That is a VERY good question! I'm suspicious of almost all my memories - did that really happen that way or do I just want to BELIEVE it happened that way?
nice. we do tend to color our lives with the lenses we are wearing, what is real, i dunno two people can look at the same thing and find something completely different...such as this prompt...
Suz, There is real and then there is fact. If they coincide occasioally so much the better, but when they don't, oh the possibilities; that's what we call imagination right? It's the writer's core to see the world in a kaleidascope, n'cest pas? rel
That is a VERY good question! I'm suspicious of almost all my memories - did that really happen that way or do I just want to BELIEVE it happened that way?
ReplyDeleteInsight ... critical component of figuring out just who we are, where we've been ... where we're going!
ReplyDeleteAh distortions! As long as nobody points them out, we're safe in our cocoon.
ReplyDeletenice. we do tend to color our lives with the lenses we are wearing, what is real, i dunno two people can look at the same thing and find something completely different...such as this prompt...
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, it is all about perception.
ReplyDeleteI loved the prompt this week! Your response is lovely, really makes me think =-) Mine is pure sentimentality =-)
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Real? Who would ever know..so I celebrate the here and now....
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wonderful post...
Connie
I do so like the way you leave "eyes" prominently by themselves in the last line.
ReplyDeleteSometimes reality and distortion are blurred, sometimes reflect each other. Very thoughtful piece, Suz.
ReplyDeleteSuz,
ReplyDeleteThere is real and then there is fact. If they coincide occasioally so much the better, but when they don't, oh the possibilities; that's what we call imagination right? It's the writer's core to see the world in a kaleidascope, n'cest pas?
rel
Interesting! I like the reflections - those that might spin reality.
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