Dov Zeller's Blog - Posts Tagged "fiction"

Voldy and Pom and other updates

Where to begin...?

It's almost spring. But still pretty chilly out there. (Sixteen degrees Fahrenheit when I woke up this morning.) And maybe another nor'easter this week? It's up in the air of course, as weather tends to be. (Well, and also down on the ground, and everywhere else.)

Soon the crocuses and daffodils will stubborn their way up out of the ground to show off their tenacity and frills. Flowers are tough and pragmatic. Sometimes they're charming assassins. They're social beings, and brilliant tactical artists. To be honest, I find them a bit terrifying, but I adore them, too and look forward to all the greenery that will soon be struggling up through the thawing ground.

Meanwhile, I'll keep taking photos of sunrises, sunsets, snow, and house sparrows.

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What else?

I've been reading some wonderful books and articles lately and I'm really grateful.

My roommate lent me a novel, The Original Face, written by a friend of his, Guillaume Morissette, and it was a wonderfully funny though bleak exploration of relationships and work in contemporary times. And, the narrator is an artist (and talks a lot about glitch art). Before reading this I'd not heard of glitch art, which I am now really intrigued by. (See images at bottom of post!)

And, because of a quote from the book:

“The entire plot of Harry Potter would have been prevented by getting Voldemort a Pomeranian."

Well, it inspired. me to make some images of Voldemort with a Pomeranian. (My next project is to turn it--or something--into glitch art...)

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Meanwhile, several exciting books are out recently by transmasculine writers. Genderbound by Calvin Payne-Taylor, Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb, Paul Takes the form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor.

Here is an article about some more transmasculine writers. https://www.pride.com/transgender/201...

And there are lots of comics coming out by trans/queer/non-binary folks. Here is a Buzzfeed article that profiles some artists. https://www.buzzfeed.com/willvarner/2...

My book The Right Thing to Do at the Time was officially released this week and a Jewcy review came out the same day. http://jewcy.com/category/jewish-arts...

And Eunoia Review published a piece I wrote about illness, spoonie communities, and Jen Brea's documentary "Unrest". https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/20...

So, lots happening.

Thanks for checking out my post! I'd love to hear from you in the comments.

Below is a sampling of glitch art, but there is lots more out there!

Best & bwap (be as well as possible),
Dov