Tag: Arts
The Holidays are passing, but the new year 2015 awaits with unknown chapters to write in our lives. No matter how much we plan, the year ahead is always a secret yet to be revealed…
Do you fear the gargoyles of the future or the past?
Are the spirits hidden in your bell-tower mind resurfacing?
The dreaded memories continue to last
Into the future, creating new havoc from old rehearsing.
Can you not release the demons and fear
That you struggled with in yesterday-year?
Or are you facing the new year to come
With pictures in your mind of evil faeries
From which you would like to run?
You shall not linger and be merry
As you close your mind to prophetic dreams
And daunting doomsday fiends.
Close your eyes and your mind
To a past that cannot be changed.
It’s over…it’s gone…there is no time…
For dwelling on problems for which you were blamed.
By the same token, what we worry about will appear
Most often so much less than we fear.
We make New Year’s resolutions to right the wrongs
And ease our conscience of that which we cannot change.
Open your heart and fill your soul with song,
Erasing the images that have become engrained
In the scripts in our heads…repetition breeds negativity,
But we can say “No!” and create a new reality.
Let go of the past and do not fear what you do not know.
Wipe clean the slate and let happiness flow!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM BOWMAN AUTHOR!
Technology may change but the process remains the same. Creativity doesn’t change for it originates in the mind.
The craft of writing and designing, indeed all arts!, begins and ends in the human mind. Whatever the media, whatever the age, words and images will be written, drawn, captured, and shared.
I hope the future allows robots to process what the human mind creates. There’s no limit to our mind’s capacity. We’ll never run out of memory and storage space. We’ll never be restricted by the number of pixels, number of words, number of pages, or hues of color.
I chose shades of gray and black for this representation, augmenting every piece to my personal taste, which may not be your personal taste. I cannot count the different shades of gray or the quantity of black ink required to print this on a press.
I remember when camera-ready business or home printers did not exist. Press inspections were round-the-clock, interrupted only by brewing a new pot of coffee to stay awake.
The process is the same, but technology lets my mind’s eye create that which only I can see or someone else describes to me. I must “see” their vision in my mind in order to create it. Trial-and-error and having an open mind will never be replaced by technology. Technology allows us all to share the mind’s words, dreams, visions, images, and thoughts. The technological age is upon us.
New Series of Writing/Editing Blogs starting after Labor Day
I’ve worked in the editing/writing field for close to 30 years. I saw the old-fashioned way of getting a book, business article, academia work, technical report, newspaper, newsletter, poem, song published. Now, I’m using the new, rapid, technology-based Internet publishing through my company Clasid Consultants Publishing.
Whew! Hold the world still so I can get off! That’s how I felt at first. I just couldn’t see how the two disciplines could meet in the middle. There are pros and cons to both. But with a little work, imagination, and creativity, I realized you didn’t have to sacrifice the high quality of the slow, old-fashioned publishing process to the super-fast technology of the Internet. You can have both!
Starting after Labor Day (yikes! Next week!), I will be doing a series of blogs on how the old versus the new can be combined to best represent your literary achievements and especially, YOURSELF!
Some of these tricks of the trade are quick, easy fixes that can add so much to the finished product. Some are more involved, but still do-able for all authors, aspiring first-timers to seasoned authors who use to let the publishing house handle all the details. Don’t you want to be involved in the process every step of the way?
Control is a powerful tool, when you know how to use it.
Just like any other talent, writing must be studied, learned, practiced, and adjusted to fit your audience, your budget, and your timeframe. Maybe you’re writing the right stuff, but showing it to the wrong people. Maybe you’re spending money to make money, but you never make any money. Maybe it takes you too long to complete your writing project, or you’re writing it too fast and leaving out the formatting, proofreading, editing that is essential to getting the manuscript read. I’ll have some free helpful hints to aid you in your research, your preparation, and your publishing.
Please share my free class/blog with your friends, work associates, and even your family. After all, who supports you the most in any writing endeavor, but your family? Whether it is fiction, nonfiction, a resume, a dissertation, or a personal journal?
Don’t be afraid, and don’t give up. We can learn together as we go through this evolving process. Suggestions and comments are always welcomed.
Until next week, enjoy the Holiday and let’s get down to work . . . together.
DEBORAH A. BOWMAN, PUBLISHED AUTHOR, POET, SPEAKER, WRITER/EDITOR
BowmanAuthor and Writer/Editor 