It starts with a speck, a mere morsel, an element of thought in the vast space that is the universe of the mind. It’s a whiff, a spore at first – hardly a niggle like the frustratingly fading emotion that was a dream that’s just out of reach. A word on the tip of the tongue that can’t be read, even if it’s stuck out agonizingly far enough to see with eyes crossed, brows twisted to the point that even the scalp strains to pluck it off.
But then it begins to grow. Like a jigsaw puzzle made of sky on which the clouds roll in, the wind giving direction. Hues of gray and white and silver – yes! Is that a silver lining?
Bigger and bigger it fills the spaces until all else is blotted out… bits and pieces get lost in the shuffle of what is this and what is that. Hearing strains inward instead of out and nothing nothing nothing else begins to matter but that which started as a speck and has now grown, fills life and limb and thought and sky in the most amazing double rainbow!
It is the magnum opus!
It is a novel!
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April 18, 2015 at 6:13 pm
very nice. you described the process perfectly
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April 19, 2015 at 10:32 pm
Thanks, John. 🙂
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April 18, 2015 at 5:55 pm
Wonderful. Afraid mine is one step above a speck!
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April 19, 2015 at 10:32 pm
Thanks, Tric. 🙂 Gotta start somewhere, right?
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April 18, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Poetic description. Stunning!
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April 19, 2015 at 10:30 pm
Thank you very much! 🙂
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April 18, 2015 at 3:41 pm
What a novel post, if I do say so myself.
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April 19, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Ha! Thanks, Paul. 🙂
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April 18, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Perfectly described!
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April 19, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Thank you, Luccia. 🙂
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April 18, 2015 at 3:29 pm
One piece added to another is all one needs to complete the puzzle. Just keep adding pieces and don’t stop until the puzzle is complete. Then you can enjoy and take pride in your masterpiece.
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April 19, 2015 at 10:28 pm
Right! 🙂
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April 18, 2015 at 3:21 pm
excellent post!
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April 19, 2015 at 10:27 pm
Thank you, Willow. 🙂
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April 20, 2015 at 1:38 am
Thanks Linda I appreciate you saying so. 🙂 xx
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April 18, 2015 at 2:57 pm
Reblogged this on ronaldjameslowry.
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April 19, 2015 at 10:17 pm
Thanks!
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