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RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin #amreading #amwriting #RNLN

Procedural Tips This week I tried a whole new way of reading. I used the free application Spreeder for my first read of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Spreeder is an online speed reading application that flashes text at a central focal point. Its default is one word at a time at 300 words per minute (wpm), but the settings can be changed to increase the number of words and the speed. I copied…

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Abstraction, Expression, and Sonification

Abstraction, Expression, and Sonification #photography #abstractart #music

Conflict by Maria L. Berg 2023 I looked at expression as an abstract noun back at the beginning of my study in April of 2022, and created a facial expression out of wire for my images. But today, I’m exploring “a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc., without words” and communication of emotion through art. In Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson, he says, “Once you have…

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Abstract as a Verb

Abstract as a Verb #photography #abstractart

Abstracting by Maria L. Berg 2023 This last week my images were inspired by some things I read in Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson. He says, “The expressive quality of a photograph depends on the photographer’s ability to abstract, that is, to separate the parts from the whole. Abstracting is recognizing both the basic from of something and the elements that make up that…

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Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng #amreading #amwriting #books

Little Fires by Maria L. Berg 2023 Now that I’ve explored my process of Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) for a while, I thought I would combine my RNLN focus post with my Contradictory Abstractions post on Tuesday, but then we had surprise snow and the sun came out, so I took a snow day. Then yesterday was the Heron Tree submission deadline and now it’s mid-day Thursday, so you’re getting…

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Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey #amreading #amwriting #novels

Credibility Flaws by Maria L. Berg 2023 Procedural Tips Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey is the first novel in this series that I read on my tablet. Using the Kindle functions were more difficult, even frustrating, on my tablet. When I attempted to highlight with my finger, the whole page moved. I had to place my finger, wait and then when the marker showed, try to select the words I wanted…

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Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert #amreading #amwriting #books #RNLN #novels

The Synthesis of Pretty and a Mania for Prawns by Maria L. Berg 2023 Procedural Tips Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was available as a free e-book on Project Gutenberg, so it is the first book in this series that I read on Kindle on my laptop. After years of reading on kindle, I finally looked at all of its great note-taking features and went through them on Monday’s focus post. While…

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