Today I learned...

[Schism]

The muse calls and will always be calling, a sweet and deadly siren's song.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Today I learned that there are metaphysical writings about farts.

One begins -

Le Petomane performed at the Moulin Rouge in the 1890s to the great and good of the day, such as Sigmund Freud, the Prince of Wales, and the King of Belgium. His art was musical farting. He perfected musical farting into an art form. And there are still musical farting performances today. There is an Austrian duet, for example, who dress in formal evening wear with long coat and tails, but the trousers have a discrete hole through which the instrument can be played.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Today I learned that there are metaphysical writings about farts.

So, we have a conflict between two views of the metaphysics of farts: the essential-bum-origin view and the phenomenological view. On the essential-bum-origin view, we smell farts, whereas on the phenomenological view, we fart smells.

 

[JLT]

Today I learned that there are metaphysical writings about farts.

One begins -

Le Petomane performed at the Moulin Rouge in the 1890s

And now you know where Mel Brooks got the name of the governor in Blazing Saddles.

 

[Schism]

Writing can feel like slotting puzzle pieces together, and that sometimes means across WIPs. Bringing two character perspectives in the same world from two separate short stories into the same narrative.