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Tag Archives: captions
Water Photo Captions
Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. (Kurt Vonnegut, Man Without a Country) When you read the phrase practicing an art, you think: what? Painting fine pictures? … Continue reading
Header Notes Note (An Audience Participation Event)
Over the coming weeks I will be incorporating more photographs into The Life Literary and am experimenting with different options for the best way to do that. I would be grateful if you would click the link above or here … Continue reading
The Header (A stretched out bit of self-expression) and Header Notes
There’s really nothing much to explain. The header is the photo across the top of the page. I could select one of a handful of stock photos to take this space, or use one of my own. I choose the … Continue reading
Captions. Twitter. Brevity.
The Life Literary’s mission, my mission, is to give people ideas for how to add words to life. Here’s one: Write snippets. Don’t aim for a book. Don’t shoot for an essay. Forget paragraphs. Avoid even simple sentences if that … Continue reading
Photo Captions
In a recent New York Times article called “Teaching to the Text Message” (the link is on the Articles I’m Reading page), the author discusses the importance of succinct writing. He comments, “the photo caption has never been more important.” … Continue reading
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Too Lovely to Light
Even with little bits like a photo caption or brief email I like to make verbiage sing. Note the homophones and alliteration: almost a wee poem.