Tuesday, May 13, 2014
So you get the picture
Friday, May 9, 2014
Want to know more?
Writing the books solo is not as fun as writing it with 2 people. Making a Useless Book story with 2 people makes the story random and spontaneous. For example, a guy is robbing a bank, ( or at least attempting to ) then it turns out that the entire bank is actually a robber hideout and the original robber ends up being robbed! See what I mean?
So if you`re bored and want to do something with a pal, making a Useless Book is a good idea. I do show how to make a Useless Book. (Somewhere `round here...)
Do you want to be a poet? Well, Useless Books can help you with that! Most of our poems start with, "Roses are red, Violets are blue..." Then you just add something that ends and rhymes with "oo". For example, "Roses are red, Violets are blue, I`m allergic to pollen, ACHOO!" See? With practicing this method, you will surely become a master poet!
So if you`re bored and want to do something with a pal, making a Useless Book is a good idea. I do show how to make a Useless Book. (Somewhere `round here...)
Do you want to be a poet? Well, Useless Books can help you with that! Most of our poems start with, "Roses are red, Violets are blue..." Then you just add something that ends and rhymes with "oo". For example, "Roses are red, Violets are blue, I`m allergic to pollen, ACHOO!" See? With practicing this method, you will surely become a master poet!
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Useless Books
Uselessness is an interesting concept. Some people might see it as discarded wrappers, marbles, gum, torn newspapers, an old report or maybe even... a discarded idea. But the way I see it, is if you look at those, "Ideas" in a childish, unpredictable way, it can turn into a grand journey. That is what exactly happened to me.
The Useless Books started in 2011. In second grade, my class was taught "Magic Binding Books", I thought to myself, "Who needs a small book with only 4 pages?" I discarded the skill as useless. About a year later, in 2012, me and my cousin Zander were bored. All I had to entertain myself was a small notebook and a pencil. Zander was making origami, dragons, swans, tanks, etc. I was astonished by his skill, so I suggested that we have a contest on what origami creation was the best. I thought it would be clever if I recorded the score in a tiny book. Using the skill I learned during second grade, I made a little book, I didn't have time to come up with a title, so I called it, "Useless Book". Zander snickered at the title. I wrote the score. Afterwards, I had all these extra pages, I decided to draw a duck. I showed Zander the duck and he laughed. He said "Let me do a page." I let him try, he drew a guy taking a wig from another guy. The guy without the wig said, "Why?" From there we started taking turns writing comics, poems, pictures, and just being random! It was so fun!
The Useless Books started in 2011. In second grade, my class was taught "Magic Binding Books", I thought to myself, "Who needs a small book with only 4 pages?" I discarded the skill as useless. About a year later, in 2012, me and my cousin Zander were bored. All I had to entertain myself was a small notebook and a pencil. Zander was making origami, dragons, swans, tanks, etc. I was astonished by his skill, so I suggested that we have a contest on what origami creation was the best. I thought it would be clever if I recorded the score in a tiny book. Using the skill I learned during second grade, I made a little book, I didn't have time to come up with a title, so I called it, "Useless Book". Zander snickered at the title. I wrote the score. Afterwards, I had all these extra pages, I decided to draw a duck. I showed Zander the duck and he laughed. He said "Let me do a page." I let him try, he drew a guy taking a wig from another guy. The guy without the wig said, "Why?" From there we started taking turns writing comics, poems, pictures, and just being random! It was so fun!
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