Something to play with: telescopic text

[dianeduane]

This is fun.

(via Cynical-C Blog) 

 

Tags: telescopic, text, fun, words

Comments

fun, enjoying myself immensely, having the the most fun I've had since last night.....

[still-asking.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to show this to my 'writing blocked' yet locquacious daughter!

I ought to show this to a friend of mine.

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

She and I are habitual drinkers of delicate, scented, Chinese teas, and the process of making them is quite different. Our telescopic text for "I made tea" would be quite, quite different!

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

The lovely thing is that it's not unpleasant to read. When it's short it's just a statement of what happened; when it's long it's a rather meditative description of making tea. It's not purple prose or unnecessarily wordy.

[seity1.livejournal.com]

That is why I will never be a writer. I tend to leave it at "I made tea." and move on. I had the worst time trying to make my writing assignments in school actually fill a page.

Oh, drat!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to do Javascript. I can't do this myself. Ignorance is misery!

[lady-autumnstar.livejournal.com]

What fun!!

[kayshapero]

That's a cute one...

[batyatoon]

Oh that is fun.

Reminds me a little of Scott McCloud's "Here's a story" bit in Understanding Comics, about how storytelling can be both reductive and additive.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Oh, very fun. Thank you.