Gavin and started listing off the ingredients of his Caipirinha. ‘No, no, no, stop! Not what I had in mind. Err… you know your blood-licking stuff.’ Nines rolled his eyes. ‘I don’t see how-‘ ‘Nines, just do it’, Tina sighed. ‘Indulge your partner’s desires.’ She said it in a tone that had Nines second guessing her words. From the way Gavin blushed, there definitely had been a second meaning to it, but he couldn’t even begin to figure it out, so he aborted that process before it could really start up. Instead he sighed and took Gavin’s glass, sucking up the tiniest bit of liquid from the straw.

‘And?’ ‘It’s an alcoholic drink.’ ‘Yeah, no shit, how does it taste?’ ‘Gavin, I can’t taste anything.’ ‘Then… Do you like the composition of it?’ ‘If I say yes, will you stop asking me human questions?’, the android sighed. ‘It is consistent with most recipes I can find online, although they used lime juice to save time crushing the lime slices in there.’ ‘Hm, okay, yeah, I didn’t know what I expected’, the man mumbled disappointed. ‘Gonna go for a piss, I’ll be back soon.’

Nines sighed deeply, looking after the human heading for the toilets. ‘Was I too robotic?’ ‘Dude, you are a robot.’ ‘I know, but I could have just said I liked the taste’, he admitted. ‘He would have liked that answer more, even if it was inaccurate.’ ‘You told me it didn’t sit well with you lying to people’, Tina reminded him. ‘I don’t think he put so much thought into it anyways.’ ‘But…’ Nines looked at the drink, the ice melting slowly. ‘I like him, Tina. But I- I’m not human. Hell, I’ve been activated half a year ago, I have no idea what it even means to be human. If I want to be that.’ ‘I don’t think you have to be anything else than you already are. Just maybe… Put a little more effort in showing him you are interested?’ ‘I will try.’

They waited for Gavin to return to the table, but once he finally exited the toilets, he bumped into someone, who immediately began looking him up and down and very obviously started flirting with the Detective. And no matter his self-doubt of being enough and constant thinking about how Gavin maybe was better off with a human, he immediately felt his jealousness flaring up. That was his human. At least until they talked about it and came to a different conclusion. Nines would not let this man that just so much as stumble into him drive his human home tonight. He stood up, ignoring Tina’s questioning look, and marched up to them.

‘Gavin, your drink is warming up’, he reminded his partner, while staring at the offending human. The stranger on the other hand seemed not to notice his piercing eyes. ‘Oh really? Yeah, I’m coming right back, I just met this really handsome fella and-‘ ‘Come on, I think your android knows the concept of a hook-up, am I right?’ Nines went rigid as the man looked up to him and had the audacity to smugly grin at him. But instead of stepping down, this time, he pulled Gavin towards him and licked up his temple, never breaking eye-contact with the stranger that was obviously weirded out and took a few steps backwards. ‘Okay, okay, I didn’t know you were such freaks. You could have said something, you know? Plenty other folks around.’

Triumphantly stepping back from Gavin who was frozen in place, Nines was grinning. He had accurately imitated human behaviour and had been successful! Tina would be proud of him. ‘Err… Nines, what the fuck?’ Nines looked down on his human. ‘What?’ ‘What? What the hell was that?’ ‘I claimed you. I was informed licking was an action to make clear something is yours and no one else can have it.’ ‘You- What?’ ‘Like with a donut.’

Gavin stared at him in utter confusion, then slowly smirked. ‘You know all the stuff about this being completely wrong when talking about something that’s not a donut, … You claimed me? You want no one else to have me?’ Nines pointedly looked away as if making sure the stranger wasn’t coming back. Definitely not to hide his blush. ‘Yes.’ ‘As a hook-up?’ ‘What? No!’ ‘As something more serious then?’ ‘Wha-‘ Nines faced Gavin again knowing he had manoeuvred himself into this. ‘I mean, if you want to, we could try…’ ‘You already licked me’, Gavin shrugged. ‘Can’t get much stranger, I think. Sure, why not? Want to try this out tonight?’ The wiggle of his eyebrows told Nines everything he had to know. ‘I will take you home tonight and tomorrow when you are sober, we will talk about it, okay?’ ‘Alright. But you are no fun.’

Nines sighed deeply escorting Gavin back to the table and his drink. ‘The human concept of “being fun” involves things I neither understand nor want to. But I do would like to have fun with you.’ Gavin smirked and leaned heavily on Nines’ arm. ‘Oh, now I want to know exactly, what the android concept of having fun involves.’

#detroit become human #dbh #Reed900 #RK900 #Gavin Reed #I wanted to put something in like you licked now take a bite but then I remembered I can't write smut for the life of me XD

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myfalsedevotion · 3 years

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good morning vicky!!! for the questions for authors i would love to hear about 5, 7, 12, 15, 18 and 25 for athob! (honestly debated just sending you 1-30 but i controlled myself) 😌💙

Hiii! Sorry this is coming so late in the day 😅😅 Thank you so so much for the questions Maya 🥺💙 Here we go!

Behind the Scenes of Fic Writing: 30 Questions for Authors

5. What is the perfect environment for you to write in?

For All the Hues I’d say my room, cuppa tea, rain. Sometimes I lit lavender candles. If it’s not raining, I usually use MyNoise hahahaha I don’t know what it is about the sound of rain, but it always helps me write :3 Have a couple playlists on spotify too, but I usually just start singing the songs and thus I stop writing hahahah

I remember writing most of Hourglass on train rides or subway rides to class, though 🤔. I guess it depends on the fic hahahah

7. Which part of writing do you struggle with most?

I usually write dialogue pretty quickly (because I’m used to screenplays), so when it’s time to “fill in” the gaps between dialogue I procrastinate a lot. Like you wouldn’t believe 😅

Also, since I’m a very slow slow writer, (this is going to sound super fake deep probably) but I realise some actions the characters take that I planned at the start, I just don’t agree with them anymore? And they feel stupid, and childish and for some reason that puts me off of writing so much. I struggle a lot with writing feelings, decisions or even POVs that I can’t understand/relate to anymore. And I know that makes me the definition of a pretty bad writer, but I just can’t write something I don’t feel like it’s the best/right decision for the character. And of course, that only comes with perspective (after months/years), and I hate it, because I know the characters don’t have that perspective in that moment and that’s why they’re acting like they are, and that I shouldn’t change the planned storyline in any way. So yeah, I struggle writing through those moments because of that. That was probably not worded right and now I’ve confused you even more hahahah Sorry for the rant 😅

12. Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?

