Remember "magic realism"...?

[James Dominguez]

I decided to find out what it is, and did a quick altavista search for
it.

Basically, magic realism is the depiction of everyday things in an
unrealistic manner, describing commonplace objects and events in such a
way as to make them seem surreal, magical, or fantastic.

I'll give it a go... hmmm...

With a rush of air, the smouldering embers flared, erupted in
brilliance, and their slow crawl became a brief gallop, a short burst of
speed along the white shaft which they traversed. The man's fleshy face
cracked open, the fume-reeking stick moved away, and a sudden geyser of
foetid smoke blasted from the depths of his body. Following shortly on
its tail came a tremendous pounding of spongy flesh and ripping cords,
and he choked out a few more minutes of his shortening life, which were
chased away by the teasing wind of entropy.

Bugger it, that'll do. An alternative to "He took a drag of his
cigarette, exhaled, and coughed several times."

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[James Dominguez]

I have cancelled this message, but if anyone still gets it, sorry about the
mix-up. I meant to email it to a friend, but I got confused and posted it
instead!

[tarantula]

Just a friendly note: I believe you meant to refer to magical realism, not
magic realism, e.g., _One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude_ et al.

[Jordan Ruud]

James Dominguez wrote:
>
> I decided to find out what it is, and did a quick altavista search for
> it.
>
> Basically, magic realism is the depiction of everyday things in an
> unrealistic manner, describing commonplace objects and events in such a
> way as to make them seem surreal, magical, or fantastic.

Semi on-topic...does anybody here like Magritte? I particularly like "Menaced Assassin"
and "Pleasure".

> I'll give it a go... hmmm...
>
> With a rush of air, the smouldering embers flared, erupted in
> brilliance, and their slow crawl became a brief gallop, a short burst of
> speed along the white shaft which they traversed. The man's fleshy face
> cracked open, the fume-reeking stick moved away, and a sudden geyser of
> foetid smoke blasted from the depths of his body. Following shortly on
> its tail came a tremendous pounding of spongy flesh and ripping cords,
> and he choked out a few more minutes of his shortening life, which were
> chased away by the teasing wind of entropy.
>
> Bugger it, that'll do. An alternative to "He took a drag of his
> cigarette, exhaled, and coughed several times."

Interesting. Sounds kinda like a pastiche.

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> = = "The funny thing is... on the =
> = From the keyboard of = outside, I was an honest man, =
> = James J. Dominguez = straight as an arrow. I had =
> = de...@mynx.wow.aust.com = to come to prison to be a =
> = IRCNet: DexX ICQ: 10419916 = crook." - Andy Dufresne, =
> = = The Shawshank Redemption =
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