Here's the promo video for the issue:
It's been a rough period for me, I'm glad I've finally gotten this issue around together. Lit.cat's Issue 19 is technically the season 2 finale, but I'm still winging it as it comes along.
Some notes:
I recommend staring at the intro screen for at least 30 seconds. It's really cool.
Rediscovering Wishington is really whimsical, the author is too talented to keep submitting to my journal.
PolarS was the most popular of this issue, which I didn't expect. It's always fun to look at the site statistics to see who brings in the most visitors.
tacocat has a poem published that evokes in me how it feels to finally finish this issue after getting around to it in a month.
Thank you. I trust you appreciate poetry. I don't like it very much myself. I just do it on occasion so it's nice to know that you and weewoo liked it. I made it into an art: There are multiple unfathomable probabilities in my life. The other day I softened from firm atheist to agnostic
The position I take on all things is that 1) I am certain of nothing or, in some cases,certain only to the extent of the evidence available. I'm aware that "evidence" can be subjective and false. At the same time, I don't want to be doctrinaire, even about my lack of certainty. How much contradictory evidence can we hold simultaneously? As for the poem, I also printed it out. Maybe I will make art out of it and put it on the wall. Maybe I'll just put it on the wall.The other day I softened from firm atheist to agnostic
Interesting. What exactly led to that change? Can it be said in words?
I'm really enjoying this issue. It's really nice to encounter so much poetry, which often gets the short end, if it gets an end at all. "the cable car seesawed in arpeggio defibrillation of San Franciscoโs alien heart" Good stuff. The cover is absolutely mesmerizing. I've been looking for a good candidate for a page that loads when I open the browser, just so the interwebs will seem to be inviting me into worlds of delight, fascination and beauty ... instead of gauntlets of advertising, popups, blurts of vitriol/illogic/etc. I daresay lit.cat 19's cover is the strongest candidate I've found for this role so far.
It's bizarre to see this comment, because this morning I sent out a job description to hand off the editor-in-chief position for the journal. I'm eager to finally get this guilt ball of a project off me, but I still get a lot of joy from hearing what people think of it as a project. Thanks for the comments you left, they make me feel like I'm ending the project on a good note.
Wow, gotta love the timing! I was thinking of submitting, but no reason I can't still. Congrats on your impending freedom. Hopefully the experience will continue to inform and reward you long after you have escaped the drudgery aspects of it. And I'm glad to have provided some well-earned gratification, even if it falls into the too little too late category. Time to focus on new projects?
I have no clue. I got it from the British Public Domain flickrand looking up "math". cowers in embarrassment