Podcasts about Exquisite corpse

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer's imagination – at once profound, surprising, funny, and extraordinary. Anna usesthe surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas by mixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results are imagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Listen to brand new short stories and scenes as Anna drafts them (she uses the “pause” button to compose them) and learn from tips, techniques and tools she shares along theway: practical ideas that you can use to write suspenseful fiction, especially fantasy.It's the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com.Hello imaginative people. I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 82 of Brainstoryum.In the last show there were so many useful, incredibly practical pieces of advice offered by fellow writers who have more experience than I do in writing fight scenes: from testing out moves physically, considering the feasible skill levels of your characters (or their lack of skill) before diving in, using shorter sentences to create a sense of speed and pace, to ensuring that you hone in on the emotional and psychological experience of your protagonist as the fight unfolds. It's a lot to think about, I find; a lot to take in. I'm wary of trying to take in too much at once, because these things take time and practice to really absorb, and it's quite easy, I think, to intimidate ourselves out of a writing exercise by thinking too much about technique.Now, I want to continue with this deep-dive and learn more about how to write fight scenes, although I think it's important to keep the balance between spending time thinking critically – consciously and conscientiously – about these things, and following the white rabbit of inspiration. Because there comes a moment when you pick up the pen, or touch your fingers to the keyboard, and to capture the wonder that we experience in reading great stories, as writers, certainly in the first draft, I think it's worth giving in to the subconscious mind, and letting yourself be led down a pathway whose twists and turns you can't yet see. So let's turn our attention for a little while to technique, then it will be time to begin an unplanned, spontaneous adventure into the imagination, which I think is vital nourishment to our creativity.

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer's imagination – at once profound, surprising, funny, and extraordinary. Anna usesthe surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas by mixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results are imagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Today's episode showcases experienced authors' hot tips and hot takes on how to write fight scenes, followed by 3 new story brainstorms, and a brand new short story - which, naturally, includes a fight scene!Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material notpublished anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com. 

In the spring of 1999, songwriter/recording artist Arlan Feiles received a call from Stephen Trask. Trask shared that he was the composer of a show running at the Jane St. Theater in NYC called Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and he was looking for a multi instrumentalist/vocalist for the show's first touring run in Boston. As soon as Arlan heard Trask's magnificent songs, he was on board. 25 years later, Arlan will be reprising his role as Skshp for a 3 week run at the Bell Works Theater in NJ with musician/performer Remember Jones as Hedwig, AND he joins us to unpack the show's pure rock and roll heart that is the Original Cast Recording. Songs discussed in this episode: Intro/Tear Me Down - Hedwig and the Angry Inch/Pace Theatrical Group at The 57 Theater, Boston 1999; It's So Easy - Arlan Feiles; Haha, Bitch! - Remember Jones; Tear Me Down - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie; The Origin Of Love, Random Number Generation, Sugar Daddy, Angry Inch - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Wig in a Box - Polyphonic Spree; Wig in a Box - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Heaven Can Wait - Meat Loaf; Wicked Little Town - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Crazy Mixed-Up World - Natural Causes; A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles; The Long Grift, Hedwig's Lament, Exquisite Corpse, Wicked Little Town (Reprise), Midnight Radio - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie; Oh, St Louis - Arlan Feiles

HEY! We've got a lot to cover this week. The Big 2 treated us with a duo of trailers. DC's mega long Superman trailer, and Marvels teaser/trailer for the Riri Williams Iron Heart show. They are both good, but we'll tell you WHY they're good to US!!! In comics we'll discuss the new Exquisite Corpse project that got kick started by James Tynion, the blind bag phenomenon that is Battle Beast (an Invincible spin-off series), a new direction for Supergirl where Sophie Campbell does double duty writing and illustrating Kara back in Midvale, and a brief nod of the hat to Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens. 

Joinaward-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer'simagination – at once profound, surprising, funny, and extraordinary. Anna usesthe surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas bymixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results areimagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Listen to brandnew short stories and scenes as Anna drafts them (she uses the “pause” buttonto compose them) and learn from tips, techniques and tools she shares along theway: practical ideas that you can use to write suspenseful fiction, especiallyfantasy.It's theultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (orcreative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe forfree to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin yourjourney into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material notpublished anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com.INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 80 of Brainstoryum.As I mentioned last time, today I'm going to talk a bit about a series I absolutely love that has monstrous themes at its heart: Ransom Riggs' Peculiar Children series, which begins with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. They made that one into a movie; didn't like it, haven't watched it since, but my goodness, I don't know how many times I have read the book – or the whole series, because I just love it. As an author, I have to ask, why? What is it that I love so much? And can I pin-point these story elements, themes or types of things going on, to transform them into something that's uniquely my own, in my writing? This is a great exercise for any writer for honing in on the real stuff that excites you. The better you know yourself as a reader, and why you enjoy what you enjoy, the more you can tap into the same kind of magic in your writing. And that sort of excitement is infectious: if you're excited about what you're writing, this will come across in the style – let alone your fundamental choices about what you write about.Now, while the Peculiar Children series is mainly built around monsters, the threat of these monsters who have tentacles coming out of their mouths and basically eat your soul (pretty way out there stuff), Riggs casts the philosophical net a bit wider. The peculiar children who have various oddities and strange powers are effectively outcasts from ordinary life, and are wrongly considered a threat to others. They have to live apart from the real world, in time loops. So there's this lingering question of “What is a monster? Are some people labelled monsters unfairly?” And the protagonist, whose life is painfully banal, or so he feels, gets to experience this incredible acceptance and belonging in the peculiar group when he finally meets them, who become less peculiar to him once there's acceptance and understanding on both sides. A thought-provoking element of the story; I appreciate a bit of chin-stroking, when it's cleverly incorporated into the story itself and the protagonist's emotional experience.But grey areas aside, the real, undeniable monsters inthe story...

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer's imagination – at once profound, surprising, funny, and extraordinary. Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas by mixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results are imagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Listen to brand new short stories and scenes as Anna drafts them (she uses the “pause” button to compose them) and learn from tips, techniques and tools she shares along the way: practical ideas that you can use to write suspenseful fiction, especially fantasy.It's the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com.INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 79 of Brainstoryum. I hope you've had an excellent Easter by the time you listen to this: I recorded this just before Easter, which, let's face it, is a difficult time for chocoholics. Every time I've been into our local supermarket in the last two months just to buy ordinary groceries, I have been faced with walls of tantalising boxes containing that unspeakably amazing stuff wrapped in glistening purple foil. I usually take my husband with me, not just to do the heavy carrying, but to help me through this… difficult time!And when the egg I really wanted was selling out, so I couldn't leave buying it to the absolute last minute – I really like chocolate buttons – I bought it the weekend before Easter, asked Duncan to hide it… but he wasn't quick enough, so I caved and I ate the buttons that came with the egg. It was only a small packet. And the way I see it, it's the egg part that's for Easter, right? So that's okay, isn't it?But I digress! Moving swiftly on, I have to tell you about some changes I'm making to the show. Nothing massive, but I would love your feedback anyway. Now, over time, I've got into the habit of feeling compelled to draft a short story or scene based on pretty much every single Exquisite Corpse result that comes up. This is quite an intense challenge – I think I've just been like, “I've got to prove that it can be done! Even with the really crazy ones.” And if you're a regular listener, you'll know I love surprises in fiction. I love to be surprised, and I love to write in surprises to my stories. And this is a great way to find those surprises – to go looking under every rock. So that might be why I got a little bit obsessive over this, trying to write every story– and it's also why the show's become just that little bit longer than I'd like, and I haven't been able to bring it down closer to half an hour.And while this has been going on...

