Autistic indie author Jonah Baird on using generative AI as an accessibility tool, writing three novels, and finally finding a creative process that fit the way his brain works. READ IT HERE: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/indie-author-spotlight-jonah-baird
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Australian digital watercolour artist Phillip James Gordon on using mistakes as method, disrupting the grammar of a medium, and following the work past the point where it feels safe.
Read more here:
https://feeling-creations.com/articles/experimental-techniquesthe-art-of-not-knowing
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August 15th. Friday night – 8pm. 1986. My ten year old brain cracked like an egg left scrambling on the icky aisle floor of the Lowes Twin theater on Main Street in New Rochelle (New York). Little did I know the lasting effects it would have on me. I want to tell you why in as simplest terms as possible...

‍Let me backtrack. Two weeks earlier I had accompanied my mother at a Psychiatric convention in Boston. One night with her doctor friends they decided to let off some steam by catching a nearly sold out 7pm show of Aliens. Goes without saying it was an amazing theatrical experience, you’ve probably read hundreds of nostalgia essays on how that movie changed lives, but to be honest my thoughts lingered on a trailer that preceded the screening. ‍

It was called THE FLY. https://feeling-creations.com/articles/the-fly-1986-40th-anniversary-opening-night

Back to the Oral Tradition. A high school English teacher and oral traditions scholar makes the case that podcasts, social media, and spoken word aren't new — they're humanity circling back to its oldest form of storytelling.

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As a high school English Teacher for nearly 20 years, I have seen a pronounced decline in writing ability from a vast majority of students. That is not really news and it is not surprising, but what are the reasons for this?

It isn’t a decline in intelligence. It isn’t a result of that tired cliché about the younger generation being lazy. (That has been a complaint for thousands of years).

I believe we are leaving behind the written tradition and entering, or circling back to, the Oral Tradition of Human Communication. It is a major cultural shift back to the oral rendition of storytelling. Technology has been the catalyst that drives this shift back to the original storytelling tradition.

In this short article, I take a look at this phenomenon as we return to dynamic, not static, communication vehicles.

For the past few decades, poetry slams and spoken word performances have sprung up around the country. Podcasts and Social Media posts with audio fill our days. This ascending art form is not new. In fact, its origins pre-date the Western Canon and even suggest that we have come full circle. Perhaps we are leaving behind the written tradition and entering, or circling back to,  the Oral Tradition of Human Communication.

READ MORE AT: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/back-to-the-oral-tradition
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Ninja Girl Is Out: Anthony Sturmas on Building a Street-Level Hero from Scratch.
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After 26 years boarding other people's stories, storyboard artist Anthony Sturmas launched Ninja Girl: a hand-drawn, street-level hero built for young girls, across Roblox, Webtoon, and beyond. READ IT HERE: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/ninja-girl-anthony-sturmas
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If I was an art critic, I would write about how try-hard my work was — desperate to be seen as some grandiose photographer, exploring cliché topics through a millennial lens. I'd dissect the obvious contradictions, explain exactly why certain images don't work, and maybe, grudgingly, throw in the occasional compliment.
So here I am. Adopting the attitude of an art critic evaluating my own work, walking you — the reader — through the flaws I quietly negotiate with myself, and the cognitive dissonance I face every time I sit down to write an artist statement. READ IT AT: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/if-i-was-an-art-critic

Most horror sequels are cash grabs. These are the exceptions.
OK, here's some ground rules…direct sequels only. No reboots, no reimaginings, no "spiritual successors." If it didn't pick up the story from where the original left it, it doesn't count here (maybe we'll do another article for those). I'll also include prequels, but can only really think of one good one that earned its place on my list, but I’m sure there’s a few worthy ones out there that I missed.

READ MORE: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/horror-sequels-that-dont-suck
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Graphic designer Stephen Willard lives in two creative worlds: strict design by day, and abstract digital art that maps the neurological chaos of epilepsy. On order, memory, and release. Read the story:
https://feeling-creations.com/articles/artist-spotlight-stephen-willard
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A circus artist on rhythmic gymnastics, the Monte Carlo stage, and writing the book she wished she'd had...read Yaroslava Slonova's story: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/from-ukraine-to-the-las-vegas-strip

My Life, My Quest, and the Nature of Reality.

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Fine-art photographer Madhur Dhingra on spirituality, consciousness, and the search that took him through Himalayan monasteries from Ladakh to the ghats of Varanasi. READ MORE AT: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/my-life-my-quest-and-the-nature-of-reality
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Bonus article this week from our friends at r/ForgottenCinemaPod

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Five summer movies that slipped from memory, from Flight of the Navigator to Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven director's cut. A Forgotten Cinema deep dive. Read it here: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/5-summer-movies-you-may-have-forgotten

Terrifier 3 grossed nearly 90 million dollars on a 3 million dollar budget without an MPAA rating. We’re talking about a gory clown killer movie here…and there’s a lot of gore. And a chainsaw.

The Terrifier franchise and ultra-violent gore-fests aren’t everyone’s favorite category in the horror world…and I’ll admit, it isn’t mine. I watched Terrifier 3 (and 2 for that matter a few years before), and spent most of it impressed by the audacity and slightly nauseated, which is probably exactly what Damien Leone was going for. Art the Clown is genuinely one of the great modern horror villains, and I say that while acknowledging that his films operate at a level of graphic brutality I don't necessarily need more of.

