p(004)e: Ms. Found In A Bottle

Based this one entirely on the title. Late night post again.

I have to be honest, this photo scares the bejesus out of me..

Accidental, blurry, but some wicked colours. No post-processing here either.

See you tomorrow.
JM

p(003)e: Mesmeric Revelation

Another long day of work resulting in another late post (but still completed and posted on the day of!).

I made a collage for today's read (Mesmeric Revelation), namely because the word "mesmeric" reminds me of nonsensical thought processes, dreams and visions, all of which I felt would be best represented through the chaos that can be achieved only in a small collage.

Apologies again for the sideways images. Hopefully I'll switch those with images rotated in the proper axis tomorrow when I'm a little less tired on my day off.

See you tomorrow.
JM

p(002)e: The Balloon-Hoax (revised)

Uhoh, nearly missed out on day two.
That would have been a little bit humiliating.

Updated my piece for this entry because I felt that the original was a bit plain.

You can still check out the original entry under the jump.

p(001)e: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

Day one is, for the most part, wordless.

I pulled a couple of quotes from the short story and drew them using a fine permanent marker and tinted with black coffee. The pot of coffee that I brewed while reading today's story was very strong, to the point where a mug filled one-third with milk and two-thirds coffee was still of a dark almondy hue.

The drawings (or perhaps "scribbles" would be more in tune with what they are) depict a vehicle, which, mark my words, I am fully aware is not what the story was describing. I just thought a car of the automobile sort was easier for my (low) skill level to draw. If you're at all bothered by that, I ask that you do not argue with me, because I've now given you my reasoning for why the drawings look as they do.

"I also secured in the car a pair of pigeons and a cat." (p. 7)

"The balloon at first collapsed, then furiously expanded, then whirred round and round with sickening velocity, and finally, reeling and staggering like a drunked man, hurled me over the rim of the car, and left me dangling, at a terrific height, with my head downward and my face outward, by a piece of slender cord about three feet in length, which hung accidentally through a crevice near the bottom of the wickerwork, and in which, as I fell, my left foot became most providentially entangled." (p. 8)

My little helper


See you tomorrow.
JM

And so it begins.

I have a copy of the Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems which I purchased this past Christmas as a gift to myself. I have intended to start reading it ever since, but between finishing school, shifts at work, and a general overwhelming sense of laziness-meets-constantly-distacted, I've yet to flip open the front cover.

So rather than convincing myself that I will "eventually" find time to read through all 842 pages of this collection, I'm going to make time to do so.

As a way to push myself to keep up with it, I'm going to post everyday (or at least weekly) after I read a piece. Hence, this blog is called "Poe A Day". A list of what you may be able to expect (or not expect) from the blog posts:

• what piece reminded me of
• my interpretation of what was written
• what it meant to me
• how I felt the words reflected some truth in my day-to-day life
• some kind of a photo (inspired or related)
• how I would respond
• writing inspired by the poem/story/etc
• simple, generic thoughts and feelings about what I read
• questions I had about the writing
• questions that I had after the writing

Each post will, hopefully, contain the day and the title of the piece in its post title so that you'll be able to see what I'm referencing or referring to.

There are 73 stories and 51 poems. 124 readings in total.
Here's hoping that in a little more than four months, I can say that I've completed the entire collection.