I feel like we had similar formative experiences; instead of Ben Hur, I had "turtle" which was a program for drawing on a computer screen, and I was hooked. We had similar computers and similar...
I feel like we had similar formative experiences; instead of Ben Hur, I had "turtle" which was a program for drawing on a computer screen, and I was hooked. We had similar computers and similar updates to them, and sometimes I'll draw funny patterns with turtle because that's what started me on this path.
I guess I know some of the language, but I still think that at their core, the technology of computers is magical. We bashed rocks with lightning to make them think for us; you have to get pretty deep into it before it's not magical! But I do love this:
It is better this way, for a language cannot be magic and known in equal measure.
Maybe they're less magical for me, but less is not none.
Yes. I was just doing some poetry. Of course, there's magic at every level, that is just how I particularly frame my own experience ;) Turtle sounds pretty cool, I'll find it on YouTube ;)
Yes. I was just doing some poetry. Of course, there's magic at every level, that is just how I particularly frame my own experience ;)
Turtle sounds pretty cool, I'll find it on YouTube ;)
This is a "crônica", a uniquely Brazilian format that emerged in Brazilian newspapers in the 19th century. The crônica is very short. It is characterized by a mix of fact, subjectivity, and often...
This is a "crônica", a uniquely Brazilian format that emerged in Brazilian newspapers in the 19th century. The crônica is very short. It is characterized by a mix of fact, subjectivity, and often fiction that is supposed to reflect or say something about reality (this one has no fiction). Oddly enough, I wrote this crônica directly in English. It was an interesting experience to write something so profoundly Brazilian in English.
I feel like we had similar formative experiences; instead of Ben Hur, I had "turtle" which was a program for drawing on a computer screen, and I was hooked. We had similar computers and similar updates to them, and sometimes I'll draw funny patterns with turtle because that's what started me on this path.
I guess I know some of the language, but I still think that at their core, the technology of computers is magical. We bashed rocks with lightning to make them think for us; you have to get pretty deep into it before it's not magical! But I do love this:
Maybe they're less magical for me, but less is not none.
Yes. I was just doing some poetry. Of course, there's magic at every level, that is just how I particularly frame my own experience ;)
Turtle sounds pretty cool, I'll find it on YouTube ;)
This is a "crônica", a uniquely Brazilian format that emerged in Brazilian newspapers in the 19th century. The crônica is very short. It is characterized by a mix of fact, subjectivity, and often fiction that is supposed to reflect or say something about reality (this one has no fiction). Oddly enough, I wrote this crônica directly in English. It was an interesting experience to write something so profoundly Brazilian in English.
EDIT: crônicas are often slice-of-life.