Beginnings
By
Danielle Bowen
Hello paper, pleased to meet you. I’m
pen. I brought along my friends imagination and experience too.
Now, I may just look like
a dense, impenetrable fluid leaking my shadows over your chaste, pale face.
But, you see, you are my canvas and I am your paint, and together we can create
masterpieces. If we so choose. We are the tools or the necessary ingredients,
you could call us, needed by our new friends here to unleash them. Geniuses
they are, but tethered, and without us they might well wilt and die.
Don’t
worry paper, you are more than just the backdrop and I more than the inky
swirl. We do all the work and act out the performance that our mute
acquaintances cannot. We can reach hundreds, or even thousands. The swirls and
squiggles I mark across your fortress make letters and these letters make
sentences and these, in turn, make scenes. And these scenes gather readers,
which understand the scrawl. And we, we
are the storytellers of the masters, and this journey begins with us.
So, shall we continue?
Paper and pen with imagination and experience embarking on a journey to write their story masterpieces? Creative analogy of your writing beginnings, +Danni Bowen!
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks for the feedback. I was working on a series of pieces in the hope of transforming the way we look at the everyday object. This, as the title refers to, was the first piece. I hope you liked it =)
DeleteI like this as a start to a greater body of work. I might suggest that the reference to "...our mute acquaintances..." seems incorrect if you are referring to the human writer. I would say that it would make more sense to say something to the effect of: "we are an extension of what our acquaintances can't always do with simply the spoken word..." or the like. If i have missed the point of what you were trying to say then i apologize. i interpreted it that way and wanted to comment accordingly.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, you have created some wonderful images and seem to have a knack for effective alliteration. :)
Hey, thanks for the feedback. In relation to the reference mentioned I was referring to, as you said, the human writer and their lack of appropriate means of expression, leading them to become dumb and muted. I understand how this does not accurately come across and will look into a slight alteration. Thank you for the help. Are you a writer yourself? I look forward to reading some of your work =)
DeleteI love it!! Please continue...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positive comments. It's great to get feedback :-)
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