Well kids I know it's been about FOREVER since I last posted and I'll fill in you in why. I've been a traveling freak.
I've been to Oregon, California, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky (of course Michigan) and I'm on my way to Washington state at the end of this week. I've been visiting family/friends and writing when I can.
News on the Sandra writing front: mucho progresso on the rewrite of the book.
ALSO BREAKING NEWS!!!! The website has been revamped (pardon the pun) Check it out at www.sandratuttle.com and make sure to leave a comment so I know what you think of it. More writing samples are on their way, so keep checking back.
Now, onto this week in Sandra's life.
There hasn't been a whole lot going on but I did discover some great sites and interesting facts.
Her art is whimsical, the colors gorgeous, her technique amazing--and then there's just that little bit of darkness to them that I ADORE. Check out her site and see some of her great work.
Yes I'm doing a Thanksgiving blog: surprise surprise. But since I can't seem to do anything in a standard fashion, I thought I'd mix things up a bit. Things that I'm thankful for that perhaps I shouldn't, or just that seem counter intuitive.
I am thankful for:
Being laid off. Being divorced. Being virtually homeless.
These surely aren't things most people would categorize in the thankful category but for me they all represent one thing: Freedom (I can hear Mel Gibson screaming it...yeah it's that important to me too.)
This freedom from the daily grind, mortgages and rent gives me the opportunity to write and explore the world. It enables me to give writing and traveling a chance.
I know this wouldn't work for everyone--hello, I have a huge freaking family and friends that live all over the country and want me to come visit them. But for anyone that wants to travel and is laid off--see how much you can do without and see about taking trips on the cheap.
There are a lot of websites out there for people who don't have spread out friends and family.
Google couch surfing, caretakers gazette, travel writing, house sitting. Heck, even writers who work from home or write when they aren't working a regular job need a break from reality or their own space--even if it is house sitting down the block or in the town over.
While bff's equal muse from a distance, up close and personal is another story.
My bff, CoD, is a wonderful inspiration from afar. She helps push me through rough patches in writing and is my sounding board. This is all over the internet and phone, since we live about 9 hours from one another. However, this past month I've been in her home state of Missouri visiting with her. And what have I gotten done? Barely a days work. Come to find out, hanging out with her is much more distracting and I can't get anything done. How in the world did I convince myself this would be a writing sabbatical?
Missouri is a seriously mouse having state. (How I learned that I'm not afraid of mice)
Now I grew up in a farm town in Michigan and had a field in front of the house and woods in the back... yet the extent of my rodent experience was seeing a shrew at work and not until age 27. Then enter Missouri... and it's mouse freaking central. The house I'm staying in--a nice, well kept home. And there is a mouse. It scurried across the kitchen floor and under the cabinet. I didn't flip out, just thought it was kind of cute. Few days later... saw it running through the living room--still no freaking, just generally wanted to admire its cuteness..
But next... ahhh.... here in lies the true test of my non mouse fear having self. Enter: late night, home by myself. And I have to pee. I walk down the very dark hallway into the bathroom. Un zip, and pulldown. Mid squat (yes, I do love a great visual) something dark runs past my peripheral vision. I freeze. Two weeks ago I found a giant spider in that bathroom. I am totally not getting caught with my pants literally down when trying to erase the world of that spider's life. The dark thing moves again--it is a mouse. So I finish the motion of my squat and relieve myself. I calmly watch the mouse scurry under the vanity and under the tiny gap below the door. I finish, wipe, flush, wash my hands and don't think twice.
That Dollar General has everything you will ever need:
Food? Check. Chocolate? Check. Twilight Candy? Double fucking check check checkity check check. Feminine products? Check. Brand Name Lash-lengthening mascara? Check Twilight the boardgame for half the price of Target? Check. Local curmudgeon to discuss local allergens and turkey feather disasters? Check. Allergy medicine? Check.
Tattoo prices really do vary so check around if you don't have a certain artist you want.
In addition: decently priced tattoo artists will totally make you wait on them. The appointment time is merely a suggestion to them--but a commandment for you. Don't be late, but bring something to keep you entertained when you arrive on time. Be prepared to wait.
That I truly do have a soul mate out there--it just isn't a romantic one.