I think I’ve said this before somewhere (maybe we’ve talked about it?) but even though I absolutely adore reading tropes, I never think I’d be able to pull any of them off? Like yeah, I’d love to write a fake dating AU cos drama and mutual pining, but I’ve just read so many amazing fake dating aus and I am fairly confident that I can’t do it hahahah Maybe in the future I’ll try, I don’t know hahaha

15. A Hollywood producer tells you that they want to film just one of your fics. Which fic would you want it to be?

Listen. I’m a Film Studies graduate. I’ve already thought about shots and colour theory and composition and scenes and everything I’d love to see for All The Hues of Blue like 1276351827635187264 times. I have a background writing scripts, I can assure you writing ATHOB was basically envisioning scenes and storyboards and then filling up the action and thoughts and inner monologues in between the dialogue hahahah. So if a producer told me they wanted to make it a film? You bet I’d be thrilled (and also demand I be part of the production hahahahaha) Never gonna happen though 🤣🤣🤣

18. What is a line/scene you’re really proud of? Give us the DVD commentary for that scene.

Okay, I think I’ve talked to you about the last scene in All The Hues before, and how I think I will never be able to top that “You’re golden.” last line. I’m definitely proud of that one.

But there’s this bit from Calum on Chapter 7 from Rare as Gold, that starts with:

Calum had never thought he would meet someone that would know how to act around him when his mind was playing tricks. Michael knew how, but he had learnt with time. With Ashton, it seemed easy in a way that was almost scary. Like the older anticipated Calum’s needs even before he did. Or maybe it was just due to them being so honest and open with each other that Ashton knew how to read him. Or the fact that the few times he didn’t know, he asked what Calum needed.

and then he goes on an inner monologue about the metaphysics of the soul and soulmates and superdeterminism and the universe being alive that had me bursting with excitement once I finished writing it. I can’t even begin to describe the feeling I got once I finished writing that whole bit. Which wasn’t planned, I just had something like, “fill this with inner monologue before going back to Ash”. And I know this is the one that I’m most likely going to be called fake deep over, and I just don’t care because I love it so, so much.

I remember texting that whole chunk of text to friends and saying “is this like…too much? Is this too much for a fic where it doesn’t even advance plot?”. There were mixed opinions, my best friend said it was indeed too much, but she’s never read any of my writing in its entirety, and she didn’t understand how this could fit with the previous inner monologue I had established for Calum. Another friend did think it was perfect for Calum. I went over it for a couple of days, and I still loved it too much, so I decided to keep it in. So… idk. hahahah

25. Which idea came to you first in All The Hues of Blue?

Okay, this is a funny one. So, I think I’ve told you about how All The Hues was supposed to have been a one-shot? 😂😂 I still have the very first draft where I wrote down ideas, it’s titled:

I am cringing as I read it hahahha But basically years before, I had seen this one post on tumblr about a prompt featuring a Michael Bublé song and being in a retail shop? And I couldn’t for the life of me remember the exact prompt, and since Christmas season was close, I just took his Xmas album and run with it 😂 😂 This is a sad story but it’s true and I can’t never stop laughing when I think about how much ATHOB means to me and how stupid was it’s conception as a fic hahahha

Hope these answeres weren’t too boring 😅 Thank you so much for the ask!! 💙💙💙

#ask game #my writing #all the hues of blue #rare as gold #hourglass

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wintersongstress · 5 years

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Writer’s Questionnaire

tagged by: @a-shakespearean-in-paris - Whew, girl, this tag was hard. I don’t think I’m smart enough to do it but I love talking about writing more than actually doing it so strap in...

EDIT [1/5/19]: @the-darklings Thank you for tagging me as well!

Short stories, novels, or poems?

POETRY?! #TRIGGERED

Ya’ll I want to talk about poetry. That Illuminati Cryptology.

On the one hand, I’m actually quite decent with writing poetry. I like the poems I’ve written. I’m proud of my sonnets, sestinas, villanelles, and free verse. Albeit, the restrictions of closed forms and writing in iambic pentameter grinds the gears in the computer science part of my brain, but I can do it. Some of my best lines are poetry. Poetry is what resonates the deepest, what loops through my head when I think about writing. Its the ultimate mastery of words that makes your work endure.

Look at Peonies at Dusk by Jane Kenyon. Nice poem, right? Lovely imagery, the tone is somber and sweet. But, you have to remember, poetry is a puzzle. You have to put the pieces together to understand the picture.

Kenyon arranged her poem in tercet stanzas to link it to the Holy Trinity. (???)This was because she found God during the time so wrote this poem and wanted to pay tribute to how it grounded her life by grounding her poem the same way. In the final stanza, the narrator bending to smell the peony is supposed to be the narrator bending over to take care of someone who is bedridden with cancer. Propping them up with stakes and twine- taking care of a sick loved one. Peonies were also known for their medicinal properties, as well as them withering being an omen for disaster and death. The fading of light and the dusk is all blatantly symbolic. JUST. POETRY PISSES ME OFF SOMETIMES. AND I HATE THAT I KIND OF LIKE HOW CONVOLUTED IT IS ONCE I FIGURE IT OUT.

tl:dr; I prefer short stories and novels when it comes to reading for the obvious reasons why we love novels. Ya’ll already know why novels are good. When it comes to writing I usually do short stories and poems. I haven’t been able to tackle a novel yet.

What genre do you prefer reading?

I’ve always enjoyed fantasy, historical fiction, and of course, romance. I like a good contemporary every once in a while, too.

What genre do you prefer writing?

Same as what I prefer to read. I absolutely love exploring settings and writing the relationships between characters and how they transform and develop them.

Are you a planner or a write-as-I-go kind of person?

I like to make an outline at the beginning of a new project just to have some semblance of order and to know what the journey is going to look like. This helps a lot in my Research stage because I’m able to identify what I don’t know and what tools I’m going to need.

What music do you listen to while writing?

