The challenge: Read a book rather than a newsfeed. Duration: 3 weeks Compendious Result: Unexpected success! Rather than stopping myself mid-refresh loop to go read a book, I found myself choosing to read more often and internet less. I also finally removed facebook from my phone. Explanation: My goal was to read more, after taking… Continue reading Experiment: Face the Book
Tag: writing
The Opening
You sit alone in the dark of an ornate theater, front row center. The massive stage sits empty, curtains swung open, adorning the sides of the performance space like a pair of french doors folded into the inside of a well consolidated room. The folds of the deep red fabric run horizontal, dipping and rising… Continue reading The Opening
After
I don’t feel anymore. Not really. It’s more an echo of what feeling was like, an echo of what traveling in a flesh and pulsing nutrient water casing was like. I exist in sensory deprivation, not having senses. I do still have consciousness and empathy, which actually feels pretty serene now that I no longer… Continue reading After
I do not write stories.
Dr. Papernick sat quietly at the end of his desk, short white clown hair darting every which way, his small blue eyes nearly level to the desktop, peering into a chickenwire cage. He sat far back from the tableside, leaning forward in his rolling armless chair, elbows propped on his wide knees, lips smashed into… Continue reading I do not write stories.