CoD and I are both very private people. We're antisocial even... and yet I can spend every day for a month with her and keep looking forward to more. I can read her moods--even through a text message. We are linked by the alignment of the stars, cosmic fish, tea leaves, runes, the throwing of the bones and the skinning of the cats (okay I made the last one up... at least I hope I did) Anyway yeah--we are some seriously linked mofos and neither one of us have ever had a friendship like this before. I like to think of it as fate--but maybe we are just two awesome chicks who finally got what they deserve--an even awesomer (yup I said it) chick to hang out with.
That when you take the screams of terror out of horror movies--they sound a lot like porn. (As heard through a wall)
(This also goes for a lot of video games) Knock Knock, anyone home? *heavy breathing* Hello...? *thump thump thump* *heavy breathing* *footsteps, creaky door opening* *gasp* *yet even more heavy breathing, moans, little squeals of surprise*
Video: This may be what I feel like after I leave Missouri in a few days...
The response has been nil on the writing prompts so I guess I won't give them anymore. Boo!
The following is the opening scene from Book 1 of the Just Sam series: Inevitable
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Every time I'm about to find something incredible, my body takes over, even when my mind knows it should proceed with caution. The scent in the air changes and my vision narrows to see nothing but the dirt before me. I know what lies beneath the layer of soil will more than likely ruin my career, but the smell of pine overrides the trepidation I should've learned well in the rainforest. Nothing makes the single mindedness go away, except to dig my fingers in the ground and ride it out until I discovered what wants to be released from the earth.
Forgoing the brush, I wiped away dirt with my fingers. I gently swirled away the sandy Florida soil, but my fingertips chilled despite the warmth of the earth. I knew I was close. Whatever is buried in this place needs to be touched by a human hand, not a synthetic bristle brush. It didn't spend centuries buried in secret to be treated with the plastic indifference of today's scientists. Archaeologists typically know better.
The dirt moved out of my way so quickly it was as if we were of the same mind. Tingling fingertips made me slow down. Close, we were so close. My hands hovered over the dirt, lying in wait.
“Carlos, grab the camera will you?” I hollered. Carlos, my number two on the dig, was a local worker. Initially, I'd been mad at Orson Naston, my boss, when he gave me all untrained workers, but I found that eager learners were better than workers improperly trained. Short and stocky, Carlos's appearance echoed the rest of the immigrant crew, save his slicked back pompadour. His fluent English is what set him apart and made him the preferred second in command.
He ambled out of the trailer, camera in hand, ready to document the impending artifact. I knew it was here. We were close, better to be prepared now then have to wait to unearth it because the camera sat in the work trailer.
“You find it, Mees Rojo?” Carlos's eyebrows waggled as he used his nickname for me, Miss Red, based on my hair.
“I don't know about it, but I suspect that I'll find something shortly.”
“I know it, Rojo, you found it.”
I stared at my hovering hands, now slightly shaking and tingling with pinpricks of static electricity. “Time to find out what it is.”
“Camera is ready.”
I lowered my hands to the dirt and pushed it away in a sweeping motions to side. Most archaeologists use a brush at this point, but I wanted to be the first to touch it. When it was time to remove it, I'll use a brush. Slowly a white protrusion emerged from the soil. My hands swept the dirt away in a flurry with more and more white appearing.
A gust of wind blew a rogue lock of hair across my face and obscured my vision the moment before I could see the artifact. Wiping the lock away, two deep holes stared back at me from a large animal skull. Pinpricks danced along my skin and I shivered at the intense pleasure pain feeling of the discovery. I stroked the slim bone between the eyes.
Rolling green hills, steep cliffs, deep rivers, tall ships, cold weather and forever to run. A wolf. I was a wolf and I was being hunted.
My rapid breathing snapped me out of my daydream. I breathed out surprisingly cold air from my too tight lungs and I did a double take at the skull. It was a wolf—but it was too big. Way too big. Too big for a Dire Wolf even.
It shouldn’t be in Florida at this stratum. Hell it shouldn’t be anywhere at any strata level, but it most definitely shouldnotbe here, by me. And yet I knew if something virtually unheard of or impossible were to surface it'd be right where I was.
I closed my eyes and wished it away.
“Mees Rojo, a dog! You found a dog… Mees Rojo?”
