“Painting of a Woman”
“Intrigued by the technique that had accomplished this feat, Skylar bent forward to examine the paper more closely. The woman resembled Dusky but differed from her as well. More sensual, callipygian, fuller breasted, she bore a family resemblance to her creator, but added a voluptuous dimension. Her hair, full and thick but darker hued than […]
Continue reading“Flowers”
“The profusion of shapes, textures, and colors of flowers stunned the observer’s senses. The perfumes floating on the breeze, ranging from light and sweet to dense and rich, caused him to momentarily fall in love with life. The grounds might have been a many-acred maternity ward: new life cried forth from swards, walls, trees, bushes, […]
Continue reading“Changing Skies”
“As if to illustrate that principle which has been called God’s humor, the wit of fate, and synchronicity, the sky had cleared as Skylar left the club for his dorm room. The new moon, slim but bright, shone like a parenthesis around emptiness. Venus and Jupiter, situated above the moon, looked like corners of a […]
Continue reading“Life in Sunlight”
The average life is like the sun seen behind a thick layer of clouds. Occasionally, bright beams break out. As one begins to awaken, life resembles the sun shaded only by broken and wispy clouds. The brilliance is regularly seen. When one is full Awakened, the clouds exist no longer. The sun flames brilliantly, dazzling […]
Continue reading“Ziggy Stardust”
“‘Ziggy Stardust’ represented a side path, an evolutionary branch nature chose not to continue, a revelation of the coolness of androgyny, a space metaphor based on a queer inverted geometry which took its new audience by surprise, but, in the process, thrilled it, amazed it, and made it want to dance. Nothing existed to which […]
Continue reading“Quiet Times”
“They had been talking about simplicity, quiet, and peace, then “Magnolia” came on with its ever-so-simple music, its ever-so-simple longing; and the song whispered to them the secret of honest naturalness: that as one removes the frills used to prettify life, lowers one’s voice while addressing it, and humbles one’s ego before it, one can […]
Continue reading“Meeting a Saint”
“Slowly, with careful steps, gathering flowers and smiling as he moved, the Master made his way up the steps. When he reached the man in front of me, he turned from the opposite direction and faced us. He took first the flower of that man and then, as I wedged my way into the front […]
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