4th Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: Day 11 :: Sivan Butler-Rotholz on Li-Young Lee
I am writing this on the third anniversary of my father’s death. In Judaism, we remember a lost parent not on their birthday, but on their yahrzeit; a memorial anniversary marked by the day they passed. [articlequote]Tradition regards this day as
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 15 :: CRISTINA PREDA on LILLIAN-YVONNE BERTRAM
[Editor's Note: Cristina Preda comes to us via our favorite model: the person to person relay-style hand off from former participants (in this case, frequent OS contributor, and all around badass inspirational mama Caits Meissner). I was overwhelmed with gratitude to
COMMUNITY :: THE INSTITUTE OF NARRATIVE GROWTH : CAITS MEISSNER and MARK GONZALES
There is nothing more at the heart of The Operating System than a deep belief in the transformative power of creative practice -- of storytelling and narrative practice, in particular. In light of that, nothing could give me more pleasure
OPPORTUNITY: BARBARIC AWP SEATTLE 2014 FIELD NOTES
[h5] The OS Wants YOU! to write journalistic / field notes type accounts of your days in Seattle, as we are unable to attend. [/h5] These could take very different approaches: On the one hand, The OS is interested in running naturally
NYC Readings Roundup :: June 10-16
Editor’s note: welcome to the 15th iteration of our new weekly series, the Readings Roundup…which you might notice is growing steadily! Sorry if I’m repeating myself to some of you but if this is your first time here it bears
COCO PROCESS COURSE :: ERIC MEYER'S FUCK THE MUSE: LESSON 5 :: GET CURIOUS Pt. 1
Now that you have a seed worth exploring, you are ready for step 2 of the creative process. The goal of this phase is explosive growth, following your curiosity out from the seed in every direction. You’ve heard of the shitty first draft? It’s
PRINT! Vol. 2 :: EVOLUTION AND GENESIS : THE PLAY'S THE THING
Ripe For Pleasure on Mysterious Mountain - TRAILER from Eliza Swann on Vimeo. In the 1960's, Brion Gysin and William Burroughs developed a method which allowed them to free themselves, together, from the strictures of either of their minds, alone. 'The
CoCo Process Course:: Eric Meyer's FUCK THE MUSE Creativity Mini-Series : Lesson 1
We recently introduced you to polymathwunderkind Eric Meyer via his TECH/WORD Beautiful, Surprising Culture Battle profile. As this partnership came to fruition, it became a possibility for us to offer Meyer's DIY Creativity-Sparking workshop, FUCK THE MUSE, the first iteration of which
CoCo ONLINE :: 3rd ANNUAL HAIKU MONTH :: 17 syllables, 30 days, and YOU
Let the syllabic somersaults commence! october returns and so too, haiku: seek out syllabic restraint In the fall of of 2010, before I had ever heard of any official NaWriMo of the No(vel) or Po(etry) variety, I found myself somewhat estranged from the muse
Taking Stock/In Stock :: Editorial Updates AND at a Bookstore Near You
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You know how, just when you think that everything is about to slow down, and you're going to have time for all the things on your To-Do-list, which is looking more and more like an epic poem? And then, you know, it doesn't slow down at all?
Yeah. Then.
Well, that's kind of how it's been since the print launch...