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer's imagination – at once profound, surprising, funny, and extraordinary. Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas by mixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results are imagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Listen to brand new short stories and scenes as Anna drafts them (she uses the “pause” button to compose them) and learn from tips, techniques and tools she shares along the way: practical ideas that you can use to write suspenseful fiction, especially fantasy.It's the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com.INTRO:Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 78 of Brainstoryum. It's finally a really gorgeous summery day in the UK. I hope you're getting a bit of sunshine wherever you are, if that's feasible, but if not, don't worry because the same sun is shining down on us from whatever part of the world you're in. It might be just be covered by clouds for now, but it's still there, the way that ideas can sometimes hide behind other thoughts, or other necessities of your day. They're still there. That creative potential awaits just beyond the reach of your senses; or, it might be time for that inspiration to shine is here.I thought I'd share some writing news with you this time, because I almost never do that (why do I never do that?), but instead of saying, “Here's some writing news”, I want to say, “And now for some dragon-related news” (because how often in life do you get to say that sentence?): I've been drafting a short story based on an Exquisite Corpse from the last show and which I nearly – well, not nearly… I felt like dismantling the words and putting them back into the socks of destiny, I was so stumped when the sentence was first formed. Sacrilege! (I hear you cry.)But I never actually do that, because each time I even think about doing it, I know how haunted I would be by those unexplored possibilities… (What if it turned out to be the most amazing story in the history of stories?) And then, even if it might not turn out to be the best story in the world –the power of randomness steps in, or the power of imagination, or something – something magical – “proves” to me that putting the words back into the socks would have been a big mistake.The Exquisite Corpse in question was “The duplicate pet dragon struck a bargain with the porcelain dinosaur” which, being kind of inexplicable (it still hurts my brain just to re-read that sentence – hence my original temptation to just give up), but after enough pondering, it turned into: “The owner of the duplicate pet dragon store struck a bargain with the porcelain dinosaur” (which I took to mean another breed of the same general species of dragon, with pale skin). And so, after a bit of scene drafting which I shared in the episode (number 77, if you haven't heard it), I rolled up my sleeves and got writing, because the idea began to expand. Set in a world only slightly different to ours, Tam, a long-time owner of a pet store which sells genetically modified dragons, perfectly legally and above board (they're all the rage these days), meets the mysterious Bill, who likes to keep to the shadows; likes to keep the lighting low in his shop – which is really Tam's shop; it's a “duplicate”, or a second shop in the beginning of a chain for her. A new business venture. But Bill reveals himself to be part-dragon; the result of some terrible, cruel experimentation; and his sister, who is a full-blown dragon, except for her flightless wings, is still trapped in the lab where they were both made...

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the writer's imagination – at once, profound and hilarious, existential and quite silly. Annauses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas by mixing listener's word suggestions into weird sentences. The results are imagination-bending, and a real workout for your creative writing.Listen to brand new short stories and scenes as Anna drafts them (she uses the “pause” button to compose them) and learn from tips, techniques and tools she shares along the way: practical ideas that you can use to write suspenseful fiction, especially fantasy.It's the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material notpublished anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 77 of Brainstoryum. When I look backover the some of these more recent shows where I've been exploring my new theme of weird creatures, I recognise an underlying theme cropping up, as it's come up in my writing before, just in different form: loss of control. I've often thought that the hardest stresses to bear in life are usually the ones that seem to render you helpless. Whether that's illness, bereavement, or other practical limitations which a life situation presents you with, like not being able to earn enough: these make us feel out of control. And we might wonder then, if we ever had any control, if the feeling of control we usually think we haveis just an illusion. (Please get help, by the way, if you're suffering from any of these things – don't suffer alone.) Writing fiction is not therapy per se, although it can help you face your demons a little better. It's why I wrote TheEmpty Danger, my first book in my series, because in March 2020 I realised was facing the same fears that most people around the world were facing at the same, and while it was terrifying and made me helpless, I also saw an opportunity to explore this potentially unifying force. Could there be something positive in there, somewhere, if I searched hard enough? I hunted with my pen, and The Empty Danger is the result. But I digress. I think what I'm getting to is the idea that the element of lack of control is something we can explore through suspenseful creature fiction, perhaps fantasy that helps us imagine confronting monsters; and maybe this is why the plot structure is so satisfying, when the protagonist goes from being terrified and threatened by the unknown; gradually piecing together scraps of information about the monster, so that it becomes less unknown by degrees; and then, they have a go at fighting it, and even killing it. We get that vicarious joy and relief at being able to destroy something that has stressed us out.But as I've been reading about writing monsters, I've realised that a lot of this kind of stuff is very much applicable to longer stories – novellas, novels – where you have the space in which to take a protagonist through that journey, of coming to understand and in some way, hopefully, overcome a monster. Turn a feeling of lack of control into a sense of having some control. And I'm sure that I will be writing longer pieces that use these plot devices, because I love them – there's something in there that I just love. But that doesn't mean I can't still use the practice ground of short stories, in fact, you can still fit some of these elements in a shorter piece, it's just that they can't all be realised to their fullest extent. You can show a glimpse of some of these plot elements rather than necessarily have them play out completely, and dabble in different aspects. And I already know from experience...

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the imagination with tips, techniques and tools you can use to write suspenseful creature fiction. Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas. The results are imagination-bending and a real workout for your creative writing.It's the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to annatizard.com.INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 76 of Brainstoryum.Last time, I went quite in-depth in the introduction about a theory I came across as to why, psychologically and culturally, we might in these times find monster fiction a bit more satisfying. Sometimes I think about my own personal psychological reasons as to why I like monster fiction or want to write monster fiction, and I will probably talk about that in another show, but there's a time to get deep about these things, and there's a time to just appreciate things for what they are on the surface, and right now, with the sun out for the first time in ages, and I'm not quite in the zone for deep psychological digging, and in fact, that reminds me that creature fiction is not all about darkness. The darkness in fiction, unless it's the grisliest type of horror, is surely there to help illuminate, to show up the light more brightly. I know when I read a story, I want to find the protagonist not just relatable, but to find in him or her something hopeful, a light that stands out against the darkness.And in a more general way, on a more light-hearted note, I think I just like variety in fiction. The theme of weird creatures (not just monsters, but weird creatures) is so appetising to me because it's like a challenge: what new weird things can I create? How can I find unique ideas for stories that genuinely surprise me (and I've said it many times, I refuse to publish anything that doesn't surprise me at least twice).Well, the game of ExCo is a great start, and I've had some amazing words coming in, filling up the Socks of Destiny – thank you, people. Keep them coming!But on thinking about the psychology of writing, why we write what we write: there's a time for reflection on that, certainly, and that's a very useful tool. But equally, there is a time to play. And in fact, there is no better way, as a writer, to hunt down the themes that are to become ‘your' themes, the underlying ideologies or attitudes to life that emerge in the undertones of your fiction – than to set aside all the thinking, the reflection, and just write. Open your mind to new crafting techniques, suggestions, writing prompts, books about how to write, like this one I've reading about Writing Monsters. Learn all you can; but ultimately, the practice is the learning; and the discovery is in the doing.So let's do it.

