Autobiographies

Tell your life story in 400 words or less

Rijn,

Posted to Autobiographies on 19 May 2007, with 12 comments so far.

I have: Held a decapitated human head in my hands, sliced neatly in half, and marvelled at the astounding beauty contained within. Always played with words, my childhood ambition to be “˜an authoress’ thwarted by my perfectionism on my first day of school, returning home to sob “I’ve had a whole day of classes, and [...]

Autobiography

Posted to Autobiographies on 15 February 2007, with 4 comments so far.

Remember 400-word autobiographies? I’m still collecting them. This one—a life in books—won my heart right away. It has narrative, pathos, plot and theme…and it’s just a list of the titles of books. Maybe it will inspire some spin-offs… —Ed. by Paul Hellweg—Age 61—Frazier Park, CA Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, edited by Watty Piper. Little Red [...]

Marija,

Posted to Autobiographies on 30 September 2006, with 4 comments so far.

I was born old, and I get younger every year. My first years of life were spent in body casts to correct a medical problem. Usually we face medical difficulties when we’re old. I hope I faced all mine in those early years. Growing up with alcoholic parents and troubled siblings forced me to take [...]

Annabel,

Posted to Autobiographies on 25 September 2006, with 4 comments so far.

Mom was a conceptual artist and Dad a drummer in punk bands. Once he played a gig dressed only in boxers and tinfoil, which fell off as he played. He stopped playing when I was two, and started taking me to social work school with him on the Green Line. Mom stopped doing art before [...]