Matching Mixed Media - The Brothers Vonnegut (Nonfiction novel, 2015) and Twisters (Fiction film, 2024)
We are who we are because of a combination of both of circumstances and our consequences. Example It is 2016. Maybe 2017. Memory is a faulty thing. I am in...
paraluman #20
natural
If There Is One Thing Generative AI Has Been Good For, It's Convincing Me It's Okay to Try Making Art
I keep a running list of any article or post lamenting about the current state of Generative AI in my private discord. It’s a thread I’ve been running since...
paraluman #19
endure
The Concept of Time and I Go Way Back
A Somewhat Complete Oral History of This Relationship
paraluman #18
grindset
A Completed Workbook of 5 Tongue-in-cheek Game Writing Exercises
All Writing Is Not Made Equal.
paraluman #17
anticipatory
Matching Mixed Media - Supergiant's Hades Series / Netflix's Kaos / Hadestown
February's Matching
paraluman #16
closed captioning
So I Watched a Musical About Corn This Weekend
And also about a Waitress.
paraluman #15
paws & reflect
Assorted Plaques from My Dope Line Mausoleum
Here's a guided tour of words that insist on bouncing around in head.
paraluman #14
A candi(e)d conversation
The Convention Reinvention of Self Occassionally Requires A Soft Reboot
Hello friends. You may have noticed that Mixed Media with Mikkel has migrated off of Substack and you're now getting your weekly dose of Tuesday pop culture...
paraluman #13
bots can cry
Matching Mixed Media - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim & This is How You You Lose the Time War
January's Pairing
The Theseus Thesis
If a piece is only completed when you stop working on it, what happens if you never stop working on it?
paraluman #11
anatomically incorrect
So I Opened a Letterboxd
A.K.A. Why do we insist on reinventing the wheel when we have a perfectly good wheel?
paraluman #10
biblically accurate graffiti
Reset On The Count of Four
feat. box breathing
paraluman #9
anticipation
paraluman #12
grove
All Resolutions Are Arbitrary To Begin With, But There Is Still Power In Them
And you probably weren't expecting a sequel so soon.
paraluman #8
anti-delphi
Twelve(ish) RPGs Later…
A Reflection on My 2024 Project
paraluman #7
invertigo
A Quick Catalog of My Tattoos
Not quite at double digits, but we're also at nine more than I thought I'd ever get so...
paraluman #6
time lapse
Understanding the Mythologization of The Self and Others
Another Entry Into My Codex of Twine*
paraluman #5
live from rootwad park
The Darlings Are Meant to Die
And other lessons learnt n the continual pursuit of the bespoke.
paraluman #4
reclamation
Here. Eat.
There will always be a space for you at A Writeloudly if you need it.
paraluman #3
look kid
The (Not Exactly) Self Defined Semantics of Self
I really think Johari's Window needs one less pane because how the hell are you supposed to know what's not known to the self and others?
paraluman #2
sorry for spacing out
During These Completely Precedented Times, I'm Playing Roguelikes
Although in fairness, I am always probably playing at least one roguelike.
paraluman #1
regenesis
Introducing "paraluman"
A new Friday featurette
Post Mortem of "The Exorcism of A Writeloudly's Clock"
A.K.A. I Constructed an Escape Room Activity for Halloween Just to See If I Could
How "Twelve Pages, Infinite Options" Became Twenty-seven Pages
Design Reflections of "The Several Lives of M. Slice" TTRPG Framework
As a Lapsed Catholic, I Think a Part of Me Will Always Conflate Consumption With Adoration
Also known as: "What we consume, consumes us."
A Contest of 2024 Cooking Content
A Mini-Guide of the 2024 Culinary Media-Verse
If a Microphone Was Once a Confessional, This Newsletter is Broadcast Radio
Yes, I am a fan of Fall Out Boy's Naming Conventions
#TravelHacks with Em & M
So, You’re Traveling with A Friend Across Fictitious Mountains and the Jello Belt to Deliver a Wedding Dress and Suit
Self-assessing Archetypes
A fiscal year ends, a gamified reflection begins.
All Resolutions Are Arbitrary To Begin With, So It Stands To Reason I Can Start a New One at Any Time
Or, I Woke Up One Day and Decided To Start a Newsletter
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