#intertextual

Habakkuk 2:4 is quoted in three places in the New Testament. It is quoted in Romans 1:17, Hebrews 10:38, as well as in Galatians 3:11. In these instances, the author uses this as support for his teaching that the “just shall live by faith,” or that those who are justified are justified by faith alone. The question arises as to whether this is a legitimate usage of Habakkuk 2:4. When the the…

caves of qud, human corpse description

The city springs itself naturally into reconfiguration, into a protocol that happens once he’s been killed. And because of that, all of the pala-din have been moved to the tomb, into this tower, this mausoleum that is now at the center of the Chrysanthemum Parish. And they stand in rank, in salute, as their god dies.

friends at the table, marielda 14: the killing of the king-god samothes by the traitor prince maelgwyn pt. 4

Reconfigured Physiology: Your organs and bones don’t make sense any more. [...] This shows itself in some outward fashion – unusual growths bulging under your skin, words appearing as bruises, black blood and so on.

heart: the city beneath, major fallouts

We’re fleshy bags of blood and firing neurons. It does not take a lot of rearranging in order for the bag to burst open or the machine inside to cease operations.

This blogpost was dictated aloud and is mildly edited for clarity.

one of my favorite parts about writing The Hierophant--er, when i do write it--and other works is just how intertextual i can be. and it boils down to the nature of what I call "blind references". i am not a person that can synthesize things 100% perfectly in my own words…i'm always thinking of other people and their other writing and their other quotes and their other ideas, and i feel an ethical urge to give back to these authors. but i can't necessarily write quotes [outright] because that would be a bit too postmodern for my work…

so what i do instead is, i try to replicate the best or the most emotional part of the quote and what I've noticed is that some of these quotes are quite profound. it all goes back to blind references, i think. even unwittingly, even if i don't make it a goal to write the precise phrase, i still wind up writing a very similar thing anyway. on one hand it's very nice; i get to refresh my ideas and my perceptions on the work [that i had in mind], and i get to read a little bit on the side too. on the other hand, it can be quite difficult to write because you're so bombarded by all of these cool things basically. and it distracts from what you need to say. i think there's a difference between what we need to say, and what we want to say. storytelling, especially on a first draft, is all about what you need to say.

Jane Goodall became one of the most famous women scientists of the late 20th century, Because of that, she has appeared in different TV shows and some artworks have been created based, mostly, in her life. The list includes an appearance in The Simpsons’ episode “Simpson Safari”, several illustration books (Me Jane, The Watcher, for instance) and a drag queen performance.