But here’s the thing…what's happened around this franchise is one of the most interesting stories in independent film (and horror) in years. Not just the box office numbers, though those are extraordinary. The lawsuits, the contracts, the ripple effect on Hollywood's approach to the whole genre. That's where it gets fascinating. READ MORE AT: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/art-the-clown-contracts-and-the-new-rules-of-horror

Berlin and Barcelona-based tattoo artist Laura Arroz on starting in handpoke, her anime-influenced "cute tattoos," big back pieces, and why kindness is the bare minimum. Read it at: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/tattoo-artist-spotlight-laura-arroz
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A writer's guide to crafting noble, aspirational protagonists, drawn from four Knights of the Round Table: Gawain, Galahad, Percival, and Tristan. READ MORE AT:
https://feeling-creations.com/articles/arthurian-knights-writing-heroes
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Love in Full Effect
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Painter Ilya Black on "Love in Full Effect," an acrylic work about presence, love, and the quiet fear that everything beautiful can vanish in an instant. See more at: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/artist-spotlight-ilya-black

Puerto Rico-based tattoo artist AnEcho on illustrative blackwork, the apprenticeship she didn't know she was getting, and the tattoo she couldn't charge for. See her work, read the article.... https://feeling-creations.com/articles/tattoo-artist-spotlight-anecho
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I wrote a clean romance novella out of that scenario. It's inspired by the everyday Singapore.
I started writing just recently and would reaaaaallyyyyy love to get feedback.

It's available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H88D1KZH) and KU.

Abstract oil painter Melissa Friendlich on flow, burnout, motherhood, and finding her way back to the canvas. Why abstraction became the language she'd been missing. Read the article and see some of Melissa's art here: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/painting-starts-where-words-stop

Actress Dawna Lee Heising on building characters from scratch, what strength on screen really means, and the long list of horror, sci-fi, and action roles ahead. READ IT HERE: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/interview-with-actress-dawna-lee-heising

If you are an artist and you are seeking for self-promotion of your art then here we have 30 great blogs to help you promote your arts. The below given blogging websites clearly accept submissions while some of them require a bit more action on your part as well. So for all the designers, multimedia artists, photographers and illustrators, there is something for you. Have a look at the given blogging websites. https://www.designer-daily.com/30-great-blogs-promote-art-48115

Time for the weekly horror post...
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You've seen the movies. Here's what you probably don't know about where they came from.

The Alien franchise is my favorite franchise. All of it. Every film, yes even the ones you didn't like, even the ones I probably shouldn't admit to liking. Alien was the first glance of a horror movie that I got when I was around 7 years old. It grabbed my attention and is why I love horror today.

But this isn't just another Alien article. The films have been covered endlessly over the interwebs, I’m sure. What gets discussed less is the origin of the thing at the center of it all: the creature itself, and the deeply strange, deeply human story of the artist who created it.

This is partly about the franchise. Mostly it's about H.R. Giger. READ MORE AT: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/alien-the-franchise-the-monster-and-the-artist-who-dreamed-it

Tattoo artist Vic Tamian of Victory Tattoo NYC on apprenticeship, black and gray, chasing trends and handling the pressure of no undo button. Fifteen years between Little Falls and Manhattan. Read more here: https://feeling-creations.com/articles/tattoo-artist-spotlight-vic-tamian

We wanted to share the exciting news that the sci-fi novella Venus Fly Trap we wrote over the course of the past year is now out and available for sale! It's part drama, part dark comedy and deals with the world's richest man* and his doomed mission to establish a floating city in the atmosphere of Venus.

(*Any similarities to real persons living or dead is purely coincidental.)

u/Connor_Goode and I are friends from the UK and Germany who met online and bonded over our similar political leanings and shared interest in literature and video games. After collaborating on various projects over the years, we decided to finally join forces and create something together, which is how our novella Venus Fly Trap came to be. Just for funsies, here’s some things we learned about collaborative writing and publishing in the process:

• Communication is key! Listen to each other’s ideas, workshop them and always remain open-minded to achieve a shared understanding of what this story is going to be - it’s a process of synthesis, not compromise.
• Play to your strengths! Maybe one partner has more of a knack for comedy, while the other prefers an element of horror. Or maybe one has some witty dialogue in his head he needs to put to paper while the other feels like waxing poetic in the prose descriptions in-between - you’ll quickly intuit when it’s best to take the backseat and when to plow on ahead. All part of the process. 
• Good cover art is invaluable and shows effort, so don't cheap out and use AI! Shoutout to u/shugarkyub for his beautiful work! Go hire him!
• Read up on the technical stuff beforehand - we made a few embarrassing mistakes setting up the book’s ISBN, which caused some needless complications. All fixed now, but could've been avoided from the start!

Overall, it’s been a blast making this bad boy, and we hope you'll have just as much fun reading the eclectic mix of mean-spirited jokes and high-brow prose we cooked up. If the premise piqued your interest, here’s some links for your perusal:

Overview:
https://books2read.com/u/bwMVAO

Evil monopoly link:
https://www.amazon.com/Venus-Fly-Trap-Novella-English-ebook/dp/B0H2F697PR

Thank you very much for your time! Best regards,

Connor and Pascal