I tipped my head up and looked Carlos in the eye. He was close, especially for a skull so large. The only giveaway that it was a wolf over a dog was the size of the teeth compared to the skull. Domesticated animals didn't need teeth so large.
“Is dog, right?” His eyebrows bounced and his chest swelled. This was his first dig and the first find he was a part of.
“Close, a wolf.” I pasted a smile on my face. I could be excited for him, I swear I could, but I couldn’t help but feeling dread. All I kept thinking was, “Fuck, not again.”
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And now onto the video! This is a very good reenactment of what CoD and I have been up to while I've been here in MO!
I didn't know what to do. Is there a social protocol for when someone's face starts falling off right in front of you?
Update on me:
I am on the road again--imagine that, wanderlust again. Jack Kerouac ain't got shit on me. ;)
I am currently in Missouri with my BFF CoD. She is my muse and helps me edit my work as I write, so you'd think I'd be getting a shit load of writing done right?
WRONG!
Come to find out, hanging with your BFF is a lot more fun than living in a world of my own making--a world of magic and shit ton of hot guys mind you. We've been hanging out every day, every waking moment and some sleeping ones (bff slumber parties are a must) are spent together. And yet, I'm not sick of her one bit--not even remotely, I think it just gets more fun as we go on.
We have gotten some things done however. She's been a wonderful sounding board and we've plotted some excellent changes for the rewrite of book.
Speaking of the rewrite--is it technically considered a rewrite if you write it from scratch... from a blinking cursor on a blank page? Plus the plot is changing, have a completely new villain etc... Me thinks I'm writing a brand new book and the old version was just a glorified outline--a very in depth outline.
Also on the writing front: I'm attempting NANOWRIMO again. http://www.nanowrimo.org/ or National Novel Writer's Month. It is a writing community to help you write a novel--or at least 50k words of one in one month's time, the month of November. I did it in 07 and successfully completed the word count. I fear this year I won't make it. Hell, it's day 4 and I still don't have the amount of words I needed for day 1. Ugh! So many fun distractions!
I hope to catch up soon. At the moment I'm filling in changed plot details in parts I've already written. That could explain my less than stellar word count, but no excuses, hey?
It really comes down to this: my first priority here is hanging with my bff, not writing. I thought it would be different and that I'd get a lot done, since she is my muse, but alas, it isn't meant to be.
Ya know what is meant to be? Never ending idle conversation that is entertaining as hell. Not to mention the private jokes, secret bff language, the straw face, loudly singing oldies in restaurants, dancing like zombies and twilight drinking games. Oh and hot guy pics on the internet!
Should I feel bad that my first priority isn't writing? Probably. Do I? Hell no. I have a limited time with my BFF and I plan to make the best out of it. Am I still making time for writing though? Yes I am, not much, but I am.
So I'm having a blast and being semi-productive. That isn't so bad is it?
The video: A friend of mine brought this to my attention and surprisingly I think it looks great. I tend to dislike zombie movies (cause I'm afraid of them) but this one just tickles my fancy.
I looked into the green glass of the bottle in front of me and saw the one thing I never wanted to see reflected there.
Now onto the blog:
I'm probably not the best person to blog about how to write. My theory is basically "Just do it" and work out the kinks as you go along. This is a very long way to go about things but in the end I think it is the most creative and allows the writer to be the most true to themselves.
We have housewives trying to write, homeschool moms trying to write, professors, athletes, lawyers, secretaries, social workers, garbage men and hell, that poor soul who cleans at the porno booth is probably trying to write too.
What do all of these people have in common?... besides writing? Probably nothing. Which is why I'm going to say that most "how to write" programs and articles aren't going to work 100% of the time. (I'm guessing most don't work 50% of the time)
What will work however is this... the good ole guess and check method.
You are blindly searching in the darkest room (so it doesn't really matter that you're blind, but if a miracle cure comes along for blindness---yeah, still not gonna help, so suck it up) for the elusive mistress called the muse. Let's say you finally find it...that one idea that inspires you to write--that still isn't good enough. You can be inspired all day long, but if you don't know how a story is told, then you're just as screwed as when you were grasping nothingness all by your lonesome. (You better have been grasping nothingness otherwise you were in that room for reasons I don't want to know about, but I do know who to call to clean up!)
