Something I’ve been working on for the last few weeks (along with several other attempts):
@kholinar Beneath the soft eddies, my arms struggle deeper, restless ’til I find your current, aching to be caught in your sweet maelstrom.
Megan and I recently went to see Bright Star, a period piece about the tragic romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne. It’s lovely movie that’s far more grounded than most efforts in the genre.
To promote the movie, the production company decided to try their hands at social networking. They are holding a contest on twitter for the best “Little Tweet Nothing”, that is, a 140 character composition (including your username) on the themes of love, romance, or passion. The prize for the winner is the “A Diamond Is Forever Everlon Diamond Knot Collection Non-Pave Pendant.
It was a very fun exercise to distill this sort of message into 140 characters. This is one of the things I love about twitter, the constraint of squeezing an entire thought into such a concise statement. Much like strict meters in poetry, constraints make you consider other ways of expressing a near identical thought. Sometimes, the constraint even alters the thought in an interesting way that you would not have considered otherwise. I believe working in these confines changes an artist’s mind in a way that’s very valuable so that, when the constraints are removed, they still look for alternate paths. When we get away from the obvious, we learn much more about ourselves… and that’s the point of art.
Only two weeks until finalists are notified. Regardless of success, this was a fun contest.
p.s. – See the movie. It’s fab. http://www.brightstar-movie.com
