Category: stories

• Henry and Kristl investigated The Caine mutiny (1954)

  “Humor me?” Kristl said. “A six pack of Bogey,” Henry’s barked a laugh, “Isn’t that a bit too much of one thing?” “I thought it might be educational. Bogart is still quite famous, so I was wondering what substance is there to the icon.” “True, he is famous. Like Marilyn Monroe or.. Betty Boop.” “Betty…

  Merit Coba

  01/08/2014

  movie, review, stories

  drama, henry and kristl, humprey bogart. war, movie, movie review, mutiny, the caine mutiny

• I didn’t know you..

  This is yet another one of my uhm.. conceptual art kind of mix of language and visuals.  Is it a poem? Or is it conceptual art. I don’t know really. I was not satisfied with type fonts I had on my computer.. so after some consideration I  decided to make my own instead of trying…

  Merit Coba

  20/07/2014

  stories

  art, conceptual art?, poem, visual poem

• A poem: Never no more

  It was just one slap. Didn’t even hurt that much. Shuddered your walls though.   It was just the one slap As if to correct an unruly child. (taking candy without asking!) One of those e-d-u-c-a-t-i-o-n-a-l ones. with the certainty of more. (If you persist, that is.) But  you are no kid   no more. And  you don’t take no shite. Not…

  Merit Coba

  14/07/2014

  poetry, short

  growing up, kids, Life, pat, poem, relations, slap, violence, visual poem

• Bookreview: No Country for Old Men

  No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 4 of 5 stars It is a twist of fate. The public library in my home town, with only three bookcases of English books, harbors a few books that have been turned into movies at one time or another. Perhaps not too surprising considering that…

  Merit Coba

  01/07/2014

  book, review, stories

  book, bookreviews, books into movies, Cormac McCarthy, no country for old men, review, writing styles

• Vending machines

  The employees trickled into the room by the twos and threes depending on who shared an office with whom. A few went out again to form a short line in front of the vending machine in the hallway. But eventually they all gathered into the windows less meeting room with it’s yellowish walls at the…

  Merit Coba

  06/06/2014

  Signs of life, stories, stories of the real

  jobs, management, outsouring, RL, signs of life, stories of the real

• Henry and Kristl met The boys from Brazil (1978)

      “I confess that I am prejudiced,” Kristl said as she turned to Henry. She had to blink a few times before she refocused, because the lights had flooded the theater and temporarily blinded them. Henry had yet to fix that. He meant for the light to gradually increase in strength with the music,…

  Merit Coba

  04/06/2014

  movie, review, stories

  1978, gregory peck, henry and kristl, ira levin, james mason, laurence olivier, movie reviews, reviews, the boys from brazil

• One more thing..

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGBRmEAYnnk This is an exercise in editing. I watched this movie and this specific scene and noticed it would fit into the song Angel. So we edited it with Sony Vegas that the music and the scene fit. It was fun to do. Imagery combined with music can have a powerful impact on someone’s experience.…

  Merit Coba

  18/05/2014

  stories

  Angel, Massive Attack, movie, Samurai fight, Sucker Punch, Sword Fight

• Dreams in Neon

  Recommend to set it to HD^^ Dreams in Neon is a movie made at Insilico in Second Life. Insilico is a vast place covering several so called ‘sims’ all done in a cyberpunk, near-futuristic style. Music is Max Waves, called Twareg Rose and made for it. Well that is my opinion. P Well actually I…

  Merit Coba

  21/04/2014

  Art, fantasy, movie, Traces of a Second Life

  Cyberpunk, Insilico, Max Waves, sci-fi, second life, Twareg Rose

• Book review: Junky by William S. Burroughs

  Junky by William S. Burroughs My rating: 4 of 5 stars Junky is a horrid book. The focus of this novella is the shallow and deplorable life of the drugs addict as he ambles through life to get to his next fix. Burroughs’ book is unmitigated, the focus is the constant struggle with addiction, for…

  Merit Coba

  24/03/2014

  book, review, stories

  addiction, book, book review, Burroughs, Junk, Junky, review, William S. Burroughs

• Pictures from the unreal: wildlife

    A picture I made using Osgrid, Secondlife and real life pictures. The set is made in OSgrid. The animals are from OSgrid. The statues to the right have been made by Laughton Mc.Cry using sculptris. The fish are from the public domain and the advertisement  is from the Library of Congress. The avatar and…

  Merit Coba

  12/03/2014

  Empathic Eccentricia, pictures, sound and vision, stories