Showing posts with label Yrik Max Valentonis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yrik Max Valentonis. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Yrik Max Valentonis - Organization of Choice

 I. Situation demanding a decision:


A. Immediate response necessary.

1. The smell of honeysuckle flowers

2. Petting a stray dog

3. Diving into a cold pool


B. Enough time to plan.

1. The first time sitting on a bicycle seat

2. Brushing against thorns

3. Seeing a dolphin


II. Finding options:


A. Use of memory.

1. Texture of insulation 

2. First feel of shaving cream

3. Static electricity


B. Help from others.

1. Taste of blood

2. Crow cawing

3. The gap of a missing tooth


III. Assessing possible outcomes:


A. Short term effect.

1. Vomiting

2. Smell of salt water

3. Stepping on a roach


B. Long term effect.

1. Touching fiberglass

2. An eyelash under the eyelid

3. Holding an ice-cube


IV. Conclusion:

 


Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Yrik Max Valentonis - Lost in Urban Landscaping #3, #5, #26, #40, & #55

Lost In Urban Landscaping #5 


People stare at clouds
Searching for meaning in their life
Through random actions
Of the environment





In 
Eden,
Adam could
Not help but to
Name everything he saw
The urge to define, classify, denote,
Explain, organize, interpret, express, signify,
Refine


Led
To the
Downfall




humanity's need to
conquer and subjugate
the natural order
of the universe


T O P I A R

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Monday, April 1, 2019

Yrik Max Valentonis - Three Pieces

Random Recipes: Curried Pterodactyl with Fried Bananas



Ingredients ---
1 pterodactyl
5 pounds curry
30 bananas

You will need ---
1 turkey baster
1 blow torch
5 fuel tanks for blow torch
1 mallet
1 back up mallet (if you are a messy cook like me)
1 hacksaw

Directions ---
Bam! Burn! Bite!

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Yrik Max Valentonis - Autobiography


She tried to write her autobiography. But could only write the word “the”. This fustrated her a great deal since she knew that she had lived more than just that. For years she thought about what she had done with her life and the people that she had met and influenced. Continually she worked on her autobiography.



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She eventually consulted a novelist whom was mentioned by a mutual friend. The novelist was well known and respected, even though she had never read any of his books. They sat and discussed writing and literature, the topic of her autobiography was brought up and the difficulties she was having with the word the.  He informed her that he too was having word problems, and feeling limited by his previous books since all he could write was the word “it”.


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Together they visited the novelist’s editor at the publishing house. In discussion with the editor, it was found out that she could only cross out the word “which”. Since neither book had the word which in it, but only the and it, the editor offered them little relief.


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The autobiographer and the novelist in the spirit of camaraderie and the liking for each other that they had developed, went to an artist’s reception at the local gallery. While there, they spoke with the artist about his work and future projects. The artist talked vibrantly about the arrow. When they asked if he did anything aside from arrows, he glared at them peevishly and excused himself from their company.


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They encountered a poet there, also attending the artist’s reception. The poet spoke with them about the limitations of writing and the difficulties in communication. The poet admitted once having tried to find a broader vocabulary, but in the end returned to contemplate and appreciate the beauty of  “whence”.


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There is a reader who is reading this story and she can only read the word “she”. I wrote this story for her, but I can only write “that” so we are left with an incomplete story where no one is fulfilled by it.