5 Things: Coming Up for Air Edition

So the nose is to the grindstone, the blood on the tracks. Strange pudding, indeed.

Here are a few links to some writing around the 'sphere that has been inspiring me in the past few days.

• This week's Come-to-Jesus moment: Dear Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #48: Write like A Motherfucker.
• Go here, read and then just follow some of Kyle's links.
• Laid Out Plain and to the Point: A few words from Liviu Ciulei.
• This song on repeat.
• Clicking through Aaron's Short-a-Day list. Since reading has been curtailed, the next best thing is compiling a reading list.

Bonus: thinking about what an awesome field trip this would be. In case you don't want to wade through the syntax, which, admit you must, is pretty amusing, the kicker is in the second to last paragraph where Matthias Lilienthal describes the last work he's making before he retires - a multi-stage adaptation of Infinite Fun by Big Dave, himself (Thanks, JW).