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05-08-2008, 06:14 PM
|  | NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | Guy blacks out NY Times articles to make poems
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Neat. I think it's been done before, but it's still pretty cool.
I like the way he sometimes subtly incorporates drawings into the black space:  | 
05-08-2008, 06:16 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | i dig  | 
05-08-2008, 06:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | Ha I gotta write two poems in English. I will try this.  | 
05-08-2008, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | Neat concept.
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05-08-2008, 08:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Indiana | | | I used to do this for fun in my US History class. | 
05-08-2008, 09:05 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Cool.  | 
05-08-2008, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Machias/Bangor, Maine | | Thats pretty awesome, its complete mumbo jumbo but I dig it. 
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05-08-2008, 11:02 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gold_member_321 Thats pretty awesome, its complete mumbo jumbo but I dig it.  | It's not mumbo jumbo. It's clearly a reference to the Tralfalmadorians. | 
05-08-2008, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO It's not mumbo jumbo. It's clearly a reference to the Tralfalmadorians. | You're right, how ignorant of me. I don't know how I overlooked that. 
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05-08-2008, 11:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | <3 Slaughterhouse-Five | 
05-08-2008, 11:32 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerus <3 Slaughterhouse-Five |  | 
05-08-2008, 11:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | For you Vonnegut fans, who is Kilagore Trout in real life?
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05-09-2008, 05:37 AM
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05-09-2008, 08:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | | Why am I reminded of chimpanzees sitting at typewriters?
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05-09-2008, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat Why am I reminded of chimpanzees sitting at typewriters? | Because you have foresight?  | 
05-11-2008, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wales, UK | | wow, this is brilliant =]
can't help but smile, flicking through the page. 
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