Images - 2. Words

[Hemlock]

Ink splatters across the page
Words form…scatter and reform
Punctuation attacks them and forces them to march in an orderly fashion.
A landscape of black and white pulls across the sheets
Each page carries the motif, evolving the scene
Props and background form from black scars on the page
A setting is strewn about.
Characters are drawn in,
Some sharp, and commandingly etched into place;
Others a muddled mix blending into the background like a sketch of a shadow,
Of no consequence or requirement, yet.
A cascade of letters falls over the room,
A dialogue changing views and interpretations,
A black smear across a simple white page.
Action, destruction, power and rage – The inky unknown and criminal
In a stark contrast to the serenity that preceded the author’s arrival.
The previously pristine page is left unnoticed as the writing defaces and takes precedence.
The story, a thesis of someone’s thoughts – perhaps a conglomeration of several minds expressed in unity.
A written confession.
A history of what was seen and heard, the evidence of … of what?
[ 10 January 2002: Message edited by: Hemlock ]

 

[lilygirl]

this was amazing. i really enjoy when people take normal things, like writing, and give it so much meaning and description.
you conveyed a great deal of meaning with such a usual subject.
~lil

 

[KHsweety03]

^ I agree, very very nicely written

 

[Tarsarlan]

...the evidence of our existence... Or more correctly our interpretation of the evidence of our existence...
This piece shows me not so much a single image, but a few snapshots, or even a short film, of a battle between the calmness of a blank slate, and the chaos of the untamed written word...
The feeling of forcefulness doesn't sit well with me though, its as if writing is a battle, and to me its not (though I can understand how it sometimes can be when what you wish to say, and what you actually write, don't match in at all a satisfactory way)
Again a great piece of writing