Maybe if I work on trying to learn some new/different things that I’ve never learned before, that might help to activate new parts of my brain – and then maybe those newly activated parts could also re-learn old things - but what should my new things be? Any suggestions?
I've already received the suggestion of learning guitar (which is probably a good one, but I don't have a guitar).
Any others?
3/30/11
New Thirteen Myna Birds Smithereens
Thirteen Myna Birds latest update is now live!
Starring new poetry by Michelle Detorie, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Joseph Harker, Daniel G. Snethen, Trisha Low, & Franklin Murdock (plus older poems remaining by Molly Curtis & Corey Mesler).
Here is a strange smithereen of tidbits created by lines from each new piece : “a spool of gloss torn by clipped sun, staining your junctures, cunt murmurs, writhe helpless, Tangled, telescopic eyes, ravenous for my flesh, a tattoo costs the same as an abortion, a pulpy trophy, what are you wearing, strip to your terrors”
Smithereen it for yourself: http://13myna.blogspot.com/
Starring new poetry by Michelle Detorie, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Joseph Harker, Daniel G. Snethen, Trisha Low, & Franklin Murdock (plus older poems remaining by Molly Curtis & Corey Mesler).
Here is a strange smithereen of tidbits created by lines from each new piece : “a spool of gloss torn by clipped sun, staining your junctures, cunt murmurs, writhe helpless, Tangled, telescopic eyes, ravenous for my flesh, a tattoo costs the same as an abortion, a pulpy trophy, what are you wearing, strip to your terrors”
Smithereen it for yourself: http://13myna.blogspot.com/
3/29/11
New tidbits plus an old interview at Birds of Lace
Last week was a rough one for me - and this week started out that way too - lots of stress, frustration, sadness, and more - BUT, I cannot allow myself to focus on the negative or frustrating stuff - I must continue to try my best!
Yesterday, I started feeling better while painting a skull box. I've also been working on a new article (using several of the last few blog posts below, slightly updated and revised) plus more and I've also been working on the next Thirteen Myna Birds update, which will hopefully happen later today.
Today there is a new online version of an older (poetry-oriented) interview with me that was originially published in a print publication called Freshette - and is now available online at Birds of Lace (thank you Gina Abelkop!).
I remember receiving the print version while I was still in the hospital shortly after my stroke last year, so I wrote this content over a year ago, but it is still good to see it online now.
Here's a snippet: "every once in a while, I get in a mode in which I start thinking about the possible pointlessness of it all or maybe even the frivolousness of it all or maybe even the self-indulgence involved with investing so much time and energy into creating these little art projects that probably mostly just matter to me. However, we all have to find our sense of special meaning and significance somewhere—for some, it’s in the camaraderie surrounding sports, for some it’s through religious beliefs, for some it’s political activism, for some it’s careerism... For me, it’s poetry. I feel that this realm is where my voice truly belongs and can most authentically express itself, whether or not my expressions resonate for others."
Read more by clicking the link: http://birdsoflace.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/an-interview-wjuliet-cook/
Yesterday, I started feeling better while painting a skull box. I've also been working on a new article (using several of the last few blog posts below, slightly updated and revised) plus more and I've also been working on the next Thirteen Myna Birds update, which will hopefully happen later today.
Today there is a new online version of an older (poetry-oriented) interview with me that was originially published in a print publication called Freshette - and is now available online at Birds of Lace (thank you Gina Abelkop!).
I remember receiving the print version while I was still in the hospital shortly after my stroke last year, so I wrote this content over a year ago, but it is still good to see it online now.
Here's a snippet: "every once in a while, I get in a mode in which I start thinking about the possible pointlessness of it all or maybe even the frivolousness of it all or maybe even the self-indulgence involved with investing so much time and energy into creating these little art projects that probably mostly just matter to me. However, we all have to find our sense of special meaning and significance somewhere—for some, it’s in the camaraderie surrounding sports, for some it’s through religious beliefs, for some it’s political activism, for some it’s careerism... For me, it’s poetry. I feel that this realm is where my voice truly belongs and can most authentically express itself, whether or not my expressions resonate for others."
