So familiar
like riding a bike
I can hear ungreased gears grind
my swollen feet have forgotten the motion
in frustration I fling the bike
willing it to take life
and show me how to ride in figure 8s
So familiar
like painting my first picture
I can see the blues, reds, yellows flow and swirl
but my trembling hands have forgotten
I impulsively pour water on my canvas
willing it to take life
and show me how to paint a blooming flower
So familiar
like writing my first story
I can feel the words mesh and explode
but my mind is lost in dog earred pages
I feverishly clutch at the manuscript
willing it to take life
and show me once again how to write a fantasy for children
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This week’s Verse First Prompt is “Right Under Your Nose.” My objective was to be honest in descriptions even to the use of emotion.
Do you ever feel frustration and impatience at yourself when you return to relearn the riding of the proverbial bike? I may never get there but I am trying to return to my artistic beginnings. Needless to say my drawings and paintings look like that of a small child.
Photography: “Child’s Play” © L. Moon 2013 (some irony in the title)
Reminded me of the professor who said ‘that is unfortunate that we forget how to be a child’.
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that’s it/ that’s really it
we flail about as adults when all we need to do is allow ourselves to freefall/ be willing to fail like children so readily do
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Frustration w/ never having mastered all of Beethoven’s sonatas and play them with the same expertise as Vladimir Horowitz…
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the mastery of music even with endless hours of practice and more practice. Keep playing
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Keep on splashing on the canvas – and They Will Come!! Loved this.
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ha it’s getting wet but we are having fun…
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my favorite line ‘ impulsively pour water on my canvas
willing it to take life’………wonderful…..
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You convey the feeling and frustrtion / I love the visual of flinging the bike
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What a wonderful reflection on the creative process and the courage it takes to try again and again. Nicely done.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News.
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Splendid piece! the process is indeed intriguing!
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Yes! Loved this.
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I like your line: “…show me how to ride in figure 8s…”
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Reblogged this on sueshan123.
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The feeling come through loud and clear for me – I can relate.
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This feeling of knowing but seemingly lost is very familiar. Wonderful expression of longing and loss
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