The next great Canadian novel... Surfassing... a woman's journey to come to terms with her past and present in the Canadian wilderness... what do you think of the title? It has inspired me to do some real writing... it could be something great.
I think Surfassing-- or surfbumming, if you will-- could be the subject of a sort of Kerouac-Atwood meditation on Canadian life in the 21st century... surf bums instead of dharma bums... and Tofino instead of wherever it was in Quebec's blackfly country. The constant references to trees and the cold should make this a candidate for a grant from Canada Council... but just to make sure it's got enough Canadian content, I'll also make it depressing. Richler was never depressing though... maybe we should all be more like him.
Wow. It's been a long time since I've given any thought to Canadian literature. It probably has a lot to do with my not reading anything Canadian... and then eventually not reading anything at all. I think I'm slowly coming back though... right now I'm reading Beautiful Losers... and it reminds me so much of Barney's Version...
Maybe I've read enough... and now it's time to write?
Okay. Time to write. For real. And not this tap-tap-tap rambling stuff.
But first, a quick movie review... yesterday, I saw 29 Palms by Bruno Dumont. It was beautifully shot. It has a lot in common with Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny. The plot development was similar... and people walked out of both films at Cannes. I would say that 29 Palms is much prettier to look at... and this, despite that Gallo and Sevigny are prettier to look at than whoever those two were in 29 Palms. It wasn't bad. I watched it with ULTE2, and he, being a photographer, found it sufficiently watchable. I don't imagine I know many others who would find this film sufficiently watchable. (Oh yeah, ULTE2 is back in town. Again.)
And... for Valentine's Day, check out these candy hearts. I'd buy them and send them to people... but that would require forethought... and those are hard to come by.
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Let me offer you writer's support. I have also started writing again. I'm focusing on nature writing myself.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Okay... so I have a proposal... what I'll do is find a shock collar and some how hook it up to the internet... and when you check my progress (somewhat regularly, I suppose?) and I have failed to get a certain number of words written down, you remotely administer an electric shock! What do you think?
ReplyDeleteHas there been a connection made between electric shocks and creativity? If not, I think we have a study on our hands!
ReplyDeleteMaybe that would qualify for a grant too!!
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