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Gnossienne by SilverInkblot, literature

Gnossienne

You never told me that you play the bass. Some stories I hear over and over again - Xerox computers, meeting well-known authors - but others I learn haphazardly, stumbling into tidbits and details like a newborn fawn - a junior year spent living on pancakes; a car accident; animating projects in the early days of Flash. You never told me you play bass, piano, guitar. And I worry - what other talents and footnotes are buried too far in the past to light up on my radar? What will I learn about you only after it's too late?

Storm by SilverInkblot, literature

Storm

I remember myself kneeling on the pillows while watching the rain, listening for the phone. Kneeling on the pillows behind an open window, listening for the phone, waiting for your to call. Behind an open window, the rain splashes the sill. Waiting for you to call I sigh resignedly. The rain splashes the sill; the phone lays dark. I sigh resignedly as thunder rumbles. The phone lays dark while watching the rain; as thunder rumbles, I remember myself.

Wendigo by SilverInkblot, literature

Wendigo

Norma Jean drew a heart on the back of my hand in hoop snake blood. “When that fades,” she said, tapping the center of her work, “you may forget about me.” Norma Jean and I dated on and off through high school and then some. We grew up wandering the forest and exploring the caverns surrounding Ripple Creek, running from the hide-behinds and hodags when we stumbled too far into their territory. The backwoods of Minnesota were our playground, from the shores of Loon Lake to the edge of Crazy Dan’s property, where the pine trees grew so tall you couldn’t see the sky. The day Norma Jean disappeared, I saw a

Opalescent by SilverInkblot, literature

Opalescent

Opalescent puddles shimmer aside pick-ups and diesel engines resting in the lot of a local diner. The highway rumble fades to jukebox country and patron chatter past glass doors smudged with the syrupy fingerprints of apple-cheeked children. There are no leftovers; everyone leaves full or happy or contemplative, eyes on the sky or head tilted down, gazing into oil slick rainbows and seeing entire worlds.

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I have chased you through a thousand novels. by SilverInkblot, literature

I have chased you through a thousand novels.

You saw her under a black umbrella on the corner of Cherry and Wessex. Dark eyes, dark hair, pale skin; her rainbow polka dot rubber boots felt incongruous under the orange street lamp as she stepped back, avoiding the wave created by a passing taxi. The rain splatters over the taut black curve of her umbrella in a melody you almost recognize before the tempo changes with her impatience and she walks into the street just before the walk sign changes. You start from your place under the awning of a small-time lawyer in a small-time town - the compulsion to follow her, to know her, is suddenly unbearable. You duck into the rain, heading for th

I have chased you through a thousand novels.

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About SilverInkblot

Artist // Hobbyist // Literature

Sep 6, 1990
United States
Deviant for 13 years
She / Her

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Autumn Brontide

_{I bleed ink. I have unusual taste in music. I have a giant top hat. I have been featured multiple times by DailyLitDeviations / DailyLitRecognition (and a DD! (or seven!) ) and consider that the highest achievement of my life.

FanStuff:

Other Stuff:

Do Your Best}

Favourite Visual Artist

Antonio Gaudi, MC Escher, Josephine Wall, Mucha

Favourite Movies

Your Name, Kiki's Delivery Service. Secondhand Lions, Inception, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Clue

Favourite TV Shows

Assassination Classroom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, RVB, Gravity Falls, Steins;Gate, Over the Garden Wall

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Savatage, Blind Guardian, Abney Park, The Gaslight Anthem, NIghtwish

Favourite Books

The Last Unicorn, Invisible Cities, House of Leaves, The Ghosts of Ashbury High, Tales from Henrytown Road

Favourite Writers

Mark Z. Danielewski, Italo Calvino, Terry Pratchett, Jacyln Moriarty, J. Bradley Minnick

Favourite Games

Kingdom Hearts, Zero Escape series, Ever17, Root Double, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, Pokemon, Kentucky Route Zero

Favourite Gaming Platform

PlayStation 3, 3DS XL, NIntendo Switch

Tools of the Trade

Pen and paper, keyboard

Other Interests

Photography, fanfic, snail mail, cool rocks, weird books, spirals, Art Nouveau, animation

Deviousness Award

A pillar of the literature community, SilverInkblot has taken it upon herself to spearhead several amazing initiatives for the DeviantArt literature community. From leading DailyLitRecognition for many years to creating TheTitlePage, which has inspired many wonderful deviations, this self-described traditionalist handwrites journals that she gives away, in the hopes it will inspire others. A champion of the community, she both routinely promotes the work of others and provides honest, friendly, feedback. We are delighted to award Deviousness to SilverInkblot for July 2017.

Awarded Jul 2017

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SilverInkblot

Aug 3, 2021

Can we no longer upload literature though mobile? I can't even access a place to type something in Stash. I fucking hate Eclipse.

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SilverInkblot

Jul 22, 2021

Doing Stuff

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Someone tell dA that I paid good money for my journal skin commission and would appreciate the option to continue using it please. Eclipse gets worse every time I log back in, honestly. So getting a new laptop did not spur me to be on here more often. I have been quite busy since the last update, mostly getting a small business running. I've been attending the local farmer's market on Saturdays and am now in with a local business promoter. I don't have much on the shop yet, but I plan to get some more stuff up tomorrow. Trey has been up several times with the kiddos and has helped with the market stuff. Connor is glued to screens, Julie runs wild, and Rae continues to be a perfect sunshine child. Russ just got done with a coding daycamp and will be attending a science one next week. I have not been successful in my quest to make Doc play Kentucky Route Zero, despite making a Canva presentation. He's also going to Pittsburgh soon, so boo. Making cards and running after kids has

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May 1, 2021

You Thought I Was Dead

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Nope, still kicking and on a shiny new laptop. I wanted something lightweight this time, so this one only weighs two pounds. Hopefully I'll be on it more than the last one. I'll be giving the old one to Trey and the old old one to Russ, once I get both cleaned out of any files I wanna keep. I was actually prepared to spend double what I did, so I'm giving myself permission to go a little crazy on Steam, though keeping in mind that the summer sale is probably in a month. I did pick up Tangle Tower, Dry Drowning, and Danganronpa 3 since those were on sale now, and will try to pick up Pokemon Snap this weekend. Keeping with the trend of new things, I am now driving my Mom's 2017 CRV, which might as well be new with how it's been taken care of. It's nice to be sitting up higher than the Corolla, which now belongs to Trey as well. There's still payments left, so I'll be taking care of those; the Covid lab job pays nicely, so I've been able to both save and splurge and currently have more