So how do you learn how to write if not from a writing program. From college?
College is an option I suppose but I don't think they are any more likely to produce good writers than any other program or article is. Why? Well because they teach you how to write by having you learn the rules.
Well that doesn't sound so bad does it. There you go, in black and white print in a text book is how to be a good writer.
WRONG! It tells you how to be a technical writer and it may even tell you how to write like other people, but it doesn't show you how to write like YOU! And good writers write like themselves. They've taken the time to get to know how they want a story to be told, and they've committed to it, even if it isn't by conventional means.
So how do you learn to write like yourself?
First off you need to know how stories are told. The best way to do this is to be immersed in stories. Watch movies, read books or anything that has a story line to it. Now here is where you want to be careful. There are "tricks to the trade", if you will, about plot devices and when certain things should happen in a story. They work for people, but I don't like being limited. Watch and/or read the stories, but don't feel like you have to copy them. Don't watch them like they are a checklist or a roadmap for a story. Just watch them for enjoyment. They more stories you surround yourself with, the more your inner story teller will emerge.
Next you have to find your voice. Typically the voice depends on the nature of the piece. An essay/term paper will be different from a poem, or a news article, or a fiction piece.
Per Wiki:
Writer's voice is the literary term used to describe the individual writing style of an author. Voice was generally considered to be a combination of a writer's use of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works). Voice can be thought of in terms of the uniqueness of a musical voice. As a trumpet has a different voice than a tuba or a violin has a different voice than a cello, so the words of one author have a different sound than the words of another. One author may have a voice that is light and fast paced while another may have a dark voice.
In creative writing, students are often encouraged to experiment with different literary styles and techniques in order to help them better develop their "voice". This aspect varies with the individual author, but, particularly in American culture, having this asset is considered positive and beneficial to both the writer and his or her audience.
So how do you find your voice? There's no real magic answer here. It all comes down to being patient really... Your voice will develop and emerge the more you write. Don't force it, don't emulate other writers (some people suggest you do this but I believe it will just lead you to being a one trick pony with an unoriginal trick--fruitless.) Just tell your story. Your voice may change over time as you learn more about writing and storytelling. Grow with it, accept it and don't force it.
Why am I telling you to throw all the rules out of the window? Aren't they useful?
Yes. They are useful, but I find that discovering them on your own as you learn to write is more successful than fretting over them. Rules of writing are meant to help, but they are NOT the end all, be all to what good writing is. If you have a paragraph that is passive--don't freak out, it isn't the end of the world. You don't have to stop and nit pick at it until it is so actiony you can't stand it. Sometimes you just have to use "to-be" verbs. There. I said it. To Be verbs are a necessity. Look I used one right there and the sky didn't fall on my head.
Consensus: Find yourself, how you like a story to be told, your voice, then learn the rest.
This is basically a "Shoot first, ask questions later" type of deal, except no one dies but bad writing and sketchy characters.
You can't be taught how to find yourself or your voice, but you can learn the rest. However, if you fret over the technicalities--you may lose yourself, your talent and your creativity in the process. Tread carefully writers!
And now it's video time!!!! This has nothing to do with anything...
A few weeks ago I posted a blog about how I was going to post writing prompts/challenges every week, then I completely forgot about it! How terrible is that? Granted the response was nil, but still, I really should've followed through.
So here you go, the writing challenge of the week:
To help with a pitch to an agent/editor write a haiku about the plot of your novel
Standard format for a haiku is: 5-7-5 syllables.
Now onto the blog....
Controversy:
Per Wikipedia: Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion, but sometimes the allegation that a matter of scientific fact is no better than opinion or even religious belief, as in the controversy between evolutionary biology and Creationism or Intelligent Design.
There are some people in this world who have no opinions, and in the rare event that they do, they refuse to express it. These people are in the minority. The vast majority of people in the world have opinions, like expressing them, occasionally arguing about them, and seek out people of like mind.
We're dealing with the vast majority of people, these are, after all, the people we write books for.
Oh there are some authors out there who write for the literary elite, the highfalutin of the world, those who strive for the most existential of information... so existential in fact that I highly doubt they glean it themselves. However, this blog is not for those people. This blog is for the masses, or rather the authors who want to write for the masses. Sales figures tell us that genre fiction reigns supreme and I write genre fiction. I have a feeling that the majority of the people drawn to my blog, and to an author who writes about vampires and werewolves, feel that genre fiction is where it's at, the cat's meow if you will.
