# The Arts **URL:** https://briarfray.org/c/ta/16.md [Latest](https://briarfray.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://briarfray.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://briarfray.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the The Arts board](https://briarfray.org/t/about-the-the-arts-board/83)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/about-the-the-arts-board/83 "2025-01-28T21:40:10Z")
Art, music, literature, screenwriting, poetry, opera… Please keep the discussion intellectual. --- ## [Does anyone just love writing useless lore to play with ideas?](https://briarfray.org/t/does-anyone-just-love-writing-useless-lore-to-play-with-ideas/1198)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/does-anyone-just-love-writing-useless-lore-to-play-with-ideas/1198 "2026-11-05T21:31:26Z")
By ‘useless’, I mean ‘stuff that doesn’t really serve to advance the plot in any way of any of your given stories’. Examples: --- ## [I'm rewriting my FNaF fanfiction to be "original"](https://briarfray.org/t/im-rewriting-my-fnaf-fanfiction-to-be-original/1149)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/im-rewriting-my-fnaf-fanfiction-to-be-original/1149 "2026-11-05T12:24:51Z")
Starting in 2021 (I think) and ending two years ago (2024), I wrote a FNaF fanfiction whose length is, I believe, just greater than the first three Harry Potter books combined. And yet, when I presented it to @Neandertha… --- ## [Lord Grim finished drawings thread.](https://briarfray.org/t/lord-grim-finished-drawings-thread/1187)
**Author:** [@Slinking\_Agony](https://briarfray.org/u/Slinking_Agony)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/lord-grim-finished-drawings-thread/1187 "2026-11-03T02:30:46Z")
This is for (More or less) finished drawings of mine. Certain drawings I have made are omitted from this post due to being considered “secksual” or “muh gore bad waaah” or otherwise gross to look upon. Or not considered… --- ## [Media I recommend (and don't)](https://briarfray.org/t/media-i-recommend-and-dont/838)
**Author:** [@Egozilla](https://briarfray.org/u/Egozilla)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/media-i-recommend-and-dont/838 "2026-10-31T23:53:35Z")
I’ll keep this brief. The title is very hard to miss. BOOKS Camp of the Saints Mein Kampf Culture of Critique Animal Farm The International Jew The Myth of the 20th Century The Manipulated Man (must read) A History of… --- ## [I realized editing is very different from writing](https://briarfray.org/t/i-realized-editing-is-very-different-from-writing/1124)
**Author:** [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/i-realized-editing-is-very-different-from-writing/1124 "2026-10-29T16:08:16Z")
I write a lot, multiple hours a day every day of the week, factoring out all distractions. The thing is, I primarily write for myself. I don’t do journalling or list-making for productivity, I mean real writing. The thin… --- ## [Beautiful music thread](https://briarfray.org/t/beautiful-music-thread/750)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/beautiful-music-thread/750 "2026-10-27T11:37:14Z")
--- ## [My new art blog is now live! 🎨🖌️😺](https://briarfray.org/t/my-new-art-blog-is-now-live/1153)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/my-new-art-blog-is-now-live/1153 "2026-10-22T18:41:28Z")
--- ## [Recomendation for a translation of Homer's The Odyssey from prior to the 1940s?](https://briarfray.org/t/recomendation-for-a-translation-of-homers-the-odyssey-from-prior-to-the-1940s/924)
**Author:** [@LostSaxon](https://briarfray.org/u/LostSaxon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/recomendation-for-a-translation-of-homers-the-odyssey-from-prior-to-the-1940s/924 "2026-10-18T04:56:43Z")
Trying to find a good translation of the Odyssey from before the age of Academic Revision. Especially in lieu of their using historical revisionism through Hollywood movies, but I have also been reading of parallels of t… --- ## [Fun SCP-style website](https://briarfray.org/t/fun-scp-style-website/1125)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/fun-scp-style-website/1125 "2026-10-14T02:00:41Z")
--- ## [Drawing theory thread](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-theory-thread/1119)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-theory-thread/1119 "2026-10-11T14:41:54Z")
This thread is self-explanatory. --- ## [Creative Writing Research](https://briarfray.org/t/creative-writing-research/733)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/creative-writing-research/733 "2026-10-08T16:49:58Z")
In this thread, I will be journaling about creative writing. Previously: --- ## [The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa](https://briarfray.org/t/the-leopard-by-giuseppe-tomasi-di-lampedusa/1105)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/the-leopard-by-giuseppe-tomasi-di-lampedusa/1105 "2026-10-02T16:00:26Z")
--- ## [Phenomenon of emergence from simulations / emergent gameplay](https://briarfray.org/t/phenomenon-of-emergence-from-simulations-emergent-gameplay/1098)
**Author:** [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/phenomenon-of-emergence-from-simulations-emergent-gameplay/1098 "2026-09-28T20:09:28Z")
In games and game design this is called emergent gameplay. Think about the various intricate redstone contraptions designed in Minecraft, which Notch never intended or foresaw when he designed the underlying mechanics. I… --- ## [Christopher Alexander - The Timeless Way of Building](https://briarfray.org/t/christopher-alexander-the-timeless-way-of-building/1068)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/christopher-alexander-the-timeless-way-of-building/1068 "2026-09-16T04:23:08Z")
