alright, I'll start this one.
riding in the car the windows down. even in the middle of winter just to feel the wind. pierce through me, blow me away. scatter all that is within me, churn what is stagnated.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
if i had no limitations i would...
physical limitations? financial? What would you do if there was nothing that you could NOT do? When would you do it? Why would you do it? Or would you change nothing at all?
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The color of hunger...
Write about it.
What would you say about the color of hunger? Does the color also have a smell or a taste or a sound? Do you associate hunger with something? What?
Post your comments and tell me what you think...
What would you say about the color of hunger? Does the color also have a smell or a taste or a sound? Do you associate hunger with something? What?
Post your comments and tell me what you think...
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Describe a bug...
This is one of my favorite poems:
"A bug is a bug like a person is a person."
Any ideas or thoughts about that one? Sitting at the soccer field one hot summer afternoon, my son pointed at the sky and said, "Mom, look at that bug." Now it was a dragonfly which is some kind of flying insect, probably. Technically. The point is, he would point to any small, crawling thing and call it a bug. Worm, spider, ladybug, fly, katydid. They are all bugs. So, describe a bug. Here's my best attempt:
A bug has more than two legs, spiny little thorny needle grasping leg things. So a worm is not a bug. Nor is a person a bug. Or a bird. A bug has a few eyes, but I'm not sure how many. Their eyes are usually bulbous and I don't think they have eyelids. I'm pretty sure bugs have wings but I think their wings fold back onto their back so, technically, butterflies wouldn't be bugs, I guess. I think bugs have an armor-like covering to protect them from predators but doesn't help so well that it aids against making that cracking crunching sound when they are stepped on. I think they have antennae maybe for communicating because I don't think they talk, or bark, or anything else. When I think of the word "bug" it usually looks something like a cricket, praying mantis, beetle kind of thing...
That's simply my bug-thoughts. Yours may vary and that's the point.
Now: describe a person.
A person has two legs... or does it?
"A bug is a bug like a person is a person."
Any ideas or thoughts about that one? Sitting at the soccer field one hot summer afternoon, my son pointed at the sky and said, "Mom, look at that bug." Now it was a dragonfly which is some kind of flying insect, probably. Technically. The point is, he would point to any small, crawling thing and call it a bug. Worm, spider, ladybug, fly, katydid. They are all bugs. So, describe a bug. Here's my best attempt:
A bug has more than two legs, spiny little thorny needle grasping leg things. So a worm is not a bug. Nor is a person a bug. Or a bird. A bug has a few eyes, but I'm not sure how many. Their eyes are usually bulbous and I don't think they have eyelids. I'm pretty sure bugs have wings but I think their wings fold back onto their back so, technically, butterflies wouldn't be bugs, I guess. I think bugs have an armor-like covering to protect them from predators but doesn't help so well that it aids against making that cracking crunching sound when they are stepped on. I think they have antennae maybe for communicating because I don't think they talk, or bark, or anything else. When I think of the word "bug" it usually looks something like a cricket, praying mantis, beetle kind of thing...
That's simply my bug-thoughts. Yours may vary and that's the point.
Now: describe a person.
A person has two legs... or does it?
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