Peter K.
Subscriber since: April 2011
Location:
Hailsham,
United Kingdom
About Me
This may sound pretentious, and I'm sorry about that, but it is an attempt to honestly describe how words work for me. I'm a painter who writes, and a reader who listens; the interconnection between many of my paintings and the printed word is where I like to operate. Some of my word paintings can be seen at www.peterkettle.co.uk
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Favorite Word:
distillmentEvocative and associative; distillment occurs in Shakespeare, so the elder Hamlet immediately appears 'in my mind's eye'. Distillment is also a process of manufacture, and a refinement of thought. A painting can appear because of a word or a phrase - or even a title - which then stimulates an image. So, for today anyway, distillment is a favourite word.
Least Favorite Word:
spiritualBecause this occurs so often, and is so often misunderstood, I react badly to 'spiritual'. It hides a conceit, and exposes the arrogance of human awareness. It has inspired billions of people to obey ludicrous texts, and has allowed others to rationalise superficial notions of man's supremacy among all life forms. It is ultimately a gross conceit.
Favorite Quote:
"The Aquarium is gone. Everywhere, giant finned cars nose forward like fish; a savage servility slides by on grease."
- Robert Lowell 'From The Union Dead'
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Spelling:
Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013
- 3 Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012
- 1 Comment
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 3 Comments
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