Tag Archives: art

Between Blinks

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Art is more important than history. What you create matters more than lies agreed upon. The notion of history is bogus. It is simply lack of imagination all around to think the stories told of earlier times are any more … Continue reading →

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A Day Closely Approaching Winter

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Stone Sea – A Socratic, Aristotelian, or Possibly Asimovian Dialogue for A Day Closely Approaching Winter # Cold winds blow leaves and sparrows through crowds of desultory shoppers. A Writer, shoulders slumped, hands in pocket, head hung low, slouches out … Continue reading →

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Making Things Is Better Than Re-Arranging or Breaking Things

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Gene Stewart

I write most of my stories for their own sake, with audience being a secondary or tertiary consideration after-the-fact. Art for art’s sake, I guess.   “Money, for gods’ sake,” as 10CC cited.   Thing is, as my eldest son … Continue reading →

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The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro, A Review

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012 355pp, trade paperback notes & discussion questions A Review by Gene Stewart First, this novel is a fascinating tour through Boston’s art world, high and low. Mostly … Continue reading →

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FB LitChat w/ JC & SL

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Gene Stewart

“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”–H.P. Lovecraft. It’s not just horror I search for. It’s that ‘something else’ that might inspire awe, too. A shifting in the writing focus? Hmmmm… We’ll see. Anyway, good Wednesday morning, friends. On the … Continue reading →

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Pay Writers For Their Work

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Gene Stewart

You want free writing from writers? To put on your Ezine? So you get free ISP too, right? Free art? Free web design? Oh, it’s in print. So it’s on free paper too? Free ink? Free printing, shipping, storage, and … Continue reading →

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Clips from FB from my birthday last year until now

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Failure is art, and art is failure. We fall short, inevitably, even if awarded. It’s nice to have community accolades, and it does have an affect on how one’s art is perceived and thus its community worth, or value, but … Continue reading →

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A Culling

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Today’s thoughts culled from letters of comment, my fanzine column, my journal, and Facebook. /// I disagree with the assertion that electronic self-publishing is saturating the marketplace; no. It’s saturating the ebook zone, yes. Which is a hefty chunk of … Continue reading →

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It’s (not) the Thought that Counts, It’s the Stuff

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Gene Stewart

“[Fighting piracy is] becoming a full time job. There’s literally scores of sites containing pirated copies of my ebooks, and every time I get a DMCA notice served on one another springs up. It’s getting to the point where it’s … Continue reading →

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Art’s Value

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Our uncultured society places a low value on culture and art. We pay CEOs millions to remove jobs from America and strip us of everything worth a penny but we grouse at having to pay for a story, a song, … Continue reading →

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