Great thread! That’s a beautiful and profound poem, CCoburn. “Ex-seed-inly” is genius. I particularly love the union of the graphics and the verses.
I’ve been dabbling with graphic design since the late nineties. Mostly manipulating fonts to fit objects, shapes or for metaphorical reasons in logo applications.
I’ve never considered myself a writer but started participating in the ATS Short Story Contests and have learned much from other members’ contributions, yet, finding my own voice.
I always wanted to merge or represent my writing with artwork beyond simple memes, but never had time. That’s until the last contest - possibly the last ever - where I just couldn’t get the BBCode to visualise the point of my acrostic poem. So, I made an image that encompassed both. The words Solar Eclipse are the basis of the poem, forcing the first letters of each line.
Here is my Sol & Luna entry on ATS and below, how I visualised the poem. DTOM very kindly added it to my post for me after my editing window had expired.
![[Image: mh661fa717.png]](https://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/mh661fa717.png)
I’m not opposed to feeding AI our own writing prompts. In fact, I’m curious to parse some of my stories in this way to see what imagery it produces. However, for me, producing art has often stimulated stories and vice versa. Marrying the two gives me great pleasure and satisfaction.
I’ve been dabbling with graphic design since the late nineties. Mostly manipulating fonts to fit objects, shapes or for metaphorical reasons in logo applications.
I’ve never considered myself a writer but started participating in the ATS Short Story Contests and have learned much from other members’ contributions, yet, finding my own voice.
I always wanted to merge or represent my writing with artwork beyond simple memes, but never had time. That’s until the last contest - possibly the last ever - where I just couldn’t get the BBCode to visualise the point of my acrostic poem. So, I made an image that encompassed both. The words Solar Eclipse are the basis of the poem, forcing the first letters of each line.
Here is my Sol & Luna entry on ATS and below, how I visualised the poem. DTOM very kindly added it to my post for me after my editing window had expired.
I’m not opposed to feeding AI our own writing prompts. In fact, I’m curious to parse some of my stories in this way to see what imagery it produces. However, for me, producing art has often stimulated stories and vice versa. Marrying the two gives me great pleasure and satisfaction.
