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Love the stream of consciousness narrativising. Works super well, and I hope you'll try it again. The essay's got this sense of forward movement through the day that also, in an opposite way, brings me to stillness when you seat us in that kayak. Made the essay stick and made me come back to it a second time. Well done, Dean Dass.

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Thanks Malavika! These are fun to write, and I don't do it as much I should. Some other pieces like this one here: https://www.michaeldean.site/s/stories -- Good point on the forward movement vs. the resolution on the kayak. Honestly, the lake ending wasn't even in the original draft. It was 2x longer, but I didn't have time to edit the 2nd half, so I cut it all and said, "maybe I just close on the kayak?" Happy accident, lol.

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Excellent. Good to learn so much more about you. I live in Albuquerque, have lived here most my life, so sad to find out that your auto accident was here. But glad it was life-changing.

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Dean, wow. I’m from queens, WOP10, also on bonus time. Greenwood is on my list for the garden. So many beautiful and jarring parts to this story. I loved the visuals you made out of sentence length. I’m sure you know this but the slides were a thing of beauty. Thank you for what you’ve endured physically to create such beauty.

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"I loved the visuals you made out of sentence length." Appreciate you saying this! Sometimes I like the constraints of not adding pictures or images in my essays because it forces the writing to have more imagery.

And no need to thank me! Enjoyed the visual slide work, I just tend to get obsessed / zoned in on something and not even realize it until later.

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Apparently Lady Gaga (disguised as a normal person) got a tree from our farm, but I missed it!

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Have you finished Mrs. Dalloway yet? I remember during one of the cohorts, you mentioned you were still rereading the first ten pages?

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"Buzzed like barber clippers" is my favorite visual of the day.

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A giant brimming bowl of delicious turns of phrase :)

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Jun 12, 2023·edited Jun 12, 2023

Turn your Slides expertise into an AI :p

Thank you for sharing your origin story

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I actually did see some AI slide tools! Not quite there yet, but maybe useful for a one-off.

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