The blank spaces in between film frames, while imperceptible, makes the medium more similar to the way our memory works than its digital counterpart. So it goes with the imperfect crackling of vinyl versus the distantly smooth and unblinking CD. We have a similar affinity for paper. "Paper is in the room with you", and a good story needs to blink.
What if notebooks were not a disappearing species? What if phone booths and handwriting made a miraculous recovery from their virtual extinction? Or, what if there existed a wireless connection between your brain and the creamy yellow pages of your Moleskine so that there was no separation between journaling and the real-time moment that necessitated such documentation? What if all the blogs scrolled home for the winter and made nests of envelopes around your eaves?
Introducing…
the blink : a zine of art and writing
The theme for our first issue is Letters. Send us a letter not meant for you, a letter you found, a letter you wish you had received, a review of a collection of letters, a letter you will never send, a love letter to the world. Send us anything and everything to do with any kind of letter.
We encourage you to add a visual component to your work if you are a writer, or a written component if you are an artist. Collaborate! Steal! Submissions may be typed, handwritten, digital photos, or scanned images. (Please note that if you are sending us something handwritten, it will not appear in its full size in the zine but will be approximately 8.5 x 7)
Send as many submissions as you like, but send them by March 15! You can submit via email to theblinkzine@gmail.com or via the good old post to:
The Blink
c/o Alexis Brayton
1118 De Haro Street
Unit B
San Francisco, CA 94107
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