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the imagination with tips, techniques and tools you can use to write suspenseful creature fiction for the zeitgeist (including a juicy theory on what that means today). Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas.Ignite your imagination with the ultimate writing promptchallenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 75 of Brainstoryum. I'm ready to learn more about writing suspenseful creature fiction – are you? (You can of course, just listen for fun and entertainment; you do not need to be a writer to enjoy the craziness and imagination-yoga of this show.)But before we get into all that, last time I promised to share with you a juicy theory I found in the wilds of the world wide web on why confronting monsters in fiction is a more pertinent theme than ever. Because fantasy isn't just escape, it's experiences that we want to have within the safe haven of our imagination, and that can be cathartic for things that are troubling us in reality.Now, this article I came across, in fact it was apodcast, I was just reading the transcription, on a website called...

Whether you like horror or not, fantasy is all about confrontation with the strange and the impossible.Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in an exploration of creature themes, with tips, tricks and tools you can use to develop your writing in new, exciting ways. Naturally, there's plenty of experimentation with ideas, as Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas while applying new-found learning around the topic of writing monsters.A fascinating exploration of writing craft. Ignite yourimagination with these short story ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list andreceive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includesexclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to www.annatizard.com.Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 74 of Brainstoryum.Now, in my last collection of short stories, the theme of Portals and Immortals (which became the title), seemed to emerge of its own accord, intuitively, as I began to recognise these ideas cropping up in my otherwise very different stories. And so it was almost in retrospect – or certainly after I'd got most of the first drafts written – that I made that firm decision to go with that theme. And really it influenced my final decisions on which stories to include in that collection, and not much else.But this time, I want to do more. Now that I'm trying to build towards a new collection (it's high time I put another one together), I feel like I want to be more proactive.I have observed a theme emerging. But I feel like I have lots to learn, and I'd like to use this show to share some of my learning process along the way; and that's good, because part of the pleasure and the excitement of being an author is to learn; you're always learning. And as this is a story brainstorming show, and my listeners send me words which then turn into writing prompts… Why not share more of my thoughts and my learning through my process of writing and experimenting with stories?The theme that I'm already slightly obsessed with, and if you glance back at some of the latest story brainstorms, you'll notice it's there: isweird creatures.Sometimes monsters but not always. Creatures can include ghosts, dragons, creatures from fairytales, mythology, we've had a few kelpies on the show; and characters who aren't completely human.I'm not a horror writer; sometimes I dip into horror themes or get a bit scary; but if you've listened to the last show, the Trope Special, you'll already understand that authors potentially borrow story elements from all different genres. I don't like gore. If I'm reading a book with a bit of gore in it I might grit my teeth and get through it IF I'm particularly enjoying that book for its story and characters. So ifyouare not a horror reader (or a horror writer), or even if you don't feel that drawn to the idea of monsters, I firmly believe there will be plenty going on in this show to entice and stir your imagination.

One last minisode to tide you over through Winterregnum...! As you may or may not be aware, not all the audio we record makes it into the final episodes. It's been a while since an episode with some outtakes, so we've returned to the cutting room floor for random bits of conversation. Here's the list of disconnected items and the episodes they're from: "Sensible advice" (from Episode 19, The Shadow Court) "Dual-wielding" (from Episode 19, The Shadow Court) "Neck fashions" (from Episode 28, Isle of the Mighty: England with Andrew) "Elizabeth II" (from Episode 28, Isle of the Mighty: England with Andrew) "Kith creation" (from Episode 29, Isle of the Mighty: Scotland) "Dots of 90s White Wolf" (from Episode 30, Isle of the Mighty: Wales with Terry) "Coracles" (from Episode 30, Isle of the Mighty: Wales with Terry) "Geography lesson" (from Episode 30, Isle of the Mighty: Wales with Terry) "Lifetime movie" (from Episode 33, The Immortal Eyes Novels) "Lasers and feelings" (from Episode 36, Glamour and Banality) "Death of a freehold" (from Episode 36, Glamour and Banality) "Mage Banality" (from Episode 39, Dreams and Nightmares: Part One with Terry) "The Most Important Dream Realm" (from Episode 39, Dreams and Nightmares: Part One with Terry) "Pooka's proudest moment" (from Episode 44, The Shining Host with Pete) "The world of DIE" (from Episode 45, Queerness and Kinship) "Texas" (from Episode 49, Kingdom of Willows) There's more where that came from, but probably this will suffice for now, as a sampler. And yes, this is really just filler material, but in these curious and uncertain times, we're doing what we can to stoke the balefire and keep ourselves grounded with voices and memories. Otherwise, we are as always available at the usual passel of links: Discord: https://discord.me/ctp Email: podcast@changelingthepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699 Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@ChangelingPod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChangelingThePodcast your hosts Josh Hillerup (any pronoun) keeps spare minutes in a chronometric piggy bank for future splicing into bonus hours of undiluted time. Pooka G (any pronoun/they) once played "Exquisite Corpse" with a sluagh, but not the kind you'd think.

Can tropes – story ideas which have been churned around and repeated for centuries, if not millennia – actually improve your stories and make them more original? Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in an exploration of story tropes, with tips, tricks and tools you can use to develop your writing in new, exciting ways. Naturally, there's plenty of experimentation with ideas, as Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas before testing out different tropes and seeing what happens next. A fascinating exploration of writing craft. Ignite your imagination with these short story ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum! Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 73 of Brainstoryum. Now, in the last couple of weeks, it seems I've become a little bit obsessed with tropes – or re-obsessed with tropes, as this is an aspect of my writing journey that I've explored before, but I just haven't yet shared it on Brainstoryum. (Or experimented with them on here – as this podcast isn't just about sharing my writing process and story ideas, it's also my imaginative playground for experimenting and, well, learning.) It's funny, because every introduction I've come across, either in a book or a podcast or a blog on tropes, begins by acknowledging that a lot of writers think tropes are a dirty word and that they seem to represent the exact opposite of what we are gunning for as creative writers of fiction. We want new ideas, and as authors we want to be original and to stand out from the crowd, not churn out the same old storylines that have been written or filmed a thousand times before. And yes, at first glance, for me as a writer who especially loves the unexpected, who complains about struggling to find stories that satisfy this desire for something “with a special different something” in it, tropes do seem like the very antithesis of what I'm interested in. But that's where my younger writing self was wrong. Tropes are part of the language of story. They embody concepts, themes and situations or character types which we as readers and audiences expect to read or watch, though sometimes only instinctively, without realising it. A lot of these expectations are bound up in certain genres, for example, in fantasy, common tropes include the "journey" and the "quest". Part of the reason why we as fantasy lovers read fantasy is to experience the vicarious excitement of the protagonist going on a journey into the unknown, having to face strange and dangerous obstacles, possibly creatures, and having a sense of a purpose or mission; it's all part of the escape that fantasy promises for us. So how do we as writers fulfill these expectations (or even “needs”, you might say) of our audience, while producing something that feels fresh and original, and not cliched? The key to wielding the power of tropes is through unusual and unexpected combinations: switching and splicing tropes from across different genres has become a very popular, and this is what a lot of the big blockbuster movies manage to do. I could wax lyrical on this for a while, but the point of this podcast is to share with you the process of my experimental methods of generating story ideas, and what better way is there to really explore an idea than to actually test it out. So today's show is going to involve a bit more experimentation, and as I'm brainstorming a story, I'm going to identify the tropes that are appearing, and also try drawing in different tropes to see what new directions these suggest. It's my hope that this will not only be entertaining, but it may help you make up your mind what you think about tropes, how you might use them, and whether you might apply the same kind of experimental thinking in your own writing when you're approaching a new story idea. Sparked off by this show, I have just created a free resource on this topic online, so keep listening to find out more, because I think this will be a very handy tool, especially if you are new to messing around with tropes; because of course, all creativity begins with rolling up your sleeves and messing around; a playful attitude is what inspiration responds to.

Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum! Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into creative writing and short stories using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into writing prompts which lead to the most unexpected story ideas – and a fascinating exploration of writing craft. This show includes 3 new story ideas plus plenty of “how to” tips on writing craft. Ignite your imagination with these short stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and receive an e-book to begin your journey into The Book of Exquisite Corpse (includes exclusive material not published anywhere else). Go to www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 72 of Brainstoryum. Now January can be a difficult month – we may be expected to express enthusiasm which we might not feel. I'm hoping that I can provide some well-earned escapism today in the form of adventures into the imagination; but first, also because it's a difficult month, I want to talk a little bit about doubt. Doubt is one of those things that never quite goes away. That niggling feeling that what you're writing might not be good enough; that no-one will want to read it. But doubt and I have spent many years in each other's company, and this much I can share from long-term experience: Doubt doesn't have to be your enemy.

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The story of The Black Dahlia Murder comes to a close this week as the boys look into one of the most popular suspects in the case: George Hodel, the possibility that the killing had connections to the world of Surrealist Art, "Mind Hunter" John Douglas's theory on the case, as well as the alternative theory that points fingers at a prominent Los Angeles doctor named Walter Bayley. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to ad-free new episodes and get exclusive access to bonus content.

Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum! Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into short story writing using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into writing prompts which lead to the most unexpected story ideas – and a fascinating exploration of writing craft. This new year show includes stories around circuses, gargoyles, hunters and a mysterious stone. Ignite your imagination with these stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Happy new year to you, imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 71 of Brainstoryum. It's 2025. It really is. Actually, it's the first of January as I record this and in the UK it is ridiculously windy. Anyway: happy new year to you; I hope you've had a wonderful and restful break over Christmas. Have you made any new year's resolutions? Have I? I tend to avoid making heavy-going decisions in the middle of winter when my natural inclination is to hide under a duvet with a torch and a good book. But it's a difficult idea to resist, because it seems to positive, plus everything seems to scream at you, “new year, new you”, when really, your personal new year is your birthday; although I'd say springtime is the natural new year, if anything. If the trees and the plants can be bothered to wake up and do something, well, maybe I can make the same effort. I'd say, don't make resolutions because the adverts say you should (or if other people say you should); do it if it helps you gain clarity on what you'd like to achieve. For my part, it's difficult to set goals beyond my regular goal of producing this show. I don't talk about it much, but...

*This episode is available as a mini ebook! Go to www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum for details* Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum! Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into short story writing using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into writing prompts which lead to the most unexpected story ideas – and a fascinating exploration of writing craft. In this slightly longer show, Anna delves into storytelling techniques to hook your reader from the very first line, plus how to get un-stuck when you're writing a new story. Ignite your imagination with these stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 70 of Brainstoryum. It's actually the winter solstice today, as this releases, which means that no matter how cold and icy and horrible it might get in the coming weeks and months, from now on we are moving towards the light. Inching towards the light. Keep that knowledge with you – no matter how grey and miserable it gets, you know we're heading in the right direction. (Those not living in the northern hemisphere will be like, “What the problem?” Well, we're all jealous of you, that's the problem!)   Now today's show is indeed the Christmas special! And I've been wondering how I can make this Christmassy without being cheesy or chintzy. Spooky toyshops? Rebel elves? Or can I just throw in a sprinkling of snow? Hopefully we won't get any “picturesque executioners”, that unbelievable word combination that came up in the last show – although I found a way, a non-horror way, to develop that one. (Thank goodness.) But, as ever, how can I plan? How can I anticipate? The game of Exquisite Corpse is my doorway into the unknown and the strange magic of the imagination, making connections, hunting stories in the most unlikely places. Stepping out on this path, all I can do is hold up my mental torch and see where it takes me by being attentive to the whispers of my subconscious mind; although, I could be holding a Christmassy lantern instead of a torch, that casts a holly and berry pattern on the ground… Of course, the shadows may always lengthen and twist into something else. (This is probably as far as this metaphor will stretch, so I'll stop there!) But will there be Christmas cheer, or Christmas chills, in the stories that emerge today? Who knows? Because the building blocks of these stories will come from your words, your suggestions, and the whims and wild winds of randomness that blow from the Socks of Destiny...

Your weekend is not exciting enough without Brainstoryum! Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into short story writing using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into writing prompts which lead to the most unexpected story ideas – and a fascinating exploration of writing craft. In this slightly longer show, Anna delves into storytelling techniques to hook your reader from the very first line, plus how to get un-stuck when you're writing a new story. Grab a blanket – grab a pen! – and switch your imagination on with these stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 69 of Brainstoryum. I cannot believe it's December already, and this is the last show before the Christmas show (whatever that will be. I haven't really thought about that.) Well, today's show is a real mix of writing experiences. Once again, words pulled at random from the socks of destiny will generate writing prompts like you've never heard before (like I've never heard before). And while, as usual, it's the third and last round which leads to the longer, more complete story that I read out on the show (using the pause button to draft it, of course), this time, the third story turns out to be the most difficult – and the most revealing. I've been thinking about sharing more on process and writing techniques in this show; not quite going back to the earlier format where I talked at length at the beginning, but sort of sneaking in observations and helpful tips in between the story brainstorms, and in a way, it's very handy that this time, on story no. 3, I got stuck for a while. Because it's the tricky stories, the ones that make you work the hardest, in a way, that can reveal the most about technique, and process. There is nothing quite like getting stumped by a story, to reveal process, and make you stop and think, and consider what works. When a story just flows intuitively, without much difficulty, that demonstrates that you've learned and absorbed techniques so well they've become subconscious. But then that makes it much harder to describe what you've just done. But getting stuck – as I do today, for a little while: that pushed me to experiment and to share different methods that I was trying, and which I know from experience work for me – so I hope that will be interesting and maybe even useful for your own writing. So on with the show.

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into unexpected stories using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts which end up making more sense than they should! This time, nature spirits are the emerging theme, for three chilling story ideas. Grab a blanket – grab a pen! – and switch your imagination on with these stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 68 of Brainstoryum. Once again, I will be pulling words at random from the socks of destiny to create writing prompts like you've never heard before. It's occurred to me that the best of the three always comes last in the show but that new listeners might not know this as you begin listening. Well, as usual, the fullest story, and perhaps the best one of the bunch, unfolds last, almost as if the tensions and half-glimpsed mysteries of the first two story ideas, with all their brewing potential, gather like a story-force finally breaking through; the early meanderings of the curious imagination, after a little time – a bit of warming up – are ready by writing prompt no. 3 to sharpen their focus and find a clearer beginning, middle and an end. Maybe as writers and storytellers we are all bound to dabble, and daydream about many possibilities, some of which are always going to be left half-explored – until we reach (or come across) an idea that's really worth grabbing with both hands and turning it into something fuller. So listen on to the end, my friend, for as usual, I leave the best to last.