Read more by clicking the link: http://birdsoflace.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/an-interview-wjuliet-cook/
3/27/11
Paper Ephemera - It will please you
This is a teeny little snippet from one of several offerings of paper ephemera newly available from Blood Pudding Press, presenting you with some oddly unique, fun vintage and/or artsy innards from a variety of different magazines - to use within your own unique art!
See more & find out more here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=5216837
3/25/11
Voodoo Doughnut Yum!
I received my first ever Voodoo Doughnut in the mail today, sent to me by the delightful Mackenzie M! Yay! Thank ye poodle!
Prepare to be pretzel stabbed and bitten!
*
Finger bitten off.
Oozing innards.
My head & heart are left.
Prepare to be pretzel stabbed and bitten!
*
Finger bitten off.
Oozing innards.
My head & heart are left.
3/15/11
Blood Pudding Zombie Holocaust
My Blood Pudding Press is featured on ZombieHolocaust:
http://zombieholocaustmusings.blogspot.com/2011/03/liable-to-mutate-your-tongue.html
http://zombieholocaustmusings.blogspot.com/2011/03/liable-to-mutate-your-tongue.html
3/8/11
Blood Pudding Press/Horror Couture
My Blood Pudding Press etsy shop has become part of a Team called Horror Couture!
When I was invited to join this Team I felt pretty excited but worried that I might not fit in, because I don't have much blatantly horror-esque stuff available for sale in my Blood Pudding Press shop. I have hand-designed poetry chapbooks, vintage doodads, and ephemera.
BUT I do think some of my poetry is horror-esque in it's own odd way. In much of my older poetry, I liked to bake horrific confections. I don’t like vanilla snack pack pudding poetry; I like blood pudding poetry. I like poetry that borders the unappetizing, poetry that borders the grotesque, poetry that borders the pornographic and horrific. I am attuned to a sense of revolting, bodily-based horror associated with femaleness and I have a desire to birth this horror or abort it or deconstruct, reconstruct, or vivisect it!
As far as my newest poetry is concerned, my very latest chapbook 'POST-STROKE' is based on a real-life horrific health issue I suffered (and am still suffering) from. I had a carotid artery dissection, aneurysms, a stroke - and NOW have a Stent and Aphasia.
Also, I even designed a new sexy hot pink Venus Fly Trap Card (with poetry snippets) in honor of the Horror Couture group!
Lovely? Poisonous? Horror-ific in its own odd way? You decide.
See more about the Venus Fly Trap card here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69587846/sexy-hot-pink-venus-fly-trap-handmade
See more about POST-STROKE here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68522600/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook
X.O.X. Juliet
***
P.S. Created a NEW Horror Couture-esque Treasury: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d77f528b10a6d91fe0b5dd3/horror-couture-eyeballs-other-yummy?ref=pr_treasury
When I was invited to join this Team I felt pretty excited but worried that I might not fit in, because I don't have much blatantly horror-esque stuff available for sale in my Blood Pudding Press shop. I have hand-designed poetry chapbooks, vintage doodads, and ephemera.
BUT I do think some of my poetry is horror-esque in it's own odd way. In much of my older poetry, I liked to bake horrific confections. I don’t like vanilla snack pack pudding poetry; I like blood pudding poetry. I like poetry that borders the unappetizing, poetry that borders the grotesque, poetry that borders the pornographic and horrific. I am attuned to a sense of revolting, bodily-based horror associated with femaleness and I have a desire to birth this horror or abort it or deconstruct, reconstruct, or vivisect it!
As far as my newest poetry is concerned, my very latest chapbook 'POST-STROKE' is based on a real-life horrific health issue I suffered (and am still suffering) from. I had a carotid artery dissection, aneurysms, a stroke - and NOW have a Stent and Aphasia.
