Ann Elliott Sherman, Inkslinger

08/04/2017

What we've got here is not merely a failure to communicate (name that movie!), but a kakistocracy. If that's all Greek to you, you are correct:
Word Origin and History for kakistocracy
n.

1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of its opposite, aristocracy, from Greek kakistos "worst," superlative of kakos "bad" (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for "defecate;" see caco- ) + -cracy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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04/14/2017

So very happy and excited that the book I've worked on the past two years has finally come out! Roots and Offshoots: Silicon Valley's Arts Community is a behind-the-scenes look at how our arts scene REALLY evolved, with profiles of the O.G. artist/activists who opened doors for us all … now available through the righteous bookstore Bolerium Books: https://goo.gl/0U0br1

Santa Clara, CA: Ginger Press, 2017. 184p., softcover, new. Color illustrations throughout. Silicon Valley’s innovative arts collaborations and organizational structures—offshoots, spin-offs, and startups—were founded by unsung heroes who resisted the establishment. Roots and Offshoots: Silicon Vall...

08/04/2016

Well, they got the first four letters right...

11/04/2015

I feel compelled to note at the outset that laundry is Patti Smith's "favorite" household chore ... (me, too)

I don’t wanna do anything today.

09/10/2015

Some ideas about ways to stave off artist exodus from the Bay Area, courtesy of the Big Apple:

Last month, the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA), which would provide New York City commercial lease holders — including artists — with greater renewal negotiation rights and housing stabil...

08/18/2015

I know it's not good to romanticize the whole "sad tortured artist" thing …

07/10/2015

"The ability to represent the indefinite is one of the great achievements of modern mathematics and media, and clouds were at the vanguard here too. If you want to understand how meaning works, you have to understand vagueness, and clouds are a chief example." John Durham Peters, http://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/the-anthropoid-condition-an-interview-with-john-durham-peters/ #

JOHN DURHAM PETERS is a rare animal in the field of communications studies: a wide-ranging intellectual with a graceful prose style, a talent for synthesis, and a way with aphorisms. Perhaps best known for Speaking into the Air, his 1999 history of the idea of communication, he also has a...

03/26/2015

How embarrassing—so busy slinging that ink, haven't posted anything on this biz page in nearly a year?!? Guess I'm a secret sharer.

05/20/2014

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04/28/2014

I am having a wonderful time doing some investigative historical research. Being able to poke around and think in nonlinear fashion is fun. And I'm getting paid for it!

02/03/2014

http://dailyinfographic.com/the-oxford-comma-infographic/oxford-comma?goback=.gde_2363509_member_5835057360841764864

This is a great encapsulation of an "inside editing" debate. Because I worked for years as a newspaper copy editor, I tend to omit serial commas, unless they are needed to avoid confusion. But then, I also omit the optional "e" at the end of my first name, so maybe I'm just a minimalist. I have one (favorite) client who prefers to use the Oxford comma, so I simply adapt my inner style manual when editing his work!

12/21/2013

Working in an unheated "sunroom" built on a concrete slab gives me "cubist" feet.