What does a dragon's dream look like? Is there a ghost inside your clock? And how could a ceramic urn be venomous? All these ideas and more will be dug into, with the dual power of pen and imagination… Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into unexpected stories using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts which end up making more sense than they should! Post-Halloween, the spooky themes are still cropping up in these inspired short stories. Grab a blanket – grab a pen! – and switch your imagination on with these stories and ideas for the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 67 of Brainstoryum. Now if you're still in the Halloween mood I'll be sure to have some stories for you, as I'm still in a bit of a spooky mood and, well, the socks of destiny seem to respond to that. The writing prompts might be randomised but there's often a little extra something that I suspect is going on – serendipity, or possibly just the power of the imagination, although we all know there's no “just” about that. Before we get started on the new story brainstorms, I'll share with you my listeners' ideas on the “crystalline zombie” which was the prompt from the last show, so there's a ghoulish flavour before we've even started – but before that, I have some very exciting news...

Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum. Wine, poison, monsters, delirium and fights! Listen on to imagine these and more... Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a wild journey into the imagination using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners' words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts which end up making more sense than they should! In this Halloween special show, Anna brainstorms stories from these game results, finding spooky themes emerging, wherever she turns. The last Exquisite Corpse result inspires a complete short story, perfectly ghoulish and in time for Halloween. Grab a blanket and a hot beverage and be prepared for some shivers.   Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com.   INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 66 of Brainstoryum. It is also the Halloween special. Listeners' words will be drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts… which will end up making more sense than they have any right to! But being mindful of the spooky season, will I find ghoulish ideas creeping out from every crevice of the socks? Of course I will. Things seem to work out that way – ideas seem to fulfil a need when you play a surrealist word game. (I didn't invent it, I just follow the surrealists' lead and see what happens.) And yes, today, there will be another complete short story, perfectly ghoulish and just in time for Halloween. So grab a blanket – grab a pen! – and be prepared for some shivers.

Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum! Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the imagination with weird and wild Exquisite Corpse writing prompts resulting from a LIVE GAME SESSION! In this special show, Anna will brainstorm stories from several Exquisite Corpses and finish with a completed short story based on some of these results. It will be creepy and dark, so grab a blanket and a hot beverage and be prepared for some shivers. Subscribe for free to Anna Tizard's private email list and get vol 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse plus exclusive material not published anywhere else! All at www.annatizard.com. INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I'm Anna Tizard and this is episode 65 of Brainstoryum. I hope you're ready for some weird and wild story ideas because today's show is full of them in this special episode reflecting on a live game session I was lucky enough to be a part of. That's right – I mentioned last time that I was getting really excited about a live storytelling event in Brighton, where I live, where I was building up to hosting a round of Exquisite Corpse with that audience, some of whom are actual, professional storytellers. The logical part of my brain said I should be nervous. I only felt excited – until I got there. And when I walked in, when I stood up there on the little stage area, I knew anything could happen. When you're mixing other people's words, you really don't have any control over what is coming. I had no pause button, no pot of green tea… But it was enormous fun, everyone got into it, and the results were of course, completely bizarre – and got us all thinking about some story ideas. At the end of the session, I announced my challenge: to write a complete short story based on some of the results of that evening. (At this, there were some baffled and slightly disbelieving stares, as you might expect!) So today's show is going to be a bit different without the socks of destiny, but in fact, there will be more ExCos, more story brainstorms, and, as promised, one completed short story which I've written based the results – and it is almost startlingly creepy and very dark. So be warned. As ever, these weird word combinations prompted me to explore characters and situations that I would not otherwise dream up on my own. And I hope it does the same for you.

Podcast listeners click here to view the works Caroline Zilinsky's paintings freeze pivotal moments in our culture's history, encouraging us to reflect upon our times, whether it's the absurdity, the horror or the humour. At the risk of being labelled a conspiracy theorist, she's attracted to the dilemmas brought on by the internet era and shines a light on the things that trouble most of us: our loss of privacy, shortened attention, a heightened focus on appearance,  a growing indifference to human suffering and the increasing power assumed by tech giants. Her paintings often depict a political or social narrative and although she accepts some are too confronting to hang above the sofa, there's something about the levity in her use of line, colour and form which invites us to venture into the darker corners of our culture, causing us to linger and question. Caroline is also well known for her portraiture and landscape painting. She won the Portia Geach Memorial Award portraiture prize in 2020 (the same year she won the Evelyn Chapman award) and has been a finalist in many others including the Archibald and Darling portrait prizes. This interview took place at the mid-career survey show of Caroline's work 'Exquisite Cadaver' at the University of Newcastle Gallery. Curated by Gillean Shaw, it was a collection of 40 stunning works spanning over 2 decades. The interview was also filmed and I'll be posting a video, including footage from the exhibition and Caroline's studio, on the TWP YouTube channel in the coming weeks. Feature photo:  Phillip Antonio Lemos Caroline Zilinsky on Instagram Caroline Zilinsky at NandaHobbs Sign up to the TWP newsletter TWP YouTube channel Loading Dock interview My AGNSW Artists in Conversation interview with Caroline Ceal Floyer 'Kubla Khan'2022oil on linen107 x 106.7 cm 'Exquisite Corpse'2024Oil on linen 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' 2023oil on linen138 x 138cm 'Faceless The Congressional Hearing of Mark Zuckerberg' 2020oil on linen122 x 122cm 'Man of Few Words'2020Ink on AGNSW archive manila folder30 x 21cm (paper size), 60 x 47cm (framed size) 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' 2023Oil on linen112 x 122cm 'Plastic Fantastic', 2023oil on linen56 x 62cm 'Refract Back', 2023Oil on linen112 x122 cm 'Too Long; Didn't Read (Universal Declaration of Human Rights)'2023Oil, Oil Stick and Digital Configuration on Canvas97 x 87cm 'Me and Ellie', 2004-2005oil on linen 71 x 454.5cm'My Brother Adrian' oil on linen72.5 x 54cm      

This week we sit down with co-owner of the 806, activist and all-around badass, Courtney Brown. Join us as we talk about the all female group Warpaint and their first EP, Exquisite Corpse. We dig into the sisterhood environment of the band, the different creative dynamics that can happen in artistic circles, and the advantage of always saying “fuck it” to the patriarchy. You won't wanna miss it!

Unseen resonances, John Keel's early work, nefarious tendencies in the UFO subculture, and more in this conversation. Susan Lepselter's poetic-ethnographic book and John Keel's classics Jadoo and Operation Trojan Horse are consulted. Hermes fashions his lyre from a turtle. What's that mean for our turtle synchs? We discuss our newest exquisite corpse experiment and perform a new randonaut generation for the first time in a few years.  Hear the full episodes, unlock the full archive and tons of exclusive episodes, written content and more at https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality Merch: https://consensus-unreality.printify.me Intro song by Treatment https://treatmentforu.bandcamp.com/album/pond-life