--- ## [Extreme music thread](https://briarfray.org/t/extreme-music-thread/872)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/extreme-music-thread/872 "2026-09-09T15:19:10Z")
--- ## [Horizon-expanding fiction](https://briarfray.org/t/horizon-expanding-fiction/939)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/horizon-expanding-fiction/939 "2026-09-06T21:40:33Z")
Fiction with broad appeal, that introduce the crowd to fresh flavors. Think literature with the cheap fun parts (like sex, violence, power fantasy) but laced with the acquired taste- characters and cultures that feel rea… --- ## [My links](https://briarfray.org/t/my-links/1047)
**Author:** [@IndigoWizard](https://briarfray.org/u/IndigoWizard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/my-links/1047 "2026-08-31T19:49:12Z")
https://www.deviantart.com/indigowizard --- ## [Creepypasta thread](https://briarfray.org/t/creepypasta-thread/1038)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/creepypasta-thread/1038 "2026-08-28T01:53:58Z")
Been obsessed with these lately. --- ## [A Calling from how far we've fallen.](https://briarfray.org/t/a-calling-from-how-far-weve-fallen/1036)
**Author:** [@LostSaxon](https://briarfray.org/u/LostSaxon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/a-calling-from-how-far-weve-fallen/1036 "2026-08-27T04:22:41Z")
I hear it in the forests, and see it in my dreams- The languages of deadmen that we no longer sing. And when the creatures hear the songs of fair maidens ring- You can see it in their eyes that memory of who we used t… --- ## [John Gardner & Stephen Banker interview, circa 1978](https://briarfray.org/t/john-gardner-stephen-banker-interview-circa-1978/85)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/john-gardner-stephen-banker-interview-circa-1978/85 "2026-08-16T22:49:03Z")
--- ## [How to Write English Prose (article)](https://briarfray.org/t/how-to-write-english-prose-article/967)
**Author:** [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/how-to-write-english-prose-article/967 "2026-07-30T02:10:10Z")
--- ## [Cooking For Engineers](https://briarfray.org/t/cooking-for-engineers/962)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/cooking-for-engineers/962 "2026-07-29T22:18:07Z")
--- ## [In need of some writing critique](https://briarfray.org/t/in-need-of-some-writing-critique/931)
**Author:** [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/in-need-of-some-writing-critique/931 "2026-07-29T03:40:51Z")
So, for background. I write a lot, probably 4ish hours a day on average, 4-5 days a week. The thing is, I hate editing my work or working on anything in regards to a second draft onwards. Revision is my biggest weakness.… --- ## [The true moral of story - The Lord of the Rings](https://briarfray.org/t/the-true-moral-of-story-the-lord-of-the-rings/921)
**Author:** [@Zenitsu](https://briarfray.org/u/Zenitsu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/the-true-moral-of-story-the-lord-of-the-rings/921 "2026-07-14T01:38:00Z")
This video is awesome, I give it 10/10 --- ## [Did George Orwell create the original alt girl?](https://briarfray.org/t/did-george-orwell-create-the-original-alt-girl/919)
**Author:** [@anonymous4](https://briarfray.org/u/anonymous4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/did-george-orwell-create-the-original-alt-girl/919 "2026-07-12T05:56:42Z")
Western guys seem to really like alternative/goth/rebel girls but eastern guys don’t seem to like these types very much. Even a traditionalist western guys seem to like them. Which is odd. Why the split and why would a t… --- ## [Lyrics you love](https://briarfray.org/t/lyrics-you-love/882)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/lyrics-you-love/882 "2026-06-22T13:46:37Z")
The lyrics in the second minute --- ## [strange yet funny humor](https://briarfray.org/t/strange-yet-funny-humor/870)
**Author:** [@0CK](https://briarfray.org/u/0CK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/strange-yet-funny-humor/870 "2026-06-15T21:17:15Z")
I have a relatively low bar for humor- I laugh easily. I like this, and I really don’t want to lose my mirth to common or low-brow humor. (desensitization) Some people say humor is a lesser sort of art, I guess because i… --- ## [Drawing studies thread](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-studies-thread/862)
**Author:** [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/drawing-studies-thread/862 "2026-06-14T15:32:10Z")
Will be posting here later but I just started watching this. I’m going to try and apply Gaede’s Rational Scientific Method to drawing to make it easier and more efficient. --- ## [Interiority of Objects](https://briarfray.org/t/interiority-of-objects/847)
**Author:** [@hits](https://briarfray.org/u/hits)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/interiority-of-objects/847 "2026-06-08T00:49:56Z")
I have come to believe that every object has its own personal experience of reality, just like every human does. I like to call it the “interiority” of that object. The more complex an object or entity is, the richer its… [Next page](https://briarfray.org/c/ta/16.md?page=1)