Aimee Liu's Blog

• Ghost World ( By Anonymous)

  October 31, 2009

  • I feel a bit transparent this Halloween. You see, for the past six months I’ve been a ghost. That means no habeus corpus, no credit, no identity. I’m so insubstantial I can’t tell you whether I’m writing a kiss-and-tell or a how-to or a what-if, or all of the above. I can’t name the author of the book I’m writing. I can’t even name myself! But worst of all, from my new vantage ...
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• ACCIDENTAL ART

  October 23, 2009

  • Long ago and far away, when I used to paint, I found that my best paintings were blessed by accident. A line would wobble, I’d use the wrong color, I’d rub up against the canvas. The undercoat of gesso would go on rough, causing the colors that came on top of it to catch and build in unexpected textures. I would paint what I saw – the surface of an enamel sugar bowl – and discover ...
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• DAILY THEMES

  October 14, 2009

  • I'VE BEGUN A DEJA-VU BLOG AT WWW.AIMEELIU.NET TO EXCAVATE AND EXTRACT ENTRIES ABOUT WRITING FROM PAST JOURNALS, TO SHAKE THEM OUT IN THE LIGHT OF TODAY AND SEE IF MY THOUGHTS BACK THEN (WHENEVER THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN) STILL HOLD UP TODAY. HERE AT REDROOM, I'LL SHARE SOME OF THESE ENTRIES WITH YOU. FOR THE REST, PLEASE VISIT http://www.aimeeliu.net/blog.htm For the past thirty years I've made ...
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