Thanks for trying the Sharpie blackout technique (scientific terminology there) in class. Please share at least one of your blackout text pieces as a COMMENT on this post. You could type the text you left on the page as a sentence or poem or story. You could also take a picture with your phone and post your work that way on your own blog, but that is optional.
I'm thinking you could do this same technique with any printed material containing a good chunk of text to work with. I also think you could be inspired to write all sorts of other pieces by using your blacked out piece as a starting point.
You could visit Austin Kleon's website to see what others have come up with and even post your own work there if you're up for it.
Silver glass shattered in a long hallway lined with memory, where darkness and terror perched in the solemn halls.
ReplyDeletedread the day but first await the day and the shadows
ReplyDeleteOne of the pieces I made with the blackout pages was:
ReplyDelete"Don't you want to go somewhere? There's lots of places to see! If you do't want to come with me, that's fine, just point me in the right direction."
He
ReplyDeletestill
tried
to
stay quiet
Let all his breath out.
Wait
like
some peculiar
Forever
She'd flown away without him
Casually follow peace, a garden where the horses lay, white breeze and dried rose petals.
ReplyDeleteCasually follow peace, a garden where the horses lay, white breeze and dried rose petals.
ReplyDeleteHe
ReplyDeletestill
tried
to
stay quiet
Let all his breath out.
Wait
like
some peculiar
Forever
She'd flown away without him
Papers, guessing, frustrated.
ReplyDeleteNothing here but more questions.
Shifty for a moment, here and there, the library now far ahead.
The last newspapers are dated about sixty years after out time.
So annoying every third day or so.
But you have to be careful.
They won't come out.
The ones who refused to leave.
She was sweet and innocent
ReplyDeleteShe saw what was inside.
ReplyDeleteIn his eyes there was
nothing
He's dying.
We need to get him out of here.
"Got you!"
ReplyDeletehe said
come hither
the sky danced casting the spell
"Got you!"
ReplyDeletehe said
come hither
the sky danced casting the spell
" He
ReplyDeletekept watch
of
the
stone walls
and
started to laugh "
" Lana
ReplyDeleteI just
lost sight of
what happened
I told
you
the truth "
They are a nuisance. Strangely interested to represent. None is for the good of all. In a feeble effort, no surprises, no mistakes, be fair. THEN eliminate.
ReplyDeleteDeep dreamless sleep.
ReplyDeleteAlready gone.
Shrieks.
She has an idea.
Be quiet
for the rest of the night.
Dance the spiral high
ReplyDeleteSmile below the sun
to mist of a glistening sky
Golden weight begged to speak with our hearts
Running to heaven
from chains attached to smog
Dusk feels sunlight change colors
ReplyDeleteWonder why the wistful blank pages wish
In directions she can't touch
the devil
ReplyDeletebroken and mourning.
chased around
searching for a friendly face.
he
is
lost.
Awakening from night. The sun peaceful morning light. Shinning on. World cleansed. Violence forced away. Nothing bad. All night wasted. Worry about the last person. On earth. lie. It couldn't have been real.Rest his body. Tranquil surroundings.
ReplyDeleteToday,He stood up, fists clenched, he looked over and wanted to run, to find and rip her throat out, violently. He didn't know where that impulse had came from. maybe his head ruined something bigger than the world
ReplyDeleteTigre lunged forward, straight out his thought sounding a sigh toward central park.
ReplyDeleteUntied
ReplyDeleteWoven
Blue
White
Reviving mouth chanted amongst disciples
Wake soon
Sullen trembling hand
Gripped
Pull
Blindly
Quietly
Scurrying
Quickly