“To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
randomness
This is just something fun and silly. Get your Ranalli shirts here. Show you love!
I especially like the Irish Pub one. Ranalli is anything but Irish. 🙂
Just came across this old thingamabob: The New Absurdist Web Death 2007. Old stories by myself, Kevin Donihe, Bradley Sands and a bunch of other cool-ass writers. Lots of blast-from-the-past fun in there. Perfect if you’re in the mood for a little bite of weird. Weird is tasty, after all. 🙂
I came across this old story I wrote called Glow in the Dark on the web a few minutes ago and thought I’d link it up here so you guys can get a laugh or two. Maybe some of you will even dig it. It’s not horror and it’s not bizarro. It’s a lesbian love story. So, if that kind of thing offends you, you probably shouldn’t read it. (Actually, you probably shouldn’t be reading my stuff at all, if you’re that easily offended.)
So, like I said, it’s old and not particularly polished, but if you’re at all interested in my growth as a writer, you might want to check it out. Feel free to let me know what you think.
Thanks and enjoy!
I recently found a disc with images of old paintings I’ve done. Some of them I still have somewhere. It’s funny how the fact that I literally cannot draw a straight line has never stopped me from trying. As always, I was just trying to concentrate on color.
For lack of any other news to write about, I’ll try and post one a day for a while and see how it goes.
I was kinda doodling with acrylics when I did this first one. It’s on a canvas panel and I still have it somewhere. It’s called E-8, but I don’t remember why that was significant at the time. I like the moon and the animal is okay. It’s probably close to ten years old.
Don’t worry. No plans to quit the day job. (Though some days I wouldn’t mind.)
“If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.” – Henry Rollins
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
~ Denis Waitley
Same style. Same week, probably. Kinda wish I still had these. Bottom is a detail shot.
By me and MANY others can be found at one of my all time favorite journals, Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens.
Get your read on here:
http://www.absurdistjournal.com/downloads.htm
And if you like what you read, please drop the authors a note or something to let them know. Hearing from readers can make a writer’s day, believe me!
Enjoy!
Had they paints or clay or knew the discipline of dance, or strings; had they anything to engage their tremendous curiosity and their gift for metaphor, they might have exchanged the restlessness and preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided them with all they yearned for. And like any artist with no art form, they became dangerous. – Toni Morrison
GINA RANALLI 