Friday, May 13, 2005
And this is why, reluctantly, grudgingly, I can't help but like Warren Ellis: All is story. [via LinkMachineGo]
Cave paintings are comics. Standing stones are art installations. It’s all stories. And I don’t mean that in an ethereal Gaimany “the world is made out of stories, mine’s a nice cup of tea” kind of way. I mean that we make the world into stories. From scratching our perceptions of the day into cave walls to dramatising the landscapes we’re born into, we make the world into stories to make living in it all the sweeter.
Of course, it also helps that he writes Planetary, which is brilliant.
Cave paintings are comics. Standing stones are art installations. It’s all stories. And I don’t mean that in an ethereal Gaimany “the world is made out of stories, mine’s a nice cup of tea” kind of way. I mean that we make the world into stories. From scratching our perceptions of the day into cave walls to dramatising the landscapes we’re born into, we make the world into stories to make living in it all the sweeter.
Of course, it also helps that he writes Planetary, which is brilliant.