Therefore kids, we're dealing with the masses and their need to pick a side.
People want to favor a sports team, prefer pepsi over coke, usually vote either democrat or republican. They have a favorite game of the year, the one that involves the biggest rival of their team. They are Pro-life or Pro-choice. Hell, they could even debate great taste vs less filling.
Noticing a theme? A dilemma that involves only two choices seems to be the one that most people fight the hardest for.
Let me give you a few examples from my genre, Urban Fantasy.
Werewolves vs Vampires Team Jacob vs Team Edward (Twilight series) Eric vs Bill (Southern Vampires series, aka Sookie Stackhouse series) Violence vs Sex (Talking mainly about the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series)
and last but not least... (not Urban Fantasy) Joe vs Ranger (Stephanie Plum series)
But how can this help with writing?
Well first off, it helps in this way: You can't please all the people all the time.
Fans who love a series and/or book are allowed to hate a character, even one you, as the author, think is likable. There are several series I read that I flat out hate the main character, who coincidentally, is also the narrator. You can't really get around that, but if the story is good enough, if the world is developed enough, you love it so much it doesn't matter.
Fans will pick a side, some like a brooding male, some like the happy go lucky sort.
So writers, don't feel bad if someone hates a character or a plot choice. It doesn't mean you are a bad writer. It can mean you've done something right. You've created a character or a plot device that elicits a strong feeling in someone, so strong in fact that they feel the need to express it. That is what writing is all about.
Maybe you should have your characters be on two different sides of the same coin--let your readers choose sides. Let your fans take solace with one another and pit themselves against one another, not only is it good for business, but it makes for interesting conversation between books.
Controversy in books makes their effect last longer. It sticks with the reader. The key to this is that there can be no right answer.
However, controversy is not just about choosing sides, sometimes it is about appropriateness.
A lot of humans are uncomfortable with something "too real" in a book. And of course by real, I mean that in a sense that is usually negative. A very real scene from the perspective a child molester let's say. I know I'd feel uncomfortable writing AND reading that, but it will be memorable.
An example of an "appropriateness debate" from Chris Crutcher's novel Whale Talk. Georgia is a therapist and Heidi is a young biracial girl. The narrator is a young man, new on the scene.
In a calm voice Georgia tells me I'm supposed to tell at Heidi for letting the black dolls in the house, and I finally piece together from Heidi that I'm also supposed to find them one by one, scream at Heidi for letting each one in (Get these nigger babies out of the house! They Stinky!) [...] I am caught for one moment in mid-scream but Heidi screams, "GET THESE GODDAMN FUCK NIGGER KIDS OUT OF THE HOUSE!!!!"
I'm sure all of you can see the controversy in this piece, add to the fact that this book is Young Adult fiction and available in public school libraries... well that's just unacceptable... to some people. The language is not the kind that is appropriate for this day and age, however, that doesn't mean that people don't use it. You see Heidi is a biracial girl and her stepdaddy is racist and uses this language around her, and makes her feel all kinds of worthless. No wonder she needs a therapist huh? Uncomfortable to read? Sure. Poignant? Hell to the yeah!
This book was challenged (what I like to call a modern term of being banned and burned, it's like a lynch mob with tar and feathers knocking on the door of the book's house.) by parents in a city in my home state of Michigan.
To me poignant equates excellence. I realize that some people don't find this book to be poignant, but the controversy here is: poignant vs inappropriate. Actually, the only reason I knew about this book is because I heard the above excerpt being read at a library event about how to stop the nonsense of banning books. "Challenging" it led to me reading it. I guess it's true what they say, "There is no such thing as bad press."
In summation...
Controversy is good for writers because:
It makes books memorable.
Yup, that pretty much sums it up. I know that's what I strive for as a writer, and as a reader.
And the video... and I just came upon this and it not only features my favorite character in the series (Yay Team Jacob!) but I'm excited for the movie as well...
As some of you may know, I am completely rewriting book 1 of the Just Sam series.