Written by Nick Mamatas (The Last Weekend, Hexen Sabbath) and Alyssa Wong (Nebula Award winner, World Fantasy Award winner, Locus Award winner). Exquisite Corpse is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Listen to this episode ad-free by joining Realm+ on Apple Podcasts, or Realm Unlimited. Subscribers also get early access and exclusive bonus content! https://www.realm.fm/w/unlimited Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Want to chat about your favorite Realm shows? Join our Discord. Visit our merch store: realm.fm/merch Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by Christopher Golden (New York Times bestseller, Bram Stoker Award, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, The Pandora Room) and Stephen Kozeniewski (Silverwood, Braineater Jones, Hunter of the Dead, The Hematophages, The Ghoul Archipelago). Exquisite Corpse is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Listen to this episode ad-free by joining Realm+ on Apple Podcasts, or Realm Unlimited. Subscribers also get early access and exclusive bonus content! https://www.realm.fm/w/unlimited Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Want to chat about your favorite Realm shows? Join our Discord. Visit our merch store: realm.fm/merch Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by Paul Tremblay (The Cabin at the End of the World, A Head Full of Ghosts) and Richard Chizmar (Silverwood, Gwendy's Button Box, founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance Magazine) Exquisite Corpse is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Listen to this episode ad-free by joining Realm+ on Apple Podcasts, or Realm Unlimited. Subscribers also get early access and exclusive bonus content! https://www.realm.fm/w/unlimited Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Want to chat about your favorite Realm shows? Join our Discord. Visit our merch store: realm.fm/merch Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by Brian Keene (Silverwood, The Rising series, host of the popular podcast The Horror Show with Brian Keene) as well as Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, aka the Sisters of Slaughter (Mayan Blue). Exquisite Corpse is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Listen to this episode ad-free by joining Realm+ on Apple Podcasts, or Realm Unlimited. Subscribers also get early access and exclusive bonus content! https://www.realm.fm/w/unlimited Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Want to chat about your favorite Realm shows? Join our Discord. Visit our merch store: realm.fm/merch Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an eerie game of exquisite corpse, ten horror authors stitch together a monstrous Franken-tale with a sci-fi twist. Episode 1 written by Cassandra Khaw (Born to the Blade, Bearly a Lady, A Song for Quiet) and Paul Cornell (award-winning author of Chalkand the Witches of Lychford series). Exquisite Corpse is a Realm production. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Listen to this episode ad-free by joining Realm+ on Apple Podcasts. Subscribers also get early access and exclusive bonus content! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Want to chat about your favorite Realm shows? Join our Discord. Visit our merch store: realm.fm/merch Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by an amazing guest, Andrei Codrescu to discuss his new episodic podcast "The Second Oswald" released around the 60th anniversiary of the JFK assassination.Andrei Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, and emigrated to the United States in 1966. He is the author of numerous books: poems, novels, and essays. He founded Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books and Ideas. He was a regular commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He taught literature and poetry at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, and Louisiana State University.To listen to the podcast, search for it wherever you listen or follow this link...https://soundcloud.com/rattapallax/sets/second-oswaldFor all things Andrei Codrescu, check out his website for more info!https://codrescu.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1181353/advertisement

Marcel Dzama has an immediately recognizable style as a visual artist, but his energy has far exceeded the realm of visual art. Born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1974, Dzama got his start with the Royal Art Lodge, a group of students at the University of Manitoba who banded together in the mid-1990s. Their collaborative working method, where one artist would start a work and others finish it, recalled the "Exquisite Corpse," a parlor game associated with the Surrealists. As Dzama developed his own independent practice, moving to New York in 2004, he continued to explore the surreal in watercolor and ink. His work is replete with dancers and masked figures, whimsical animals, groovy monsters, human-plant hybrids, and grinning moons, all in an intricate but deliberately naive style. Dzama has permuted these offbeat interests into a variety of other media as well, from zines to dioramas to films. He's done album art for They Might Be Giants and Beck, made films starring Kim Gordon and Amy Sedaris, and created costumes for both a Bob Dylan music video and the New York City Ballet. Now, he's expanding his list of collaborations even further. New York's performance art biennial, PERFORMA, is returning, with a roster of artists commissioned to do new work in experimental performance of various types. Marcel Dzama's piece, titled To live on the Moon (For Lorca), is among the highlights promised by the 2023 program. In it, the artist fuses multiple threads of his practice, blending costume, dance, drawing, and film. And he also returns to his surrealist inspirations. Specifically, this work is Dzama's tribute to the life and work of Spanish Surrealist poet Federico Garcia Lorca. It incorporates both Lorca's tragic life story and an obscure, unproduced, Surrealist screenplay called A Trip to the Moon, which Lorca wrote while he was living in New York in 1929. It's fascinating material to dig into on many levels. Ahead of the opening of his show at the Abrons Art Center, Dzama came into the Art Angle studio to talk with critic Ben Davis about his work and interests, the impact of Federico Garcia Lorca, and about what surrealism does and doesn't mean today. "Marcel Dzama: To live on the Moon (For Lorca)" is on view at the Abrons Art Center from November 11–14, 2023. 

Melbourne writer Marija Peričić retells the story in the voices of the victims of this strange crime committed in Florida in the 1930s

With special -- and returning! -- guest Michael Anderson, Anna and Derek discuss the adolescent angst of growth spurts, the questionable inclusion of child abduction in a comedy and much more during their chat of the Penny Marshall hit Big (1988). Connect with '80s Movie Montage on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram! It's the same handle for all three... @80smontagepod.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/80sMontagePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/80sMontagePodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/80smontagepod/Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there's that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.As an experienced producer having created content all over the world from the lush jungles of the Congo to the paved jungles of Times Square, Michael Anderson has spent years building his career in a variety of roles within production across commercials, branded content, documentaries, and narrative features. As the current Head of Global Production at Beautiful Destinations and having been the Senior Executive Producer at Cutaway Creative, Michael has worked with clients spanning Fortune 500 companies to Global Nonprofits and National Ministries of Tourism to create award-recognized projects. Outside of short-form content, Michael is an energetic contributor to both on-and-off-Broadway as well as independent feature films having successfully produced and/or directed films including: A Southern Haunting, Manson Family Vacation, G.B.F., He's Way More Famous Than You, Somewhere Slow, Exquisite Corpse and several more.

This episode of Exquisite Corpse brings together National Academicians and painters Elena Sisto and Carroll Dunham in a deep discussion about painting, abstraction, and the trajectories of their work.Both painters are interested in the abstracted figure and their exchange explores the influences of childhood, freedom and risk in the studio, and mimesis versus non-objective painting. They share an investment in the expansive nature of abstraction through invention and revel in their commonalities as artists and most importantly as painters. 

 On this episode, we discuss books by LGBTQIA+ authors, one of the prompts for Books & Bites Bingo. We've got a diverse group of characters and settings for you, including a Splatterpunk novel set in 1990s New Orleans, a Booker Prize-winning novel set in the United Kingdom, and a YA novel set in 1987 El Paso, Texas. Michael's PickMichael read Exquisite Corpse by Billy Martin (formerly Poppy Z. Brite). This Splatterpunk novel about a pair of gay, necrophiliac serial killers in New Orleans is not for everyone--even Michael admits he had to put it down at times. But the lyrical writing and focus on the AIDS epidemic kept him reading. Pairing: Immerse yourself in the New Orleans setting with a bowl of Duck and Andouille Gumbo, a recipe that be found in Justin Devillier's The New Orleans KitchenCarrie's PickCarrie recommends the Booker Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, an Anglo-Nigerian writer. Each chapter is told from the third-person point of view of eleven different British women and girls and one nonbinary person, ranging in age from their teens to their nineties. Their different classes, races, and sexualities highlight the diversity of the United Kingdom. The book's power grows as you see the characters' lives intersect.Pairing: This book is full of delicious sounding Caribbean and West African dishes, but the description of a character making Thai Chicken Coconut Curry is especially mouth-watering. Lemongrass and Coconut Curry with Summer Vegetables has similar ingredients and would be a great way to use up some summer squash.Jacqueline's PickJacqueline enjoyed Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Pen Faulkner Award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. This YA novel is a coming-of-age, LGBTQIA+ story set in the summer of 1987 in El Paso, Texas. It tells a story of a friendship between two boys on the cusp of manhood. The author uses the boys' friendship to explore issues of family, ethnicity, and sexuality.Pairing: An Edible Mosaic's brisket recipe would make a good choice for a summer picnic under the stars.

