That's an excellent inspirational idea. I have lots of junk--I mean inspirational objects--I could write about. Like, say, an adding machine that was smuggled into a WWII defense plant by a German saboteur, while will explode when the counter reaches the number...
I guess in a way doing this would make an object almost like a prop from a movie or a play.
Thinking of this, though -- fictional documentation behind objects -- from an archival perspective, it seems, well, naughty, but exciting naughty, like the thrill of tagging a bridge over a busy highway . . . http://www.flickr.com/photos/shimmeegrrl/11834714/
It's long been my belief, though, that fiction is much more influential to people's opinions and decisions than fact. And this just shows how blurred the line can get between fiction and truth.
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Wow, is that a good idea or what? So then, all of us has an assignment: choose a typewriter (or other retro object) and write a story around it.
Go.
That's an excellent inspirational idea. I have lots of junk--I mean inspirational objects--I could write about. Like, say, an adding machine that was smuggled into a WWII defense plant by a German saboteur, while will explode when the counter reaches the number...
Why do you do things like this to me? Why do you hate my free time? Wasn't the typepad knitting enough?
Hmmm...I like this assignment, beats my latest desire to type on corporate sticky notes and odd scraps of paper!
"Other retro object..."? This I can probably do.
Props for the use of the word "provenance"!
I guess in a way doing this would make an object almost like a prop from a movie or a play.
Thinking of this, though -- fictional documentation behind objects -- from an archival perspective, it seems, well, naughty, but exciting naughty, like the thrill of tagging a bridge over a busy highway . . .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shimmeegrrl/11834714/
It's long been my belief, though, that fiction is much more influential to people's opinions and decisions than fact. And this just shows how blurred the line can get between fiction and truth.
That's funny, Stanford. Shimmeegrrl was one of my earliest Flickr contacts. Small world.
Word ver: sauga: a tasty encased meat product made from the same animals from which we get Naugahyde.
I LOVE THIS ASSIGNMENT.
I'm looking at a whole weekend to myself. Stand back, I say.
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