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[link] ]]> ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6625632/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6625632/ Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:32:04 PDT ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6545747/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6545747/ Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:47:18 PDT
I used to be utterly puzzled that Dad claims that he does not think in words at all. For him, thought is visual and conceptual; when he needs to speak, it comes out in words without any kind of preview. He programs. He has the type of logic that computers can parse; he also has a quiet, dry, twisty sense of humor and a knack for saying things in ways that groups of people like. He doesn't, however, translate well. He doesn't take a concept he understands and break it down into simpler smaller bits that someone entirely unfamiliar with the concept can easily parse; to understand Dad, you already need to know a little.

I think in words. When I speak, the sentence has gone through my brain first, like words on a page or words spoken into my ear. Often, it has gone through several revisions before it makes it to the purely physical mechanisms of speech. When I type, it goes through yet another revision, as I poke and twist at the language to make it more precisely fit what I meant. I repeat things over and over in my head - things I have said, things I don't intend to say, fragments of fiction or nonfiction, things other people have said to me or to the general public.

Most of the time, there are words in my head, in the back of my head or right up in the front. Words distract and interest me. I read obsessively. I read all the time. The wonders of the Internet have distracted me a little from printed matter; there is always something new to read, something I haven't seen, something that has only just appeared. But I go back to printed matter over and over, because it is perfect for that. I read and reread; any book I buy will be read more than once (Unless it really fucking sucks. I'll make an exception for that.).

I think in words. I think in words and concepts that I've digested and remade and reinvented, and I think in words and concepts that are bare skins over whole-cloth copies of ideas I got somewhere else. Repetition both bores and fascinates me. The same thing over and over irritates me; but make it theme and variation, and it will hold my attention almost indefinitely.

Words are images, and images are words, and for me, there's a space between them that makes them two entirely different things. I think in images, too. I can put them together, I can use them together, I can use one to describe the other, but there is a tiny gap between images and words that really may as well be the Grand Canyon.

When I'm making art images, if I'm thinking in words, something is different than if I'm thinking in images. I can do that, too. Verbal thinking intrudes upon and overrides the part of me that thinks in images. Sometimes I can distract or put away the part of me that thinks in words. Then, I produce images that have something that I can't describe in words, because it doesn't come from words.

The feel of it is like a trance. I've called it "artspace" before. I can focus for a time entirely on what I see, and on making images that correspond to the nonverbal images and concepts I am thinking in. I lose time that way; when I get to that place in my mind, there is nothing else in the world except making images. Eventually, I am done, or I get distracted, and I fall out of it and back into my usual patterns of thinking, and it's like coming out of a euphoric daze.

I make art because there are concepts inside my head that I want to look at from the outside. I make art because it's a pleasure to make art. I make art because I want to present it to others and see how they think about what I thought. I make art because I want to make some kind of connection between the words in my head and the images in my head.

I make art for the same reasons I write, and I write for the same reasons I make art. ]]> ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6251811/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/6251811/ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:12:50 PDT
I appear to be coming up on 1000 pageviews. That's sort of cool.

Oh, why not. If you happen to be 1000, screenshot it and I'll do a request for you.

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THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Liz
2. Yote
3. Prox

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Coyotegirl
2. Ampersand
3. Prolixity

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I have nice boobs.
2. Hair
3. Feet

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nerve damage XP
2. Poochy belly
3. Not very fit

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Scottish
2. French
3. Spanish

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Tornadoes
2. Fear
3. Being alone

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Coffee!
2. Internet
3. Game Boy (DS, currently)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. "Esoteric Order of Dagon" shirt (Nobody ever gets this joke. I am sad.)
2. Chaos star pendant
3. Purple panties!

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Garbage
2. Incubus
3. DJ Tiesto

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1. Garbage - Bleed Like Me
2. DJ Tiesto - Sweet Misery
3. The Pillows - Carnival

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Understanding
2. Cuddles. And sex.
3. Similar interests

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1. I read tarot cards.
2. I'm allergic to watermelon.
3. I'm afraid of spiders.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU
1. Hands
2. Ass
3. Boobs (well, this only applies to women, but hey. I like boobs.)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Drawing
2. Roleplaying
3. Reading

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Finish enough poetry to publish
2. Get the drawings in my head onto the screen properly
3. Get a damn job

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. Art teacher (this is a no)
2. Pharmacist
3. Therapist

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. England
2. Japan
3. Minnesota

THREE KID'S NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Jason
2. Sasha
3. Matthew

THREE THINGS YOU WANT BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. To be published somewhere
2. A functional left hand
3. A room full of books

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. Heheheh. Pr0n.
2. I love movies with explosions.
3. I don't understand girl games.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1. I constantly fuss with my hair.
2. I cry at sappy movies.
3. I like silly romance stories.

THREE CELEB CRUSHES: (I don't have celeb crushes. I will substitute anime/manga characters, ha.)
1. Hatsuharu Sohma (Fruits Basket) (yes he's jailbait SHUT UP.)
2. Cho Hakkai (Saiyuki)
3. Takara

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Also: contest. Draw me one of my characters. Any character out of my gallery not specifically marked as belonging to someone else is eligible. Best three (if I get three pics or more) get a request pic from me.

]]> ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/4415097/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/4415097/ Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:03:35 PST
dominant or submissive
logical or intuitive
social or loner
kinky or vanilla
cute or sophisticated
kitten or puppy
warm flannel sheets or sleek satin
leader or follower
quiet or talkative
spontaneous or planned ]]> ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/4328504/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/4328504/ Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:03:44 PST ~prolixity http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/3963798/ http://prolixity.deviantart.com/journal/3963798/ Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:57:25 PST
*pokes it*

I can't think of anything to say.

This scintillating bit of brilliance brought to you by the letter A and the number 7. ]]> ~prolixity