Over the twelve years it took to write Chasing Sylvia Beach, I developed a multi-pronged approach in order to depict a historical period accurately. If you’re writing a historical novel, you may consider some of the seven methods I used to show Paris, 1937, in all her fading glory. [Read more...]
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I was treated to a graffiti tour of Paris, culminating in seeing a piece come to life under Sid’s spray cans. The adventure was great fun. I captured a lot of footage and interviews; it was a great challenge to edit it down. Enjoy! [Read more...] Well, we’ve tipped over into December and my duty to make some art every day is officially over. I did complete a daily creative act – mainly scribblings and jibblings in my Moleskine accordion notebook. I will not stop because November has passed. I find this the best way to pass time otherwise spent sighing [Read more...] Xavier shares how to feel rich in a recession. I took the plunge and joined in Leah Piken Kolidas’ Art Every Day Month challenge. It’s pretty self-explanatory, and I’ve been using the structure to make sure I do something in my Moleskine Japanese album every day. I’ll post the week’s adventures once per week, since the processing and posting of the art is a whole project [Read more...] A mysterious Frenchman infiltrates Cynthia’s Paris apartment with important intel on how to tap your joie de vivre. This marks the 100th video from Original Impulse. Time to celebrate! The Free Write Fling ends tomorrow, and I’m happy to have written one that I actually like, here in the eleventh hour. Enjoy my Paris Sunday. Come in… Sunday in Paris makes me feel more like an outsider, not in the good observer way but in a lonely way. I think of French women making Sunday dinner [Read more...] The beach, in Paris? Mais oui!
In 1919, young American Sylvia Beach moved to Paris and opened a bookshop, Shakespeare and Company. She’d been to Europe with her family as a girl and as a young adult, yearned to live in Paris. When I read about this pioneer in Noel Riley Fitch’s Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, I found a female [Read more...] |
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