Most of the time, I don't quite mind being a total shit talker. I find my shit talking kind of endearing, honestly, and I dare say others do too. (Zis is true, yes... You simply cannot resist zee charm of my sweet sweet sheet-laden words, mwahaha....)
But there are times when I get totally fed up with myself, feel shamed by my own impotence to action, feel the need to rise from the slovenly pile of utter laziness and, well, fucking DO SOMETHING.
... And then I notice my shoelace is undone or something and the thought passes and I go on with my life.
Sigh.
I'm sitting here, beating my head to the floor, because I remember a great idea that I had, oh, a year ago, that I haven't acted on. Thanks to the fine, edumacated folks at The Phrontistery, I hold in my possession a giant list of manias, and a headful of ideas on how to visually or aurally reproduce them.
The idea was to spread the list far and wide, and get different painters, writers, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, mimers, interpretive dancers, balloon animal..ists, and competitive Scrabble champions to freely interpret a mania of their choosing in a work of art.
Here are a few choice examples:
phytomania obsession with collecting plants
hagiomania mania for sainthood
micromania pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small
thanatomania belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness
Now, you can see how this has the potential to be really funny, poetic, serious, interesting, and above all, just fun. But alas, I am but a lazy sap... and unfortunately, the 5 other people I sent the list to were also lazy saps, and so the Mania! Mania! Mania! Project just fizzled out. Well, actually, of the aforementioned saps, there were only 4 saps. I have one friend that laughs down laziness with a lumberjack's roar, and upon emailing him my idea, I got an mp3 of a fully finished original Mania! song in 3 days. Godd Bless you, Simon!
So this is a humble bow n kowtow to the unlazy among us. It aims to inspire.
Now, go forth and do stuff! ANYTHING! (but if it happens to be mania-related, do get in touch)
zoomania - insane fondness for animals
entirecities.ca
But there are times when I get totally fed up with myself, feel shamed by my own impotence to action, feel the need to rise from the slovenly pile of utter laziness and, well, fucking DO SOMETHING.
... And then I notice my shoelace is undone or something and the thought passes and I go on with my life.
Sigh.
I'm sitting here, beating my head to the floor, because I remember a great idea that I had, oh, a year ago, that I haven't acted on. Thanks to the fine, edumacated folks at The Phrontistery, I hold in my possession a giant list of manias, and a headful of ideas on how to visually or aurally reproduce them.
The idea was to spread the list far and wide, and get different painters, writers, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, mimers, interpretive dancers, balloon animal..ists, and competitive Scrabble champions to freely interpret a mania of their choosing in a work of art.
Here are a few choice examples:
phytomania obsession with collecting plants
hagiomania mania for sainthood
micromania pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small
thanatomania belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness
Now, you can see how this has the potential to be really funny, poetic, serious, interesting, and above all, just fun. But alas, I am but a lazy sap... and unfortunately, the 5 other people I sent the list to were also lazy saps, and so the Mania! Mania! Mania! Project just fizzled out. Well, actually, of the aforementioned saps, there were only 4 saps. I have one friend that laughs down laziness with a lumberjack's roar, and upon emailing him my idea, I got an mp3 of a fully finished original Mania! song in 3 days. Godd Bless you, Simon!
So this is a humble bow n kowtow to the unlazy among us. It aims to inspire.
Now, go forth and do stuff! ANYTHING! (but if it happens to be mania-related, do get in touch)
zoomania - insane fondness for animals
entirecities.ca
