Oxyfication
Main Entry: Ox-y-fi-ca-tion
Pronunciation: äks-say-fi-k-shun
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Greek oxymoron, North American personification, evolved one day into Oxyfication .
Date: 2005
Description: Oxyfication is an online creative community which focuses on spotlighting the talents of creative people: writers, musicians, artists, photographers, and so on. It’s about finding out what unites artists just as much as what makes them unique.

There are three main elements that make up Oxyfication: The Homepage, The Forum, and You.

The Homepage:

Features: From time to time we conduct in-depth interviews with people that run the gamut. Our criteria for deciding whom we choose to feature really isn’t defined by anything other than our personal tastes. If they move us, hopefully we present them in a way where they will move you. Though most of the individuals we choose to feature are from the Indie culture, we are NOT elitists who think the best artists are the ones you’ve never heard of. If we were of that mindset we wouldn’t be here. We tend to focus on independent artists mainly because, not only are they easier to get in touch with, but they also tend to be at the height of their creative hunger. That’s not to say mainstream artists aren’t still hungry and producing great work. If you’re reading this and you happen to be tight with Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Richard Russo, or the ghost of Kurt Vonnegut, send them our way. We’d like to ask them a thing or two.

Reviews: Though we definitely want to stay with current tastes, we realize that with a finite amount of time each person discovers art on a unique schedule. That’s why it doesn’t matter if the CD/Book/Movie just dropped last week, or ten years ago; you’re just as apt to find a review of the new Chuck Palahniuk book as you are Nirvana’s Nevermind. Just don’t hold your breath for Pride and Prejudice.

Essays: Here it’s all about the personal experience, and anything is fodder. That camping trip where a raccoon ate through your tent when you were eight years old. The time when you were seventeen and you first heard Superunknown, and how it changed the way you saw your life. That car accident you got into last week. Our Essay section is built on the foundations of truth, experience, and personal reaction. Nothing more and nothing less.

The Forum

Here the Oxyfication community gathers to discuss just about anything from literature, music, and film & television, to what restaurants to avoid, what your “All Time Top Five” whatever is, what’s your best Ebay score, to you name it. The forum also houses our monthly Book Club discussion, as well as our Writing Workshop. Old members and new are encouraged and welcome to suggest books to feature, or what direction to steer the workshop in. We also encourage people who are passionate about to lead these discussions. Registration is free.

You

We pride ourselves on being an intimate community. But we’re always looking/hoping for new people to stop by, say hello, and tell us a thing or two about what they know. We’re also always looking for contributors in all aspects of Oxyfication, from Features, Reviews, and Essays, to our Book Club and Writing Workshop. Or, for the less motivated but still opinionated, contribute with your mouth– or fingers– in our public forum.

You can contact us through clicking on the envelope at the bottom of the page. Say hello. Propose an idea. Ask for more information.