The Collaborative Photo Project
Who wants to help me with my next photoblog?
When I was in college, I had an assignment called 20 Lines. We had to randomly select 20 lines from any written work. They could be poetry, songs, books, whatever. And then this new story concocted from 20 orphaned lines would be the premise for the project.
I stole lyrics from songs by Hole, Poe, and U2. Something with the words "watch the cripple dance...you creep in like a whisper..." It was very noir.
At the time, the Krazy Mommy and I lived together and she was always the willing camera whore. So I shot about 4 rolls of her in a red-lit room and cross-processed the hell out of it. I then went downtown at midnight and shot pictures of the buildings all lit up (you've seen some of those shots here and here). I have no idea what sense it made when it came together, but it was very well received.
Because I'm brilliant. And it was very easy to bullshit my way through an interpretation of the 20 lines and match it up with my shots. Did I mention I'm brilliant?
So here's where I need your help--if you're up for it:
Lets do the same thing, but we'll cut it down to 5 lines. Give me 5 randomly-pieced together lines from anywhere (the more obscure the work the better), and I'll shoot it this weekend and post it on Sunday.
Whoever's 5 lines I choose to illustrate gets a signed 8x10 . If they want it.
It's a win-win for everyone!
19 comments:
I like "hello to high and dry" but I'm sure I can find other ones....ooooh I love missions!
5 RANDOM lines, sweetie! Not all from the same place. But I knew you'd be the first to jump at this!
ANY line, from ANY kind of written work? I'm all over this. Gimme a sec to get something particularly inspiring.
It's a lot, but take from it what you will. One of my favorite song lyrics of all time, courtesy of Led Zeppelin.
So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad, girl, the answer lies with you.
Pretty! But that's only 2 lines...I need another 3!!!
ooooh, you want all 5 from one person? wtf dude! ugh. Yeah...I'm the first to bite...okay, that's what I'll be doing for the next hour at work! don't tell my boss!
Ummmm...not sure if these are any good, but I may win by default cause I follow directions:
It sure was a long long long hot summer night
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
By bloody hands time can't deny
"Hitch-hiking" with dope pushers was how he got his fix
He slept like a rock or a man that's dead.
-Hello to high and dry
-Take back your life and let me inside
-We'll beat back the pain we're found
-Chaque fois que tu t'en vas,
je pretends que tout va bien
(translation: Whenever you leave,
I claim that all is well
Every time you walk away,
I pretend that I'm okay. )
-In my head the flesh seems thicker
aha! You love them don't you? I can think of another set...
Keep them coming! I'll do them all, if I can.
okay, here's another one...this one I'll pay you to do and use it as a gift for the bf!! :)
-A smile of sweetest flowers
Wilted so and soured
-You know I burn like a junkie for you, baby
-One drink to remember, another to forget
-I fall so hard inside the idea of you
-In the darkest times, oh, you shine on me
all DMB...I'm so clever!
I'm very excited to see what you pick and end up doing. You rock.
You guys are awesome. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm very inspired.
Maybe we'll play this game more often!
And if anyone got to this late, don't worry, I'm still open to suggestions!
...you're eclectic, you're creative...
...when love is all brand new...
...wrong for me in just the right way...
...if I ain't the one lose it...
...your task is not to seek...
Check THAT out! We got lurker participation!!
I'm so excited, I might do Mein Schatz's first!!
Ok, here's my contribution, the lines come from 4 different poems I wrote awhile back...
As night engulfs the man,
She sat wrapped in her blanket
By the emptiness of her bed,
But instead it’s loneliness I host tonight,
His icy hands he tries to wrap around me.
Can't wait to see the pics you do for what everyone's submitted! Cool idea!
my turn.
-She had something to confess to
-Begging for so much more
-And I don’t want you to adore me
-Don’t want you to ignore me
-And I’ll do it on my own
I love this kind of creative challenge!
I ended with something that sounds like dialogue to me -
We walked arm in arm, but I didn’t feel his touch.
Nothing can stop us, not now, I love you!
Shouldn’t you have got a couple piercings and decided maybe that you were gay?
The days fade away like horses over the hill…
You can’t forget the invisible jet!
Bats for Lashes, Tatu, Dandy Warhols, U2, and Poperatic, in that order.
Here's a little Floyd for ya!
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
You have two coffees
He bounced on up toward me but before we could be introduced
On her face and on her hands
Time will destroy you like a Mexican god
You've got arms and you've got legs and you've got heaven
I came up with a better one -
Can't fight the seether
I could've shown you how to cry
But when I touch you, you don't feel anything
And it feels like heaven's so far away
This is not enough
Veruca Salt, Manic Street Preachers, U2, Offspring, TaTu.
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