Creative Writing Assignment

 Son gave me the gift of a writing course.  This is an online course and I have never really taken any sort of writing course.  Never.  I am 75 and this course is attempting to teach an old dog new tricks.  Here is the last session's subject.  Description of one's self.  The result is and ASSIGNMENT:  use imagery to describe your personal state of being.

The example given was a description written by Frank Kafka.  " A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night."

A picture of my existence... would show a dusty whirlwind moving across the cornfield ready for harvest... filled with all it touched... surrounded by sunshine... revolutions slowing down toward its dissipation...  ending as quickly as it began.

I read this to Hubby.  He has been at my side for over 55 years counting the time of 'courting'.  He said it had been a really good description.  He added the whirlwind was barely moving at this time.  But there still are gusts that happen every now and then.  Then he smiled.



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  1. Yamini MacLeanJanuary 20, 2022 at 6:12 PM

    Hari Om
    Oh wow... now you got me thinking...!!! Your personal description actually reminded me of my mother, never stopping, always gathering in... YAM xx

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    1. JaniceJanuary 21, 2022 at 12:23 PM

      Always gathering is not a thing for me cause now I have too much stuff! LOL. Knowing you your mother must have been a wonderful woman. namaste, janice xx

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  2. LindaMay 4, 2022 at 12:22 AM

    Well done on an intriguing assignment.

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