Video game soundtracks mostly. They’re designed to keep you engaged and I don’t want to focus on anything else but my work, I just need a little white noise. Jeremy Soule’s compositions are great for setting the mood, as well as Debussy. I also like those nature ambiance videos on YouTube, crackling fire, forest/river sounds, etc.

Fave books/movies?

Amazing. This question never fails to make me forget every piece of media I have ever consumed. 😂

I’m kind of at a stand point right now because I’m 20 and I don’t read YA books anymore and that’s the bulk of my personal library. (Sorry Sarah J. Maas and Cassandra Clare!). I used to read a COLOSSAL amount of YA; I’m talking 15 books a month, 2 books a day sometimes and I used to do arc (advanced reader copy) reviews through Macmillan for Miss Literati. Looking back now though, there are some novels I read that I still stand by.

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - amazing, stream of consciousness writing at its best.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - my favorite writing style. Period.

Half Bad by Salle Green - just brilliant.

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - fight me okay.

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Passion by Lauren Kate - This book was just, everything I wanted. 😭

The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix - the first series that REALLY got me into reading.

List of my favorite films I like to tell people to impress them:

The Sixth Sense

The Last Samurai

Brokeback Mountain

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Rear Window

List of my favorite films when life is sad:

Confessions of a Shopaholic

The Mummy

Star Wars

Back to the Future

Some Like It Hot

The Princess Bride

Forrest Gump

Romancing the Stone

As you can see, I’m not a huge film buff (though sometimes I wish I were...)

I’m sure I’m forgetting some...

Any current WIPs?

gee let’s look at my documents folder...

This is gonna sound silly but the majority of my personal WIPs are actually games I want to write. I know, I know, but I want to go into narrative design, possibly even creative direction. Much to my mother’s chagrin. So I don’t write novels per say, I write scripts and game concept documents. I do write short stories but my longstanding projects I am not talented enough to start writing. I write ideas for scenes while I let the rest stew in my head, like a bubbling cauldron of ideas that is constantly simmering. I’ll get there, eventually.

If someone were to make a cartoon out of you, what would your standard outfit be?

My standard get-up is high-waisted jeans, Blundstones, and an over-sized knitted sweater. God I love winter.

Create a character description for yourself:

Hi,my name is Isabell. My worst nightmares include getting C’s, being late for work, and getting back together with my ex-boyfriend from 9th grade.

Do you like incorporating people you actually know into your writing?

The best writers are thieves, and I steal a lot of details of real people into my writing. Patterns of speech, outfits, unique traits, that sort of thing. I pay a lot of attention to the people around me, especially strangers. So I don’t incorporate actual people I know, rather, the strangers I see and who I think they are or could be in the context of story.

Are you kill-happy with characters?

By all means, I will put them in near death circumstances and give them critical injuries. However, I rarely kill them. So, no. I don’t happily kill my characters.

Coffee or tea while writing?

Self-proclaimed Chai tea slut.

Slow or fast writer?

Slow’er than the molasses in January.

Where/who/what do you find inspiration from?

Ideas strike anywhere, anytime. I could be standing in the check-out line at the grocery store and get an idea. However, most of my inspiration comes from consuming other stories. Video games have honestly been the most inspiring and immersive mediums for storytelling. I find inspiration from learning new things, especially in history. A lot of stuff from myth and history inspires me.

If you were put into a fantasy world, what would you be?

I’d like to think I would be an adventurer, but let’s be real I’d probably be an Alchemist’s apprentice. Or a sculptor. Maybe even a tutor.

Most fave book cliche? Least fave book cliche?

Hero/Villain Ships. Enemies to lovers. dYING CONFESSIONS OF LOVE.

Wait, are those cliches? As for what I hate...Oh, I don’t know. I hate the reckless heroine. I just hate reading about girls who make stupid decisions and think they’re the right ones. Not to say they can’t make mistakes, but you know, other characters are like, don’t do the thing, and they do it anyway.

Fave scenes to write?

SMUT. FIRST KISSES. Yeah. Been writing that sort of thing since I was 11. I had one of those notebooks with a cover that made a zippery sound when you scratched it and it was my first foray into fanfiction and smut lmao. Good stuff. Pandora’s box, though.

I love writing scenery descriptions. I’m acutely tuned to setting and creating atmosphere and I love determining the specific details that take you exactly where I want the reader to be. The mise-en-scene, if you will.

Most productive time of day for writing?

Dead of night or the wee hours of morning, when the world is quiet.

Reason for writing?

Because when I write, I feel like I belong. I write because I have a certain taste, and I’m the only one who knows how to capture that. I write because storytelling is intrinsic to me and a part of myself I can never deny, forget, or neglect. I write because my mind has always been full of ideas and worlds I want to explore. I write because deep down I know I’m meant to.

Tagging:

I’m gonna keep it chill because this tag takes more than 2 minutes to do, but I would love to see your guys’ responses!: @shadows-echoes || @sunstrain || @connorshero || @deviantsupporter

This tag is totally 100% optional!

#tag meme #tag game #personal #long post #this took 5ever #god this is so personal i hate hearing myself talk lmao

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titleknown · 6 years

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Subject LAUGHING DEATH is a pistol-sized firearm-morphic organic lifeform found in what is believed to be one of the areas where the [REDACTED] Wars intersect to our existence. Subject is believed to be part of a mass-produced range of guns, as its genetic composition bears teltale sequences similar to Subjects [REDACTED] which are also 96% likely to be linked to such a war

Subject is a firearm that consumes organic material and metallic tissues to produce strains of organic ordinance, to be fired and used for termination of living organisms.

NOTATION TO G.U.F.F. STAFF: Subject is to only be fed through proxy means such as mechanical arms. G.U.F.F. will not be held responsible for loss of digits or limbs.

At regular intervals, subject is to be fed only three-fourths nonsentient animal protein and one fourth metallic substances. Variations in diet must be approved by the G.U.F.F. for the purposes of testing. DO NOT LET IT CONSUME FLESH BELONGING TO SENTIENT OR ANOMALOUS ORGANISMS. TESTING ON SUCH IS SEVERELY RESTRICTED.

Subject is also to be regularly tested at least once a week on G.U.F.F.-approved anomalous firing range. Subject’s ballistics must be observed for variations in composition and effects due to diet. Human substitutes will be provided for these tests.

