Why write? Is writing making?

What is telling? What is showing?

What are clichés in writing, and how do I subvert them?

Are artists' writings taken seriously?

How do I know when to stop writing?

How do I start writing?


Making the Written Word will investigate and encourage the use of writing as a relevant outlet of expression at all stages of artists’ and designers’ studio practice. Each of the four sessions will aim to answer specific questions through readings, writing exercises, and discussion. This blog is a forum for the discussion generated and a place to leave references for each other.




Thursday, February 3, 2011

Cheap Thrills

Easy as pie it is to photograph pie.
Easy as pie it is to indulge in photographs of pie.
Photos of donuts, and pastries, and tarts.
Photos of creams, and treats, and other sweets.
Oh, it is just so easy to see!
(how easy it really is beyond me)
Oh, how easy it is to feast my eyes.
My eyes easily feast on these visual decadences.
My eyes crave these 'cheap thrills,'
as photographer Jo Ann Callis chooses to call them.
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  1. InnaFebruary 4, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    It's really cool to think about the connection between using cliches and the way Jo Ann Callis has photographed desserts in her Cheap Thrills series. I didn't know her work before, but she purposely exaggerates the pleasure and glamour of food photography until it is hilariously ridiculous, like the students who write the "bad poetry" blog.

    Also, your poem also made me want to try to take a pleasingly bad-quality photograph of pie!

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