Instantanées #3

To celebrate the 10th blogging anniversary of ni vu ni connu, I’m trying out a new feature: Fictions Instantanées. These very short stories, delivered via text or video, are based on pictures taken by me (or this guy), often times via Instagram. The frequency of publishing has yet to be determined (which means that I’m not willing to commit to anything). It’s a way to give some life back to this blog, with which I’ve had a great ride in the last 10 years, but somewhat neglected in the last three (damn you, social networks). It’s also a way to get back in touch with a more free and spontaneous type of writing, something that screenwriting (my « day » job) doesn’t allow for.

I hope you enjoy it! And thanks to those of you who have kept on visiting this blog over the years. You’re awesome and you’re a lot of fun to have around.

I suggest watching this video in a bigger version (here) or in full screen mode. It looks better and it makes the dialogue on the screen easier to read. You can also click on the arrows at the bottom right of the video to make it larger.

I dreamed about you last night from Martine on Vimeo.

Our shared anxiety

Facebook. Twitter. Google+. LinkedIn. Blogs. RSS feeds.

Fatigue.

« What I want is to be creative, I said. I want the tools to serve me, not the other way around. I’m getting absolutely nothing significant done, but I’m supposedly « busy » all the time. And it’s all driven by a shared anxiety: if we don’t keep up, we’ll be left behind; if we don’t flock over here with the Crowd, we’ll lose our audience and no one will talk to us or listen to us anymore. We’re not so sure they’re listening now…maybe we’d better issue another Tweet or Post or Dent and make sure they’re there. »

From Beth Adam’s blog, The Cassandra Pages.