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Subject is notable for its wid variety of producable “ammunition”, its cartilaginous composition seeming to be able to stretch to [REDACTED] times its size to contain its ammunition. Tests are to be released, eventually.

Subject’s intelligence is minimal, though it is reported to produce a sound that members of the organization analogize to “laughter” when entities around it are injured or when it is fed.

SO YEAH, always gotta have a horrible organic gun in one’s anomalous crud collection! I’m proud of the design I made, tho less so of the actual concept.

Do I overdo the idea of weapons-with-lots-of-variation? Like, legit, I’m curious, because it is a fav trope but I do worry I overdo it.

And, as with all of my G.U.F.F. stuff, this entry is free to use as you see fit under a CC-BY-Vanilla license so long as I; Thomas F. Johnson, am credited as their creator!

And, if you wanna support me, maybe check out my Patreon, or even just send a Ko-Fi my way! Every penny is appreciated, and I am eternally grateful for those who donate!

#open setting #open weapon #open source character #sort of #open source characters #scp #g.u.f.f.#my art #creature design #organic weapon

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violetsforkino · 6 years

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‘riveriver’ vol. 17 ☾ march '18 ( translated by yutopia )

pentagon violet moment

delicately beautiful heart-broken love song to color the street into violet

the great ambition of self-produced idol

pentagon debuted with 'gorilla’ in japan in march last year recorded a good sales result with their 2nd japan original mini album 'violet’. started with 'violet’, a hit song handled by member kino for the first time, it also included 4 original japanese songs, and shone with the weekly no. 1 ranking in all tower record branches.

the perfect 10 members cherish team work and take care of staff. they will check out videos of overseas artists when they have time, and face music seriously every day. they understand themselves better than everyone else, and the strong ability of members to produce in their own directions is the biggest advantage of pentagon.

which song is your favorite one in the album 'violet’? kino: 'love’, since i feel like it is a song we sing for fans. yuto: me too. it’s a song that’s easy to remember. yanan: should be the title track 'violet’ (japanese version). it’s a song full of kino’s love. jinho: yeah, i think so! it’s also a song written by our adorable brother. wooseok: the melody is good enough to get you goosebumps. shinwon: it’s in a very painful and sad vibe. hui: i’ll choose 'up up up!’. it’s very delightful and i’ll feel better as i sing. e'dawn: me too! i like the song itself, not to mention the performance making it even more enjoyable! hongseok: i’ll choose 'wake up’. i like japanese anime very much. i think it will be very catchy as a theme song of anime.

please appeal to us any point in the title track 'violet’ to listen kino: same as the korean version, that yuto saying 'yuto-da’ before his rap. it sounds very sweet and i’m satisfied. i’ve never thought that this phrase will be so suitable in such a delicate song (laugh). yeoone: it should be the harmony between the sad lyrics and the beautiful melody anyway. i usually like this kind of song. e'dawn: my own part (laugh), because i rap wholeheartedly. yanan: i think so, probably. you can’t be unconfident to your own part. wooseok: no matter how many times kino sings, 'yeah violet yeah,’ at last, i still like this.

korean version is co-produced by kino, e'dawn, yuto, and wooseok jinho: the lyrics are very nice itself, especially kino who is used to reading a lot of books and i think he is emotional. we’ll be happy if you listen to the song while paying attention to the lyrics. kino: i always want to compose a song in the theme of my favorite color purple. but it’s a bit different to express love or emotion with purple… anyway, i wrote the lyrics with the thought of having more people feel empathy. hongseok: it expresses a painful feeling gently. i like this kind of view of the world. shinwon: 'your words are as pretty as a flower’ (korean lyrics). the lyric is a point as well. it sounds very dramatic.

how’s the choreography? hui: in the 2nd chorus, there’s a dance presenting the image of flower. please check out that part!

kino also took part in composition. after it’s finished, who’s the first one to listen? kino: shinwon hyung. he told me that 'it’s a very nice song,’ and i was very happy.

'violet is a kind of flower’ what is your favorite flower kino: digitalis (foxgloves). as i mentioned before, i like purple the best. therefore i think purple digitalis are very good. hui: mine is usnea. i think the color is very pretty. hongseok: mine is hibiscus syriacus (korean rose). it’s the national flower of korea hongseok: yes. flowers in pink are very beautiful. anyone who choose in the reasons other than color? yeoone: rose! since it’s the most passionate flower. e'dawn: camomile. it’s very cute. yuto: i like dandelion. wooseok: my favorite one is saffron. yanan: i prefer trees over flowers. jinho: i’m… not interested in flowers (laugh).

'beautiful’ one of track list is composed, written, and arranged by mr. jung ilhoon from btob in the same company. yanan: he is a senior who always supports us. i learned a lot in the opportunity to spend time with him. wooseok: it’s happy to have a further relationship with ilhoon hyung. hongseok: he also told us that 'let’s compose together if there’s a chance. jinho: he gave us direction nicely during the recording. what advice did he provide at the site? yeoone: he said 'if you sing confidently, it can be conveyed to the fans for sure.’ kino: during the recording, although there’s many difficulties, he praised us, 'you did well,’ and we became more eager to do better. e'dawn: when we are praised, we felt more natural and got more power. hongseok: he praised me, 'your voice is very good.’ hui: these praise gave us a lot of confidence, and he gave us many advices as well. yuto: such as, 'try your best to be aware of the strong and weak of the song. wooseok: 'try to imagine the image of each word one by one,’ he said. shinwon: he gave us detailed direction of the atmosphere of the song, and we could complete the recording safely.

each of you participated in the production including lyrics and melodies. when and how do you usually compose and write? kino: once there’s a melody or lyrics appearing in my mind, i will arrange the compositoin immediately. jinho: when a melody or idea appears, instead of working alone, i will discuss with others when i am writing. hui: i compose songs according to the mood of the day. wooseok: i also brainstorm lyrics in the mood of the day. e'dawn: i’m not the type of 'in the mood of the day.’ i always keep processing composition every day. yuto: when i am producing music, i always have myself bear in mind to explore my imagination broadly. hongseok: i’m not quite used to doing it myself, so i foten do it with kino. i will discuss concept and theme with kino in the process.

which artists or producers are you influenced by?hui: i’m influenced by mr. yoon jongshin greatly. kino: mura masa, a producer from the u.km and a singer-songwriter troy sivan. i feel like i share similar emotion with the two and i am also influenced at the production aspect. e'dawn: i want to produce music that gives others power like michael jackson does. wooseok: for me, it’s american hip-hop artist joey badass! shinwon: i’m much influenced by one direction member harry styles. i’m thinking about trying to compose with guitar like he does. yeoone: i’m not influenced by particular artist. i just listen to new age music a lot.

not only pentagon’s songs, hui also handled wanna one’s 'energetic’ and 'never’, showered in the spotlight in the name of 'composition idol’ in a leap. hui: i am sincerely grateful to the attention towards my music, i feel honored. i will work hard to present music in different genres hereafter.