Also, I even designed a new sexy hot pink Venus Fly Trap Card (with poetry snippets) in honor of the Horror Couture group!
Lovely? Poisonous? Horror-ific in its own odd way? You decide.
See more about the Venus Fly Trap card here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69587846/sexy-hot-pink-venus-fly-trap-handmade
See more about POST-STROKE here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68522600/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook
X.O.X. Juliet
***
P.S. Created a NEW Horror Couture-esque Treasury: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d77f528b10a6d91fe0b5dd3/horror-couture-eyeballs-other-yummy?ref=pr_treasury
3/5/11
Blood Pudding Press Chapbook SETS
Added a new Poetry Chapbook SETS section to my Blood Pudding Press etsy shop, so that if anyone is interested in purchasing two or three different chapbooks, they can be treated to a special price, $2.00 to $4.00 less than buying each chapbook separately.
Take a look see; feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7894809
Take a look see; feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7894809
3/3/11
Ides of March, Ides of Morph, Easter Oddballs
Another etsy Treasury I recently created - "Ides of March, Ides of Morph, Easter Oddballs":
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d6df0bb54ac6d91a21ee9b4/ides-of-march-ides-of-morph-easter?ref=pr_treasury
AND my own etsy shop's new Easter Yumfest is here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7888847
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d6df0bb54ac6d91a21ee9b4/ides-of-march-ides-of-morph-easter?ref=pr_treasury
AND my own etsy shop's new Easter Yumfest is here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7888847
3/1/11
Beware the Ides of Morph (SEVENTEEN Mynas)
Beware the Ides of March, the Ides of Morph, a darkly delicious concoction in which Thirteen temporarily morphs into Seventeen Myna Birds!
A hauntingly sexy assortment of scrumptious goodies and horror by the likes of Molly Curtis, Corey Mesler, John Grey, Daniel G. Snethen, Joseph Harker, Trisha Low, & Stephen Caratzas.
Partake of these creatures' works here! http://13myna.blogspot.com.
Then feel free to submit to other updates in the future (the issue after this one will go back to just Thirteen new editions - two of those are MORE pieces by the above named Joseph Harker and Trisha Low - eleven of them are still open) and/or invite your friends to submit.
Below are a couple little slivers created from the current issue, pilfering and fusing tidbits from all of the new Seventeen Myna Birds creatures. Slurp.
"creatures bucked off at awful angles / music latticing the night / small, humming, lucent / golden cobwebs / spirits flanking spirits / lips stained mauve / savage orange glow / sticky sweetness / salty starvation / treacherous fashion"
"ink in my veins / open up like a ghostflower / long, slow nerve / mortifications of the flesh / the slits of her gums / have you been snorting buttercream? / the new, the dark, the glorious"
A hauntingly sexy assortment of scrumptious goodies and horror by the likes of Molly Curtis, Corey Mesler, John Grey, Daniel G. Snethen, Joseph Harker, Trisha Low, & Stephen Caratzas.
Partake of these creatures' works here! http://13myna.blogspot.com.
Then feel free to submit to other updates in the future (the issue after this one will go back to just Thirteen new editions - two of those are MORE pieces by the above named Joseph Harker and Trisha Low - eleven of them are still open) and/or invite your friends to submit.
Below are a couple little slivers created from the current issue, pilfering and fusing tidbits from all of the new Seventeen Myna Birds creatures. Slurp.
"creatures bucked off at awful angles / music latticing the night / small, humming, lucent / golden cobwebs / spirits flanking spirits / lips stained mauve / savage orange glow / sticky sweetness / salty starvation / treacherous fashion"
"ink in my veins / open up like a ghostflower / long, slow nerve / mortifications of the flesh / the slits of her gums / have you been snorting buttercream? / the new, the dark, the glorious"
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