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Defamiliarization: Flarf, Conceptual Writing, and Using Flawed Software Abstract One form of creativity uses defamiliariza-tion, a mechanism that frees the brain from its rational shackles and permits the abducing brain to run free. Revision is still required, though. Keywords writing, poetry, creativity, flarf ACM Classification Keywords A.0 (General) General Terms Design Ark!!! Shem raised.
Those who write flarf write flarf, or, to use their terminology, they write“flarfy” poetry, to be distinguished from regular poetry. Flarfy poetry makes hay where the sun don't shine. Like baboons copulating in cages at the zoo, flarf fucks inside the glass walls, a show-stopping show, playing to the embarrassed (maybe) or bemused (could be) or the temporarily entertained (probably), it's.
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Flarf, as it is usually practiced, takes as its raw material the results of Google searches on words or phrases chosen by the poet. The writing that emerges, though heavily edited and reconfigured, typically bears the stamp of its sources, with a special affinity for the “junk language” of online chat rooms, forums, and blog comment streams—everything that passes for the national.
How does one write fluff? Ask Question Asked 2 years, 6 months ago. Active 2 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 3k times 2. So in watching playthroughs of various video games, because I do that when I find something interesting, I had this strong urge to write some fluff. However, when I sat down to think of it, any kind of process that came to it kind of left my head. How does one actually write.
Flarf was born in New York at the turn of the century, and its creation can be attributed to one man. Gary Sullivan created a nonsense poem to send into a scam poetry competition (no names here, we all know who they are!) and Flarf was born. The poem, the first lines of which are shown below, is meaningless and has no context or poetical merit, but was of course included in the poetry.
For the last few years, I’ve shared and exchanged poems with a number of poets on the Post-Flarf listserv. What I love about the listserv is that I can send around poems that I think are atrocious. It’s a place where experimentation, writing bad poetry, posting “found” poems from the internet and writing highly “distasteful” poems is actively encouraged. I also like that the list.