2017 is a very compacted year. look back then, how do you feel> kino: since we did a lot of things, i think we really worked hard as pentagon. jinho: i feel like all the things i wanted to do were achieved, so it’s a proud year. shinwon: it’s a very good standing point towards 2018. wooseok: but i think we are still at the starting line. e'dawn: i think it’s a year that we have ot be thankful to those who support us.

if you praise yourself at this moment? yanan: we shouldn’t praise ourselves, because we’re still not good enough.

then, if you give yourself a yell, what would you say other than 'what a hard year! fighting for this year too!’? hui: i want to say 'don’t forget your initial resolution this year!’ e'dawn: 'don’t forget your thankful heart’

other than yourself, if you have to choose a member to give out some messages, to whom and what will you tell him? yuto: i want to tell yeoone hyung that 'what a hard work for drama shooting!e'dawn: i will tell yanan that, 'thank you for being the mascot of pentagon’ wooseok: i will say to yanan hyung as well, 'let’s work hard hereafter!’ kino: i will say to hui hyung. although 2017 is tremendously hard year, he put so much effort in for pentagon. 'don’t feel stressful from now, huiting!’ jinho: i want to say something to hui, too. 'for being a leader, and writing songs for us, i am always grateful!’ shinwon: i want to tell hui and e'dawn hyung who participated in triple h that, 'here you have run without any rest in 2017, it’s been really hard!’ hui: i want to tell all the members that, 'you’ve worked hard this whole year. from now on, let’s do our best as happily as we do at this moment!’ yeoone: i also want to say, 'what a hard year,’ to all of us. hongsoek: we have overcme a lot of difficulties in this year. yanan: i want to praise us, but we may have feel self-satisfied, so i chose not to praise! (laugh).

what’s your personal target this year? kino: i want to give out better songs. hui: i want to compose many songs. jinho: i want to compose good songs! yeoone: i still want the group to shine on the 1st place of music program. hongseok: i want to try on dramas, movies, and musicals, etc! yuto: to train up my ability in rap, lyrics, and composition. shinwon: i want to have myself grown more. e'dawn: i want to show a better me! wooseok: i want to work out harder and build up my body. yanan: i want to work hard in order to be able to have promotions in china.

finally we’ll have leader to tell us pentagon’s ambition this year hui: we hope to have more meeting with universe who loves pentagon, and to deliver our music to more people. to get more love, we will do our best hereafter!

after going through mnet 'pentagon maker’, they debuted in 2016. they are a 10-member group with multi-nationalities included korean, japanese, and chinese. they debuted in japan in march 2017. the members share a strong bond with each other, and their biggest charm is that all of them are able to compose and write. the japan 2nd original mini album 'violet’ released on 17 jan became a good start of 2018.

#pentagon #ot10 #interview #translation #riveriver

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“Drones are Sacred and Primal.” An Interview With Sarah Louise

This interview originally appeared at North Country Primitive on 16th May 2015

We recently caught up with Ashville-based guitarist Sarah Louise Henson, whose Scissor Tail Editions cassette, Field Guide, was released earlier this year and has been has been a frequent visitor to the North Country Primitive stereo. Field Guide is an album steeped in the physical landscape and musical heritage of North Carolina: deeply grounded in a tangible sense of place and with roots in the traditions of that state, yet at the same time, constantly playing with the parameters of whatever this might mean and delivered with an almost magical lightness of touch. If you haven’t already picked up a copy of the album, we would urge you to get over to the Scissor Tail Bandcamp page and snag one now…

How are you feeling about the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Field Guide?

To feel like I was true to myself and have people understand and be emotionally impacted by it means the world. It’s deeply satisfying and grounding. I am so grateful. I’m happy to say that I’m in the midst of one of the most musically productive periods of my life so far, and I owe at least part of that to the sense of community I have gained from the reception to Field Guide.

Can you tell us a bit about your musical journey? Did you always want to play solo acoustic guitar or have you arrived at it by way of various other twists and turns?

I grew up singing in choir and could be caught experimenting with my voice while working in my fairy garden as a kid. My first CDs were The Firebird by Stravinsky and The Music of the Mbutu Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest, so it’s safe to say I was born a musical novelty-seeker. I was also a bit of a trouble-maker and I instantly connected music with emotions. It’s good medicine. I took piano very briefly as a kid but quit because I thought Swans on the Lake was dull and wanted to play Satie instead. When I was in middle school, a woman gave me a guitar. For some reason, with guitar I was very naturally motivated – each little milestone I made was a pleasure and I was able to find ways to continually challenge myself. In high-school, I mostly worked up to learning my favorite pre-war blues songs and that’s also when my mom gave me my first John Fahey album (thanks mom!).

What’s the balance between composition and improvisation in your music?

Looking back on it, every track on Field Guide has an element of improvisation. The first piece I wrote for the album was the title track, and it came as a result of jamming with my partner on drums with my relatively new 12-string. Playing with him really loosened me up and helped give it more flow. So that was borne out of improvisation, but over a long period of time and the lyrical beginning part is improvised. I think it’s probably the best blend of improvised and more determined parts on the album. Late Summer Seed Collection and Dog Improv were just in-the-moment improvisations that I didn’t take seriously until I listened back. Parts of me are impulsive and raw, but I am also a methodical, detail-oriented person and reel myself in more than I maybe ought to. As I grow into myself, I am getting better at allowing the more expressive parts through. Accepting those raw improvisations was an important step in that direction for me. Pieces like Waterways were only partly composed when I recorded them, so improvisation fleshed them out. I also improvised the solo at the end of The Day is Past and Gone (Variations). So there’s improvisation functioning on different levels on the album. I’m about 2/3rds of my way through writing my new album and none of those are in-the-moment improvisations yet, but they have come together pretty quickly, which I think is a result of being more and more comfortable with my musical language and definitely a result of hours logged improvising. In general, my pieces are a mix of melody lines and chords I hear in my head that are reactions to my tunings or other chords I come across while playing. I definitely think of myself as one player in all of this – the others being my guitar and tunings.