I'm doing this for several reasons: 1. I'm a better writer now and editing is proving to be impossible 2. Samantha's voice has changed in my head 3. It is the first book I've ever written and I've worked some kinks out in my style and most importantly... 4. It has glaring plot gaps
The fourth is most important to me because this the first book of my open ended (still under debate) series. This is the foundation for my whole series, and essentially my whole writing career.
Pretty heavy stuff, right?
So rewriting makes sense.
However, I've started to rewrite the rewrite. This led my BFF extraordinaire, the illustrious CoD, to be concerned.
You see, she knows my habit/curse of perfectionism, and is afraid that I will fuss and never get anything finished. Unfortunately, this is a very real fear.
I feel I am justified in the changes I'm making, but I suppose, as a perfectionist, rationalizing isn't too difficult. So I've decided to take a deeper look into my perfectionism and see if my concerns about the book are well founded.
1. Fear of disapproval from peers or colleagues. 2. Lack of confidence and self belief, and fear of not being on par with others: 3. Fear of making mistakes and doing things 'wrong': 4. Fear of the consequences: 5. The quality of their thoughts, which are usually negative.
I suffer from 2 and 3 for sure. I think I am plagued by self doubt and this makes writing quite difficult. I mean hello people, I'm creating a whole freaking universe here... you can't do that with low esteem!
So after this article I've learned a bit about what drives me to keep fussing and fussing and fussing...
I'll admit that parts of this article are a little too "touchy-feeling" "new-agey" "self-help" for my tastes. But one of the ways they list to overcome perfectionism struck a cord in me... and that is "Focus on the Big Picture"
Here is a quote from the article that really spoke to me as a writer...
Stewardship at work
Instead of fussing over everything at work, I would start assessing whether a particular task would make any huge difference in the bigger picture. If the answer was no, I would let it go. Versus driving myself endlessly, I embraced the mentality that work would never end and there was always the next day to continue working. That marked the first step where I started to become the steward instead of my own slave. At the same time, I developed faith in my co-workers’ abilities in their area of work and learned to delegate work out to them. This was my first step towards overcoming perfectionism.
The co-worker part isn't applicable to most of us writers, as writing is a very solitary task, but it could help with co-authors. Learning the lesson that the work will never be done... isn't quite as applicable to writers, as we must have deadlines... however it is important to realize that the work doesn't have to be completed in just one day. And for those of you who have day jobs and families, keep plugging away at it. It may take years, but if it's your passion, you'll find a way to keep writing.
What stuck out to me in this quote is looking at the big picture and seeing if whatever we were fussing over makes a discernible difference to the big picture...
Examples: The correct word for the sentence.. not so much Getting the plot and/or characterization for a book/series just right... hell yeah it matters. Working out a integral plot detail... sure. Fussing over it while writing a scene chapters before it... only for serious plotters (vs. the pantsers)
Writers are detail oriented people, we work on every punctuation mark, word and sentence of a story, but sometimes it's difficult to see the forest for the trees. We stare at a blinking cursor and one letter being typed at a time for most of the day. Sometimes it's important to take a step back and look around.
Does that detail have to be perfect now before I move on... not necessarily. But for some people, it's that detail that's holding them back from moving on, and it's different for every author. When you step back and look around, also look inside yourself, your motivation and your frame of mind about the current piece you are working on.
I'm looking at my motivation for my plot and character changes. Am I fussing nonstop because I'm being a nervous nelly and am afraid of failing? Am I not confident enough to continue on at this point?
Looking back at my fussing over book 1, I do feel justified. This is my foundation, my rock... I don't want to build it on shaky ground. You can't have a big picture without a canvas to put it on, and I'm creating my canvas right now. I've made good headway to the plot and the rest of the series is becoming clearer in my head.
Am I being fussy? Sure I am, but I'm also looking at the big picture and this needs to be done. This kind of fussing is important. This kind of fussing can make or break the future of this series. That's some serious big picture talk here kids.
So all of you writers out there... don't sweat the small stuff, don't get bogged down with detail (unless you're editing, and then heaven help you!) and take a step back every once in awhile. For writing is very much like pointillism, you can't see it clearly unless you remove yourself from it.
Video:
I searched around youtube for awhile and wasn't finding anything I wanted that related to the blog, so I went with an old standby--animation! My fave. This video is an interesting but of animation, since it was all painted on public buildings in Buenos Aires.
