Challenge Accepted
A Visual Prompt
I thought about this photo a long while. I pushed it away, then pulled it close on and off over weeks. It’s funny, I’m in a writing group and can pound out 500 in 10 minutes.
So no excuses. I did my bodied meditation. I centered myself. Breathed…
I came up with nothing. I first phrased it as the end of an experiment. The Earth observation had concluded and a billion years of data had been collected. The planet would soon be incinerated. The being at the base of the glass was lounging and waiting for a signal from the control room.
Scratch that.
My second attempt was a poem about contemplating the infinite, of being all knowing and still feeling disconnected. The words clashed and tumbled. I didn’t like the way they rhymed… and when they didn’t.
Delete.
It’s an image to mull over with no clear answer. It’s vast and there’s a million and one stories to gather from it. We are so consumed by life on our little planet and forget there’s more than this. Imagine being outside that experience, knowing that Earth itself, with all its wonder, might be some being’s curiosity.
I finally chose another one of Winta’s drawings. It’s more of what I know as a writer: darkness, being alone, and journeys.