What have been your main influences, musical or otherwise?

Connecting with nature is the biggest influence on my life and my music. I know most of the names and uses of plants around here and greet them like old friends. This time of year, my soundscape is filled with delights like birdsong, creeks, wind in leaves, singing frogs and insects. I listen to all kinds of music. For me, that’s key. I believe that whatever I listen to will make its way into my compositions eventually, so by listening to all kinds of music, I’ve been able to find my own sound. For that same reason, I tend to avoid listening to much contemporary solo guitar. My tunings are also an enormous influence. I have never written any instrumentals in a tuning that wasn’t of my own devising, and I’m really proud of that. It allows me to work entirely in my own world.

To these ears, there’s quite a leap between Wildwood Hours and Field Guide. Do these albums represent two ongoing aspects of your musical persona or do you see a more linear progression from one to the other?

I think there is a leap between the two, but it wasn’t necessarily linear. When I first moved back to North Carolina, I put a lot of pressure on myself to write music, which naturally produced the opposite effect. It didn’t take long for me to realise that simply living a good life here was more important to me than anything, so I actually hardly touched my guitar for a couple of years. During that time some of my constant companions were old hymns and ballads. I’ve spent over a decade now digging deep into American music and it really is endless. It’s so diverse and surprising. The a capella songs on Wildwood Hours are some of what I call my “gem” songs. I have maybe 20 or so that I’ve learned from various field and early studio recordings, that just knock me to my knees. I would love to find a meaningful way to record all of those one day as a way to share these magical, half-buried soul-treasures. I think that the instrumentals on Wildwood Hours are more perhaps rigid than those on Field Guide, largely due to the absence of improvisation, but I’m still fond of many of them. Composing for 6-string guitar is also quite different from 12-string. I have found so much inspiration in the different kinds of picking patterns that a 12-string suggests. There are more possibilities there, so I think my newer work has more variation in those patterns and even time signatures.

I know you’ve explained in other interviews that you made a conscious decision to leave the vocal tracks that were on the early version of Field Guide off the album when Scissor Tail released it, but in the longer term are we likely to hear more of your singing?

In some ways I’m really sad they weren’t included, but I do think in the end it was important to fit within the Scissor Tail aesthetic. I would love to find a home for those vocal outtakes someday, because they encapsulate a lot of ideas I was working on at the time. Because I am so inspired by the landscape around me, it naturally takes the form of words some of the time. I love making connections and fitting things together, so I like the idea of combining those worlds more someday, which in some ways would be picking up the thread where Barely Night and Starfields from Wildwood Hours left off. I have written a few songs with vocals recently that I perform, depending on the bill, but because I don’t have a conception of what a full-length with vocals would look like yet, I’m sitting on them. I feel like I want to take my time with everything I put out to make sure it’s as fully realised as it can be. Because I’m feeling so alive to guitar now, I am also very conscious of not spreading myself too thin. I don’t want to put something out just for the sake of having more releases. There is a special magic in instrumental music that I am nowhere close to done with, and I want to honour that completely in myself. However, I think one reason why I’ve been able to make music that excites me is because I have kept an open mind. Anything could happen!

Are there any plans to release a vinyl or CD version of Field Guide? Or a second edition of the cassette?

Dylan and I discussed the possibility of another run, but ultimately we decided it was important to keep it limited edition since that is how it was marketed. I would love to see a vinyl version one day! I recently made some CD-Rs for upcoming shows that I think are quite lovely. I handmade each one, so I’m hoping that some of the folks who missed out on the tape will enjoy getting one of those.

It’s hard to imagine Field Guide being made by a player living in a big city – it’s a very rural album - pastoral yet earthy. Do you have a sense that your home environment in North Carolina seeps into your composition and playing? (I have a mental picture of you playing on the porch of a ramshackle house at the end of an unmade road way up in the hills – don’t tell me you have a modern downtown apartment!)

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it! I live up a gravel road in a house that is humble, but not dilapidated, with a wrap-around porch that is surrounded by acres and acres of forest. As soon as I got back from my string of shows in NYC, our water pressure was shot. We headed up to the spring box to see what was wrong and a Blue Ridge spring salamander had wedged its tail into the pipe. It hit me then just how different my life is from most people. But it’s the only life for me. The pace of rural life suits me and my bond with nature is the foundation of my outlook on life. It is so powerful for me. Since incorporating the gestalt of landscape into my music isn’t a conscious choice, it seems like magic that my surroundings seep in. It’s less an act of translation than the result of a familiarity of spirits, I think. It feels so good to be able to share my love of nature with people through what I make. If I can take people there, I feel like I’m creating something worthwhile. I’m also hugely indebted to two of my neighbours who adopted me right away when I moved to the road. They always seem to have something exciting up their sleeves to share with me, like taking me wild turkey hunting before the sun if fully up, carefully harvesting ginseng - or “sang” as it’s known around here - and up ridges to abandoned mica mines and an old Native American hunting camp. They taught me how to plant by the signs and how to make “leather britches,” a dish made from dried beans, hull and all. We even salt-cured half of a hog and repaired a moonshine cask. A few of these traditions are pretty much died out around here so it was a real gift that they wanted to share them with me. Their friendship continues to enrich my life and provided me with meaningful company when I had just done this crazy thing of moving up a gravel road by myself.

North Carolina has always been home to a wealth of American folk music, both religious and secular. Do you feel any connection to those traditions? Did you hear much traditional music growing up? I imagine I can hear echoes of it in your music, but is that something you consciously incorporate, or has it just sort of seeped in through the ether?

