We just watch anything speed by. To stop and really ponder what a product label says, or the tagline on a TV… — Aaron Belz Labels Copy Share Image
Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying… — Aaron Belz Advise Copy Share Image
Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media… — Aaron Belz Astute Copy Share Image
I want to leave my readers with a sequence of ideas/phrases that makes them question something they'd taken for granted. Or that… — Aaron Belz Books Copy Share Image
The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with… — Aaron Belz Asteroids Copy Share Image
Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of… — Aaron Belz Composition Copy Share Image
After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter. — Aaron Belz Comedy Copy Share Image
Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that? — Aaron Belz Alternatives Copy Share Image
The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other… — Aaron Belz Audience Copy Share Image
The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy… — Aaron Belz Beautiful Copy Share Image
Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it.… — Aaron Belz Feelings Copy Share Image
Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will… — Aaron Belz Brands Copy Share Image
Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are… — Aaron Belz Bizarre Copy Share Image
I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does… — Aaron Belz Backgrounds Copy Share Image
I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already… — Aaron Belz Confusing Copy Share Image