Collaboration, creativity, and confidence???? In this economy!??? This type of game reminds me that the joy lies in the journey of discovery. Let yourself play, dammit. RESOURCES: https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/exquisite-corpseWATCH: www.youtube.com/juliemericaGET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drill music, controversy surrounding Drill, Chicago origins, Chicago gangs, Vice Lords, Dirty Sheiks, Wailing Shebas, Supreme Gangsters, King David, Black Disciples, Gangsta Disciples, different structures of Black and Gangsta Disciples, Wild 100, Chicago gang wars of the 1980s/1990s, Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, Tupac, Jeff Fort, Black P Stone Nation, Nation of Islam, Moorish Science, Gaddafi, Kanye West, NLMB-Gang, No Limits, Lakeside Gds, Pocket Town, Black Mob, Fort Campbell, Roc, murder of Roc, Roc Block, FBG Duck, King Von, T. Roy, Tookaville War, Lil Uzi, Marilyn Manson, murder as performance art, the Exquisite corpse,After 1st music break (4:30): Thoughts of the controversy surrounding Drill musicAfter 2nd musical break (25:00): Doc Inferno's epic breakdown of Chicago gangs and their links to Moorish Science, the Nation of Islam, etcAfter 3rd musical break (2:07:40): the rise of Drill music and major artists/controversyAfter 4th musical break (2:40:45): Is Drill another Exquisite Corpse?Here are Mystic Mark's recommended docs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPnQbKgotOw&t=171shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPnQbKgotOw&t=632shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPnQbKgotOw&t=905sMusic by: Keith Allen Dennis:https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/Additional Music by: J Money Bag$ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Exquisite Corpse, architects Wendy Evans Joseph and Billie Tsien discuss the art-centered roots of their friendship and the experiential nature of architecture. They discuss what it means to alter or create an experience and how they practice patience with projects in the public realm. They touch on their various projects that alter how the public engages with an environment, such as Wendy's back-of-house glass box for the Music Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center or Billie's project for David Geffen Hall, at the Lincoln Center where her firm restructured the lobby to be more inviting and multifunctional. Both invested in community engagement, they share a mutual admiration for producing projects that deepen public connection.

Geeks' Cant: Crowdfunding Corner 35: The Druid's Curse, Limitless Lands of Darabok, Alchemy RPG: A Reimagined VTT,   It All Started In a Tavern, Inquisitor Kada's Exquisite Corpse, Knave, Dark Dungeons & Lost Children, Monsters of the Dungeon, The Mind Squatter, Micro Dungeons & Shipwrecker, Why Slay Dragons: When You Could Be FISHING, The Emporium of Wonders, The Mystery Flesh Pit National Park RPG, Secrets of the Greenwold Another 14 kick@$$ crowdfunding campaigns to separate you from your hard-earned coin. Check out what the guys have in store for you. To hear more about what we have going on, when we're going live, what cons we'll be attending, or just to hangout with some cool people like yourself (not us, our other fans)… join us on our Discord.  Just click here:  https://discord.gg/KAaWZbGmJK Wanna keep up with what we're getting up to with World of Game Design? Head on over to: https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/2091c5ad-779e-11ec-9589-ee62aa0d4933 and get signed up for the WoGD newsletter. You'll get some cool 5e content and notifications about upcoming projects, Kickstarters, and events. You can also take a peek at: https://store.wogd.com/ to get your hands on some great new products. Crowdfuning Campaigns ·         The Druid's Curse https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinaglasneck/the-druids-curse-one-shot-adventure ·         Limitless Lands of Darabok https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limitless-adventures/limitless-lands-of-darabok-5e ·         Alchemy RPG: A Reimagined VTT https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alchemyrpg/alchemy-rpg-a-reimagined-vtt-experience ·         It All Started In a Tavern https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beadnd/it-all-started-in-a-tavern-100-adventure-hooks ·         Inquisitor Kada's Exquisite Corpse https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/151874595/inquisitor-kadas-exquisite-corpse ·         Knave https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/questingbeast/knave-rpg-second-edition ·         Dark Dungeons & Lost Children https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imagin3designs/dark-dungeons-and-lost-children ·         Monsters of the Dungeon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cawoodpublishing/monsters-of-the-dungeon-for-5th-edition-and-other-rpgs ·         The Mind Squatter - A Playful Scifi Fairytale RPG Zine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ubanthology/the-mind-squatter-scifi-fairytale-rpg ·         Micro Dungeons & Shipwrecker https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnd5e/micro-dungeons-vii-and-shipwreckers-edition-5e-dandd ·         Why Slay Dragons: When You Could Be FISHING https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iopublishing/why-slay-dragons-when-you-could-be-fishing ·          The Emporium of Wonders https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1367769523/the-emporium-of-wonders-5e ·         The Mystery Flesh Pit National Park RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ganzagaming/the-mystery-flesh-pit-national-park-rpg ·         Secrets of the Greenwold https://gamefound.com/projects/dungeon-in-a-box/secrets-of-the-greenwold?ref=homepage-featured_4#/section/project-story Social Links Discord Link: https://discord.gg/KAaWZbGmJK Geeks' Cant Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geekscant Zac Goins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee Troy Sandlin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/troysandlin Jon Christian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwarfpower Geeks' Cant is brought to you by the World of Game Design! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dragon Talk welcomes Ryu and Ava from Girls Run These Worlds, a women-owned, women-run production studio. Their mission is to uplift the voices, profiles, and status of women and femme-presenting people in TTRPG and to create a place where all can come to find themselves represented and celebrated. Ryu is an accomplished content creator on the rise! Both a Founder and the Director of Technical Productions for Girls Run These Worlds, an award winning women/femme empowered tabletop production studio, they are committed to excellence in gaming. As the flagship show on the GRTW channel, she is a talented TTRPG Dungeon Master and Chaos Mistress for Roll4Luck, a DnD5e homebrewed game streamed on Twitch. Ava is a newcomer in the TTRPG streaming space, only starting last year on the Girls Run These Worlds flagship show Roll4Luck. Since then, she has been seen in other spaces such as The Initiative Order and The Exquisite Corpse. For general inquiries or show messages, please email dragontalk@sirensound.co Dragon Talk is executively produced by Greg Tito, Shelly Mazzanoble & Wizards of The Coast. Show production by Lisa Carr & Ryan Marth of Siren Sound. Podcast recording, editing, mixing and mastering by Ryan Marth & Siren Sound.Here's your guide to when each segment begins:Show open with Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble - 0:00Interview - 5:42Outro - 1:00:42Greg Tito Twitter - twitter.com/gregtitoShelly Mazzanoble Twitter - twitter.com/shellymooGirls Run These Worlds Website - www.girlsruntheseworlds.comRyu Twitter - twitter.com/RyuPlaysGamesAva Twitter - twitter.com/MadamAvaCoutureWelcome To Dragon Talk - https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/welcome-dragon-talkSpelljams - https://pocp.co/spelljamsDragon Talk Show Page - https://dnd.wizards.com/dragon-talk/podcast-hubSiren Sound - www.sirensound.coRyan Marth - bio.site/ryanmarthLisa Carr - twitter.com/yelizavetacarrLatest D&D Products - https://gtly.to/SVs8W_2f8D&D Official Discord - https://discord.com/invite/dnd

