It feels as though I'm in a lair at the moment. I sit upon my bed surrounded by various university readings, assignment drafts, and notes, a small dome of light illuminating my working area.
My brain is full of postmodern theory and theorists, elements of storytelling in non-fiction, editing principles, key arguments ... and then I put on my The Holiday soundtrack. And the light gets bigger, my room begins to feel warmer (it's Winter here), I'm multi-tasking with three assignments, and my toes start moving to the jazzy sounds of Hans Zimmer's musical creations ....
Been trawling through Southern Gothic Productions' various blog and vlog archives over the past few months. Huge fan of the SoGoPro book club. Then realised didn't know what made southern gothic fiction, well, southern gothic. Then felt silly after researching it and noticing I'd seen/read a fair amount of southern gothic films/novels:
My brain is full of postmodern theory and theorists, elements of storytelling in non-fiction, editing principles, key arguments ... and then I put on my The Holiday soundtrack. And the light gets bigger, my room begins to feel warmer (it's Winter here), I'm multi-tasking with three assignments, and my toes start moving to the jazzy sounds of Hans Zimmer's musical creations ....
Been trawling through Southern Gothic Productions' various blog and vlog archives over the past few months. Huge fan of the SoGoPro book club. Then realised didn't know what made southern gothic fiction, well, southern gothic. Then felt silly after researching it and noticing I'd seen/read a fair amount of southern gothic films/novels:
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film version)
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (the novel)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994 film version)
- The Green Mile (1999 film version)
- Big Fish (2003 film version, Note: love Tim Burton)
- The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (which led to reading The Secret History - a book of epic awesomeness)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967 film version, "What we have here is a failure to communicate." Ha, sounds like my assignments and me.)
... to name but a few. I do need to credit Nick Gray for the current book I'm reading. (I would've read it eventually - knowing me it would've been years and years - as I'm currently reading through this list but now, thanks to Mr. Gray, I'm reading it sooner.) Come to think of it, I need to thank the whole SGP gang for my sudden foray into the realm of the southern gothic because I. AM. LOVING. IT.
The only way I am awake now, at 2am, is because of four serves of coffee all in one mug. Oh, assignments, how I wish you would write yourselves.
Kiara.
Reading: Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Listening to: The Holiday soundtrack
The only way I am awake now, at 2am, is because of four serves of coffee all in one mug. Oh, assignments, how I wish you would write yourselves.
Kiara.
Reading: Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Listening to: The Holiday soundtrack
can I just say this is one of the coolest things I have read for a long while!
ReplyDeleteSure you can, Mol. Thanks! (Waiting for you to update your blog, missy. Hint hint.)
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