Two of my favorite banjo players – Dink Roberts and John Snipes – are from North Carolina. The Day is Past and Gone (Variations) and Home Over Yonder off of Field Guide were the results of consciously trying to incorporate old hymns into my guitar music, one as sung by Jean Ritchie and the other by Frankie Duff. I even developed the tunings those are in with those particular hymns in mind. I was - and still am - particularly preoccupied with the frequent presence of drone in Appalachian music, which is a characteristic found in nature-based music around the world. I think drones are sacred and primal and those modal melodies resonate very deeply in me. I think there is a romantic idea that there is still this kind of music being played here, but that is sadly not the case. There is a somewhat strong bluegrass scene still and I know of several older men who flat-pick, but it’s mostly younger transplants who play older styles. I think some of those younger players are starting to dig even deeper. It used to be way more common to encounter mostly clawhammer - the style I play - or Scruggs-style banjo, but now it’s not uncommon to hear more obscure and idiosyncratic two-finger styles. That’s exciting to me. And of course the landscape is still here, so I feel connected with older styles that developed alongside the same nature I live in.

I’ve no idea whether this is something you give much thought to, but it seems to me that in the American Primitive/guitar soli scene, the vast majority of players are men. Are you particularly conscious of being one of very few women players out there? Do you have any perspectives on this?

To be honest, I feel nervous to answer this question, because I don’t want to distract from the music. I think it’s true that there are many fields in which women deserve equal footing and empowerment that they’re not necessarily getting. More importantly, there are many wonderful female guitar players out there working in different idioms. Some of my favorites are Mary Halvorson, Ava Mendoza, and pedal steel experimenter Susan Alcorn. I imagine most of your readers are already familiar with tone-master Marisa Anderson. Check them out!

Do you see yourself primarily as a solo performer, or can you see yourself collaborating with other musicians or working as part of a group in future? You have some excellent musicians working out of your area – Shane Parish, Wes Tirey and Tashi Dorji spring to mind. Are you all quite supportive of each other’s music?

I have been floored by the amount of support in the Asheville music community. I feel very lucky being able to say that some of the most innovative guitarists - and nicest! - are from Asheville. Shane, Wes and I had a joint tape-release party a few months back at Harvest Records, and it seemed like the whole community showed up to support us. Collaborating is definitely in my scope. It’s hard to say what might lead to recording, but it’s fun and a great way to get new perspectives. Speaking of collaborations, Wes has been performing with a band lately. Haven’t gotten a chance to hear it yet, but I think that will be a really exciting transition for him.

What are you listening to at the moment? Any recommendations, old or new?

Oh gosh, so much! I have to start with Appa by Tashi Dorji, since I just got it this week. It seems to embody entire universes, while still managing to suggest little scenes filled with elegant detail. It is simultaneously beautiful and heart-wrenching, seemingly full of memories while remaining fiercely in the present. Buy this record! Luciano Cilio is a super underrated guitar player and composer who never saw recognition in his short lifetime - his music sounds like 20th century classical composition, but he was self-taught. John Schneider plays Lou Harrison and Harry Partch works on guitar - Harry Partch’s own modified guitar, as well as a microtonal resonator guitar – swoon! Also David Lang, Henry Flynt, Don Cherry, Meredith Monk, Alhaji Bai Konte, Alice Coltrane, Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan, Dogon A.D. by Julius Hemphill, Eastern European vocal music, Sei Note in Logica by Roberto Cacciapaglia, Ballad of the Lights by Arthur Russell and Allen Ginsberg, Indonesian Guitar, a compilation from Folkways, Boneset by Diane Cluck, Piedmont Apocrypha by Horseback, Clear Moon by Mount Eerie and Sail to Sail by Fred Frith. I loved Son of the Black Peace by Dean McPhee – his follow-up album is coming out really soon. My friend Isaac performs as Moses Nesh, and I think his album The Lovely Ohio would have a lot of mass appeal if it could get out there. He’s also a 78s collector and an expert on pre-war blues. People drawn to this site would most definitely dig it! My friend Emmalee Hunnicutt makes mystical, soulful cello music that the world needs. She also collaborates with Shane Parish and bassist Frank Meadows – they’re calling themselves Library of Babble and they recently recorded material for an LP on Blue Tapes that I know will be amazing!

What are you planning on doing next? Is there another album in the making?

I’ve agreed to do an LP for an American label that I’m really excited about. I think that’s all I can say for now!

Is there anything I should have asked but didn’t?

Don’t think so. Thanks for the great questions!

Thank you for your time, Sarah.

Thanks, I’m happy to share!

https://sarahlouise.bandcamp.com/

#sarah louise #fingerstyle #american primitive #folksong

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shopwood101 · 6 years

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Self Initiated Evaluation

The final part of my project response was based upon the individuals involved in the local Hardcore music community (OCHC), specifically focusing on those of whom have careers affiliated with the community. I proposed to work in a documentary-esque style of environmental portraiture and hoped to create a zine of which was to be accompanied by a range of larger prints.

I chose to work in accordance to this concept as I felt the persons involved in the side of the scene often go unrecognised for their work and tend to be left far from the spotlight of the majority’s attention. As a photographer who has worked in this music community for a number of years I believe the desire to complete this project stemmed from my own experiences and perception of the hierarchical positions within this subculture.

For contextual purposes I researched into the background history, identities and characters present in this music scene in order to gain a greater understanding of the subject in which I was working with and to begin to understand the group I was working with on a intimate level. The historical research I carried out allowed me to gain an insight into the rich timeline of the subculture, how it has developed since its birth and what the community and music stand for. Looking into the overall identity evident in the national and local scenes enabled me to comprehend the atmosphere and social stance of those involved in the community. These factors coincided to give me an idea of greater depths in regards of the culture I was to be working with.

In regards of my concept, I feel that I didn’t progress and develop it as much as I potentially could have throughout this project due to being so set on my starting concept and reluctant to alter it as the unit progressed. On multiple occasions I felt that the path I’d chosen to follow wasn’t the best for my final major as I became bored and regretful of my choices towards the ends of the project, despite this I am happy that I was consistent within my final major as I am proud of the project and imagery I have produced. It is a possibility that this hesitation was caused through a lack of motivation and drive as the course was coming to an end however, as stated above, I am content with my work.