The most proven way to build awareness for a new movie is to get acceptance into these fun competitions. And as these showcases provide important networking for filmmakers, they are also a place for movie lovers to binge on new projects. Because in the business of show, being seen is keen. Put on the 3-D glasses, and let's roll! Subject discussed in the first segment: The Place to Connect Subject discussed in the second segment: Cannabis Film Festivals GREG THE GUINEA PIG: Justin Freet is the founder of the Blunt Film Festival - a Cannabis Film Festival - and co-creator of Every Day Is A Journey, which is an Exquisite Corpse film project. PRODUCTS FEATURED: Cookie Jar Cannabis—Mi Amor Nug Jug Cookie Jar Cannabis—OMG Nug Jug SPONSORS: HELSAVATEDFAIRWINDS AVITAS STONEY BALONEY EPISODE: Drinking and Thinking 

The second episode of Season 4 joins National Academicians Charles Gaines and Rashid Johnson in conversation about the multiplicities of blackness, the properties of representation, and exploring materiality in art making. They discuss mutual friends, common references, and a substantial reading list. Rashid shares key reference points from his childhood that inform his materials and structures. Charles delves into the nature of the grid, elements of language, and the dynamics of representation. Together they share a mutual appreciation for each other, and the intellectual investigations that underpin their practices.

This season was A LOT. Many people, places, incidents, etc. to keep track of, especially over the course of a month. Here we've taken out the intros and outros from episodes 2, 3 and 4 so that you can just follow the story straight from start to finish. You didn't ask for it, but we think you'll really enjoy a re-telling in a more straight forward and easy to follow manner! The full four episodes were too long to upload together so we've split it into 2, easy to listen to in a row, episodes.This season was based on one of Ashley's favorite podcasts of all time, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia. As the title explains, the podcast is about the murder of Elizabeth Short (aka "the Black Dahlia"), as well as the Hodel Family.Listen to the Part I first to hear episodes 1 and 2!In this season, Ash and Megan, from Give Us Morgue, explored the man behind the mystery of who killed Elizabeth Short, George Hodel, and the generational wake of terror and destruction that he left, causing members of his own family to name the podcast the "Root of Evil" after him.-In their second to last episode, Ashley and Megan talked about George Hodel's daughter Tamar and the legacy of pain that she left behind her after her father's treatment of her. They also talked about Tamar's first daughter, Fauna, who she had to give up at birth. Fauna had a traumatic upbringing with her adoptive parents, but that may have been her saving grace, because life with Tamar was a living hell for her kids.Trigger Warning: Incest, child abuse, sexual assault and child sex trafficking.-In their last episode, Ashley and Megan talk about George Hodel's obsession with the surrealist art movement, which seemingly dictated his values and how he lived his entire adult life. Mark Nelson, author of The Exquisite Corpse, described surrealism as “an interplay of irrationality, eroticism, and violence…recurring in a broad array of writings and art.” Those sound like excellent themes to live by!Trigger Warning: Generally explicit material.Special thanks to Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile for allowing us to tell their family's story. We respect the hell out of these incredible women.Find the podcast that this season is based on, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia, here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129Find Rasha and Yvette's current podcast, Facing Evil, here:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-facing-evil-98407485/Find Megan from Give Us Morgue here:https://giveusmorgue.com/Follow Give Us Morgue on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giveusmorgue/-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!-Absolutely amazing research assistance by Celi Riojas.

It's all so clear! In this ep, Mat and Tim check out 100 Gecs and the subgenre they helped define, hyperpop – and against all odds, the buddies reach an epiphany.

In their last episode, Ashley and Megan talk about George Hodel's obsession with the surrealist art movement, which seemingly dictated his values and how he lived his entire adult life. Mark Nelson, author of The Exquisite Corpse, described surrealism as “an interplay of irrationality, eroticism, and violence…recurring in a broad array of writings and art.” Those sound like excellent themes to live by!Trigger Warning: Generally explicit material.Special thanks to Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile for allowing us to tell their family's story. We respect the hell out of these incredible women.Find the podcast that this season is based on, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia, here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129Find Rasha and Yvette's current podcast, Facing Evil, here:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-facing-evil-98407485/Find Megan from Give Us Morgue here:https://giveusmorgue.com/Follow Give Us Morgue on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giveusmorgue/-Audio editing by Jennifer Chen.-Incredible research assistance by Celi Riojas.-Sources:https://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(16)30119-X/fulltexthttps://stevehodel.com/2016/12/29/newly-discovered-man-ray-1969-lithograph-les-invendables-unsaleables-includes-surrealists-minotaur-homage-personal-friend-black-dahlia-killer-dr-george-hill-hodel/https://stevehodel.com/2019/09/22/fred-sextons-modernist-painting-death-of-monalita-becomes-fourth-post-black-dahlia-artwork-believed-linked-to-1947-murder-a-sexton-confession-on-canvas/https://www.ranker.com/list/120-days-of-sodom-acts/jacob-sheltonhttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/s/surrealismGemma Taccogna: A Fred Sexton Survivor and Artist Extraordinairehttps://www.britannica.com/art/Surrealismhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/07/marquis-de-sade-120-days-of-sodom-published-classicGEORGE HODEL'S EXQUISITE CORPSE(S): BEYOND THE BLACK DAHLIADeath of a Dream: The Black Dahliahttps://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203863204574346641329487698https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/07/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer/https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpse-Surrealism-Dahlia-Murder/dp/B000WZTZOUhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-Steve-2012-03-13/dp/B01JXSPKTA

The National Academy of Design's podcast Exquisite Corpse: Contemporary Conversations launches its fourth season with an episode featuring painters and dear longtime friends Roberto Juarez and Jimmy Wright. Starting with Roberto's time capsule of work from the 1980s, their conversation ebbs and flows through experiences that color their art practices. From moving to New York in the 1970/80s, to discovering their visual languages, they share a unique journey to making art careers in New York City. Their shared queer community is a connective tissue, providing the foundation for creative expansion, friendship, housing, and work. Both share a warm gratitude for the past and resounding positivity for the future of their art practices and the art world at large. 

What do you think are the right places to deploy euphemisms, or should we abandon them altogether? How harmful is it to use euphemisms, and why not err on their side just in case? And, if we took all the euphemisms off the table, what do we do with language next? This week, Joey, Jess, and Aaron try out a new Exquisite Corpse segment where they pass along a conversation to each other one thought at a time. They talk about tech layoffs, pooping and peeing, the Space Shuttle Challenger, unreceptive audiences, buying used cars, the joy of playing with language, and protective speech. They don't talk about exquisite jorps. references Explaining Exquisite Corpse, the Surrealist Drawing Game That Just Won't Die The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Revisiting Critical Nonsense 174! Askers vs. Guessers and Working Hours "Terminological inexactitude" 

And that's it. We've finished one full year of playing the game we made up, Kevin Bacon's Exquisite Corpse. It's a mixed success, so we spend the episode talking about how we could have improved if we'd thought about it earlier. Plus we re-rank a few movies on our master list to make it a little bit better but still pretty weird. Next up: A VERY COOL THING WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT SOON