This is Kiera: Blog

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

You Want A Social Life, With Friends
Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch reading “You Want A Social Life With Friends” (2000)

This was recorded by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. Here’s what she has to say about it:

One of my favorite poems appears in the book on page 144. It is called So You Want A Social Life With Friends, and it is by Kenneth Koch. In the fall of 2000, I had the privilege of recording Mr. Koch reading this poem in his Upper East Side apartment for an audio magazine project I was working on. I used a tiny Radio Shack tape recorder, and take full responsibility for the lack of high sound quality. (But I do admit I like the crackling and soundproof-lessness.) He was an impeccable, flawless reader—we were finished in two or three takes. Though he had been reluctant to agree to our session, once underway, he was a gracious, charismatic host. He had set up a nice tray with glasses of grapefruit juice. Fitting, because the whole thing was bittersweet. Mr. Koch died a year later. I believe this is one of his last recordings.

Amazing! One of my favorite poems, too.

Reblogged 4 months ago from austinkleon

82 notes

poetry, reading, inspiration, who needs parties,

This hails from the series “Made by Hand.” Joel Bukiewicz, a writer who turned to knife making, speaks honestly about the creative process and his passion to make. He has a ton of great quotes in here… which will be posted directly under this in the italicized way.

“Mastering the basics takes, they say, 10,000 hours, that’s like 5 years at 40 hour weeks, I’d say it’s probably more like 15,000 hours. So it takes a lot of work to get there and when you get there that’s day one. Then you can start and you can make something you can maybe call art.”

“This is how I learned, so those things are the same with writing and knife making. It just takes buckets of blood and sweat and fucking work to get there. That’s it. To get good — to get competent and then once you become competent maybe you have it in you to become an artist. Maybe you don’t.”

Really worth the watch.

Project: Made by Hand

Episode: No. 2 - The Knife Maker

Source: The Fox Is Black

Posted 6 months ago

78 notes

video, making, creative, creative process, knives, writer, knife, inspiration, passion,

Let us fight to free the world

doyoulike:

Inspirational A Message To Humanity One Of The Greatest Speeches Ever Made

(Source: anonxyz)

Reblogged 7 months ago from doyoulike

6 notes

progress, happiness, inspiration, unite, speech, inspirational,

(Source: thisiscolossal.com)

Posted 1 year ago

animation, food, inspiration, creative, real life?,

sssnark:

comix-till-you-bleed:

truth

Kiera!

Ahahahaha! :)

Reblogged 1 year ago from sssnark

76 notes

creativity, inspiration, last-minute, mood, calving and hobbes, cartoon, comic, funny, real life,

(Source: goffgough)

Reblogged 1 year ago from goffgough

21 notes

art, first, inspiration, amateur, life,

I want to make title designs for the rest of my life.

curiositycounts:

A Brief History of Title Design – wonderful presentation from SXSW’s “Excellence in Title Design” competition screening. For more on the subject, you won’t go wrong with Uncredited: Graphic Design & Opening Titles in Movies.

Reblogged 1 year ago from curiositycounts

17 notes

Inspired, title design, design, typography, film, movies, typo, sxsw, inspiration,