Moving onto the research aspect of my body of work of which I gained inspirations for a range of areas of my work and allowed my to progress artistically and conceptually. I looked into a number of artists as well as technical factors and lighting scenarios. I believe that I benefited from all of my research as evident in my progression from first to last shoot as throughout my photographic journey I took points of inspiration of other photographs and interpreted the technicalities and styles in my own way. The factors I felt I took a great amount of influence on and I progressed in was my tonal awareness choice, use of hues, compositions and locations - I used a these factors to give my imagery more of a sense of the subjects personality and position within the local scene. As well as this I looked into and practised a process I am not greatly familiar with which is film photography and the processes that go hand in hand with it. My experience gained through this experimentation has encouraged me to do further analogue work in future ventures. Another point of inspiration for this project was my surrounds, the people who are within my friendship group and those that have experienced similar involvement to myself. If I could improve upon my research I would definitely carry out more artist research as I feel that is the area of which enhance my work the most through influence.

Throughout my project I have encountered a range of issues however I have taken them all in my stride and have overcome them. I faced issues regarding subjects bailing on shoots moments after agreeing to them and a number of photographic hurdles such as learning to enhance natural light, exposing for highlights and shooting directly into a light source. Subjects pulling out of shoots came as a massive inconvenience to me as it combatted my initial plan of producing a zine with a minimum of 20 images - I feel that I had very high expectations for myself to carry out this many shoots however I still did not accomplish as many shoots as I had hoped to. The technical bridges I crossed where conquered through a process of trial and error as evident in my contact sheets, this isn’t the most time efficient way of achieving goals however I feel that it works well for me as it allows me to see what I need to improve upon in order to reach my desired visual.

Regarding planning and production I feel that I have been quite efficient however things could have been done better. Throughout the project I have been keeping checklists of what needs to be done, I have been trying to complete work soon after starting it, fitting in extra work where I can and tracking my progress against the time plan and action plans. I don’t believe that I was massively organised throughout this project however everything has been completed either within the unit’s set deadline or my personal ones and to a standard I am proud of. I met all deadline as I’d hoped to with no issues despite occasionally making final adjustments to pieces such as correcting grammatical errors.

During this projects I experimented with and developed a range of new skills such as working with analogue camera equipment, processing film, shooting in a range of lighting circumstances, developing my portraiture and pushing progression within my tonal awareness, professionality and use of formal elements. I feel that in this sense my practical skills have been enhanced through the practise.

There has been a variety of positives and negatives of my choice to work in a sketchbook for this unit, as there would’ve been had I chosen to present my work through the use of a blog. I enjoyed the hands on experience of physically presenting my work, the sense of accomplishment I have felt when something is visually appealing and completely finished in front of me and the overall experience of working in a sketchbook. The downsides I have faced are the costs of the sketchbook, printing and additional necessary items however I covered these costs in my initial budget plan to ensure I had no financial surprises. Also I found sketchbooking to be more time consuming but I feel it was worth it for the finished product.

I carried out multiple evaluations and reflections throughout the duration of this body of work and all of which I believe are completed to a high standard and cover all of this areas relevant to the focus of the written piece. I consistently completed these evaluations and reflections following secondary and primary research, renders, experiments, directly after a shoot, after I have selected an image to edit, any final imagery and within my weekly reflections. These reviews allowed me to visuals and comprehend any improvements and create a plan of how I am going to achieve my new desired outcomes.

Moving onto my presentation I feel that I have covered this to an impressive standard in all areas. My sketchbook is well presented, flows in chronological order and coincides with my timeline and weekly reflections, I feel that these factors work together to give my work a sense of professionalism and continuity. If I were to improve my work blog I believe that I may have been more creative with my presentation and introduced more colour to the workbook. The powerpoint presentation of my proposal a few weeks into the project went moderately fine. I covered and included and appropriate information, met the required presentation time duration, used the powerpoint application to my benefit and remained professional throughout despite presenting to peers. As mentioned within my initial reflection of the presentation I feel that I could’ve been more confident and refrained from using filler words such as ‘like’ and ��yeah’ and pausing throughout.

In regards to my final image and overall exhibition presentation I am proud of what I have created. My printed image, frame of choice, business cards and well produced artist statement combine to give a professional standard that I believe is consistent throughout the classes exhibition. I feel that audience may not be aware of the concept behind my work upon first review but will gain this information through the assistance of my given statement, I have no issues with this as I am overly pleased with my imagery and choice of text to be presented alongside it. If I were to improve upon my exhibition installment I would chose to print in a larger size in order to engage the audience in my piece. I was unable to do this due to financial issues at the time of printing but I am content with the size I have presented as it is what I initially had planned for.

For the duration of this body of work I have been evidencing use of my practical skills to a very high standard. All of my written work has been formatted into appropriate paragraphs and have followed the Point - Evidence - Explain - Expand pathway. My use of Maths and more specifically my use of data manipulation allowed my to process the information gained from my primary research into easily readable pie charts which enabled me to present my findings efficiently.

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“Drones are Sacred and Primal.” An Interview With Sarah Louise

This interview originally appeared at North Country Primitive on 16th May 2015

We recently caught up with Ashville-based guitarist Sarah Louise Henson, whose Scissor Tail Editions cassette, Field Guide, was released earlier this year and has been has been a frequent visitor to the North Country Primitive stereo. Field Guide is an album steeped in the physical landscape and musical heritage of North Carolina: deeply grounded in a tangible sense of place and with roots in the traditions of that state, yet at the same time, constantly playing with the parameters of whatever this might mean and delivered with an almost magical lightness of touch. If you haven't already picked up a copy of the album, we would urge you to get over to the Scissor Tail Bandcamp page and snag one now...

How are you feeling about the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Field Guide?

Can you tell us a bit about your musical journey? Did you always want to play solo acoustic guitar or have you arrived at it by way of various other twists and turns?

What’s the balance between composition and improvisation in your music?

What have been your main influences, musical or otherwise?

Are there any plans to release a vinyl or CD version of Field Guide? Or a second edition of the cassette?

What are you listening to at the moment? Any recommendations, old or new?

What are you planning on doing next? Is there another album in the making?

I’ve agreed to do an LP for an American label that I’m really excited about. I think that’s all I can say for now!

Is there anything I should have asked but didn’t?

Don’t think so. Thanks for the great questions!

Thank you for your time, Sarah.

Thanks, I’m happy to share!

#sarah louise #field guide #american primitive #Fingerstyle #north country primitive

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