Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates
Lily Blooms and All
The lily bloomed. I made sourdough. And crocheted a wine bottle cozy–my first ever. With less than a week left for the poetry project, I’ve been able to write a poem a day about the bracelets. It has been an interesting project to work on every day. I think my next two-week poem-a-day project will be about hands. I …
Prompt–Sunday, February 12
I finished reading “Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence” by Nick Bantock. It is a novel in letters. One of the lines that caught my attention was in one of Griffin’s letter: “Art for art’s sake is best quarantined here in the old world. I crave an art that passionately transcends the mundane instead of being a …
New! Lily and Poetry Project
I bought some bracelets from a seller on Etsy. The words on the bracelets are “I love you” and “I know” from Star Wars. I started wearing them every day and thought, “Why not write a poem every day using the bracelets as inspiration?” For two weeks I’ll write at least one poem a day. Today is …
Another interesting week
I finished another journal this past week. When I was a kid I wrote in journals/diaries about every three years. Since I started journaling regularly in January 2011, I’m on my fourth journal. Hopefully the new one lasts for four months. Reading a short story a day has not been successful. It isn’t a habit …
Prompt–Sunday, February 5, 2012
Take the color red. Sven Tito Achen’s book “Symbols Around Us” says red can represent beautiful, popular, blood, life, emotion, passion, warmth, heat, fire, bloodshed, bravery, sacrifice, danger, love, war, battle, revolution, socialism, and communism. “In the Roman Catholic Church especially red also stands for the blood of the martyrs. Since 1245 it has been …
Grendel–John Gardner
For my contemporary fiction class we read “Grendel” by John Gardner. What strikes me most about the novel is the language and why we tell stories. Some of my favorite lines: “Stars, spattered out through lifeless night from end to end, like jewels scattered in a dead king’s grave, tease, torment my wits toward meaningful …
Prompt–Sunday, January 29
I went to the Toledo Museum of Art Friday. When I go to museums, I love taking a notebook and working on ekphrasis (art in response to art). I usually write poetry, but fiction is known to happen. One of the paintings that caught my eye was “The Old Church in Delft with the Tomb …
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Yesterday I saw the film “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer. I read the book two years ago for class. The experimental nature of it with the addition of photographs and other elements enhanced the story for me. It became one of the novels I’ve recommended others to …
Prompt–Monday, January 23
The novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer uses photographs to accompany the story. Pick a project you’ve been working on and make a list of at least photographs or pictures or art that would enhance the story you’re trying to tell. For my April Novel: magnolia tree phoenix museum painting stars …
Suzanna and Writing 