On the literature front, I've just finished reading David Markson’s This is Not a Novel, which stands as a brilliant example of possibilities, and an excellent source of encouragement and inspiration, as I am always attempting to craft works similiar in nature. It was one of the most enjoyable things I’ve read in a very, very long time. There is no plot, no characters, and no setting, none of the typical devices of drudgery that usually overshadow the important components of art: beauty and ideas.
Markson may be an unfamiliar name, but that's truly a pity. He is a grandmaster of experimental fiction on par with Robbe-Grillet, Calvino, Barth, Hawkes, Borges, et al. You can learn more about him here, here, and here.


