Yes he does it! I finished the Faerie Love Lost re-write. It's awesome. I'm trying really hard to not re-read it for a week or so (...
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Author: David LeBarron
Here's Ardy! So this is a picture of Mwake's Dad. Who is Mwake you ask? She's the lead character in my story of evolution! I tell how she adapted and changed as the Earth and her environments altered. She becomes a mitochondrial eve of sorts. I really wanted to tell how adaptation gave us different skin color and stuff. All those physical things we pretend is race, and judge each other on, when it's really just adaptation. The trick was to not be too too scientific and more fun story. here's the science-y part:As the tribe grew in size, our friends wandered out of Africa and literally all over the world! We spread up through the Middle...
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My friend's blog Breaking The Eggs is all about storytelling. In this recent blog he talks about our origins of storytellers in comparison to origin stories of popular comic characters. I wrote the following:I so easily recall being in 3rd grade and finding D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. I memorized most of them with in months. Then I would recount and re-tell to any and everyone who'd listen. I just kind of never stopped. Of course new stories have been added. Other myths. Personal stories. Mono's on everything. BUT I still tell the Greeks. I just did Achilles and re-wrote Persephone. I think I still recall the memory so easily because, albeit at a young age and not understanding...
Continue reading I'm quickly re-writing a story I'll be telling for Arte-Work, a queer performance art thingy, on a roof top in downtown LA next Thursday the 14th. I tell of our ancient queer ancestor SHIM who came down off the mountain top looking for love! Awe...
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