blog archive (nov 09 - may 11)

during my first ~8 months of prominent self-publishing, and a bit before, i wrote a lot of essays about poetry. in summer 2011 i shifted my focus to making creative content for LIVE MY LIEF, and i stopped emphasizing the genre distinction so much ("poetry," "internet poetry"). here is a guide to my early essay writing, with a full blog archive below that


/// ON INTERNET POETRY ///

TOWARD A MORE FLOWING CULTURE: LIT 2.0 AND THE ONLINE "TOTAL WORK" /
a complement to my popular vlog "am i even a poet anymore," this post discusses poetry as social interaction and my collected creative output as a memeplex

RAISING POETRY TO THE LEVEL OF INTERNET CULTURE /
essay including a bulleted list of characteristics in internet culture that i'd like to see taken up by more poets

DOCTRINE ON INTERNET POETRY /
manifesto announcing the INTERNET POETRY tumblelog and the ambitions behind it


/// ON ART + IDEOLOGY ///

WRITING STYLE IN RELATION TO BUDDHISM AND VEGANISM /
a long essay explaining how the two main ideologies in my life relate to various art+writing styles i've been drawn to

INTRODUCTION TO DADA AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO ZEN BUDDHISM /
explanation of the values shared by dada art/poetry and zen buddhism, and how these values relate to what i'm doing

AESTHETICS AND IDENTITY /
old blog post about how artists and artworks can embody and spread worldviews


/// ON DISTRIBUTION MODELS FOR POETRY ///

PUBLISHING LITERATURE INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN /
explanation of why i publish into the public domain and the implications of that decision

INTERNET POETRY AND SELF-PUBLISHING /
essay about why i self-publish and why i don't think it will limit my audience

SELLING ART: COMMODIFICATION OF ART + DONATION-BASED INCOME FROM ART /
explanation of why/how i'm aiming to make donation-based income from my writing projects while allowing free online access to everyone

HELP ME CONCOCT A GOOGLE BOMB FOR PONCHO PELIGROSO /
the blog post that led to poncho peligroso becoming the #1 google search result for "2011 poet laureate"



/// 2011: ALL POSTS ///

may (browse)

31  vlog lief: understanding my video blogging as poetry
20  toward a more flowing culture: lit 2.0 + the online "total work"
03  minimalist blog design: hire me

april (browse)

26  three video poems
14  introduction to flarf tweeting and getting followers on twitter
08  introduction to microflarf
05  owl city fan video
04  macro: "fuck you and your sites"
01  break free from the shackles of word documents

march (browse)

31  [blog post of links and updates]
24  dada and the relationship to zen buddhism
21  notes on 'agora' by derek piotr
18  demonstrate that we own the internet: poetry by emily dickinson
08  raising poetry to the level of internet culture
02  content models for spreading poetry on the internet

february (browse)

22  internet poetry and self-publishing
15  help me concoct a google bomb for poncho peligroso
12  [blog post of links and updates]
08  doctrine on "internet poetry"
03  pre-release remix and book cover voting for my upcoming website/book

january (browse)

31  notes on 'person' by sam pink
25  help me concoct a book cover and remix for my upcoming website/book
21  notes on 'loop loop endogenous nightscape' by brett gallagher
19  self-publishing a poetry chapbook and distributing it for free
11  [blog post of links and updates]
07  announcement: download helvetica for free.com
04  writing style in relation to buddhism and veganism


/// 2010: ALL POSTS ///

december (browse)

27  pop serial 2, theatrical trailer
23  two image macros
15  [blog post of links and updates]
10  notes on 'orange juice' by timothy willis sanders
07  minimalist blog design using blogger
04  notes on three chapbooks

november (browse)

30  three poems
26  one year anniversary for my blog 
24  selling art: commodification of art and donation-based income from art 
20  guerilla distribution of poetry by poncho peligroso 
16  poncho peligroso computer wallpaper 
11  [blog post of links and updates]
09  three text messages by brett gallagher
03  notes on 'thin kimono' by michael earl craig

october (browse)

30  three poems
26  notes on 'long love poem with descriptive title' by matthew savoca
19  i am like october when i am dead: chapbook release
14  publishing literature into the public domain
07  submitting to literary journals
05  notes on 'wild life rifle fire' by paul siegell

september (browse)

30  three poems
25  [blog post of links and updates]
24  notes on 'blink and the world goes blank' by filbert conroy
21  three drawings/'john hancocks' by tao lin
15  three poems
08  notes on 'richard yates' by tao lin
02  notes on 'your time has come' by joshua beckman

august (browse)

26  notes on 'eat when you feel sad' by zachary german
21  [blog post of links and updates]
17  notes on 'sometimes my heart pushes my ribs' by ellen kennedy
14  three poems
10  notes on 'objects for a fog death' by julie doxsee
08  notes on 'frowns need friends too' by sam pink
05  [blog post of links and updates]
02  'you can help stop this' (vegan video)

july (browse)

17  notes on 'baby hedgehogs and american apparel dogs' by david fishkind
11  two poems
09  notes on 'think tank for human beings in general' by richard wehrenberg jr. and jordan castro
06  notes on 'ghost machine' by ben mirov

june (browse)

26  notes on 'the difficult farm' by heather christle
19  the content of this blog from november 2009 to april 2010
15  notes on 'during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present' by brandon scott gorrell
13  minimalist/ironic 'computer' computer wallpaper
06  notes on 'angle of yaw' by ben lerner

may (browse)

30  notes on 'cognitive-behavior therapy' by tao lin
22  notes on 'shake' by joshua beckman
14  notes on 'diminished fifth' by jeffrey bean
07  notes on 'nice hat. thanks.' by joshua beckman and matthew rohrer

older

03  all the poems i published in 2009
03  mother fucker, i rented a movie and recorded...
03  right now she opened // this veganism airport
02  an orca whale killed a human
02  notes on 'sentences' by robert grenier
02  aesthetics and identity
12.09  notes on home alone 2: lost in new york
12.09  visual poem: "express / the / birds / if you can"


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