zk/diary/2023-01-01.md

%title Generative workshops

Syntax

1. Rapid fire images (start writing/break through a block by just putting ten images down in ten minutes; we address the universal too much).
   1. Dust on electronics, untouched by clean cloth, disturbed only by unread mail; a mute accusation.
   2. Cloud-dulled sunlight found its way through the tiniest of cracks in the styrofoam sheet standing in for real blinds.
   3. Something---dog fur? My own hair?---touches my face too lightly.
   4. The way the world dims when the neutral-density filter is turned.
   5. Tweezers, tips never quite touching, cozy up with nail-clippers.
   6. Brand new hair-ties sit, ignored, beneath a few scrunchies.
   7. Chopped and screwed phonk clips even in headphones at half volume.
   8. The tan side of an emery board blends in with the desktop.
   9. The pill caddy, an accusation of missed meds, sits askew.
   10. The "mango" lip balm only ever smells of papayas.
2. Write a cumulative sentence together: "Arriving late, ... to sit down at my desk ..." --- Arriving late, after forgetting my coffee---now cold a fridge unplugged---in the rush of guilt from forgotten alarms, my clothes still damp having quickly grabbed them from the still-turning drying, I was desperate to escape the stifling conversation, prattling and monotone, of my dull-eyed coworkers, which was focused on weekend plans, how many inches of rain were expected, and the circuitous detail of their underdeveloped dreams about toe fungus. --- have fun and be ridiculous to hunt for opportunities, then go back and revise, overwrite and pare down.
3. Notes on simile:
   • simile has emotional and physical register
   • more than a physical comparison.
     • Bad: "his legs were thick like tree-trunks"
     • Good: imbue with something much larger. "His legs were thick like he had dedicated himself to becoming a statue, some solid object people admired and pointed toward"