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| Tread Lightly On The Sand Of Unnecessary Drama |
"A great idea wakes you from a sound sleep and refuses to let you rest until it is written," they said.
"The best songs haul off and belt you within the first thirty seconds," I've heard.
"You know immediately when it's the real thing," they said.
I'm not buyin' it.
Sometimes, inspiration dawns on me, rather than manifesting itself as some blast from the dark.
Likewise, great music needn't be so grabby. Sure, it needs to need your attention, but to say that it should pounce on your throat the instant it sees you? Not necessarily so.
"The real thing?" You mean love? Yeah - that had to whack me over the head with a club and drag me to its cave, but did that make it any less real? Nope. I've known love you wouldn't believe, but that knowledge wasn't immediate.
So.
Beware of drama for drama's sake.
(Some songs don't pounce - they rise)
Once again writing in response to a prompt from my friends at Studio 30 Plus - this time I had to use "it should pounce," from the brilliant Thomas Marlowe and his poetic piece SILENCE - and I had to do it within the cozy confines of no more than 150 words! Seriously - I can only hope to be a fraction of the writer that this man is. Check him out.
I loved this answer to the prompts, sometimes the thing (s) that are going to change your life( or even your day) show up without fanfare or they come in a package that doesn't delight you are first, but later you see the gift in it.
ReplyDeleteA song that means something now but didn't then, a story that takes on a life of its own inside your own life, a love you refused to see.
this was lovely.
Thanks, Kir! And I should clarify that yes, usually inspiration, love, and music do in fact hit me with all that drama and fanfare - just ask [Maris] - but that's just not *always* the case. Also, the subtle stuff is just as good, in many ways.
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You managed the "cozy confines" well, Joe!
ReplyDeleteThanks Katy! It was a challenge, for sure. I almost took one of the three concepts (music, most likely) out of the piece, but I wanted to keep an odd number, so I had to do some creative chopping. I should do more of these word-limit exercises - I think they're good for me.
DeleteIt is with shame I acknowledge your respect of the prompt, on account that... ahem, let's move along. Great take Mr Romantic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marie! All this romantic stuff is starting to give me and urge. An urge, that is, to write something really ugly and dark and sinister and profoundly un-romantic. :)
DeleteSo true, so true, and a beautifully told exploration of the idea. Splendid work
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Thomas. And I have to tell you that splendid is one of my very favorite words, so to have it used to describe any piece of my work is just wonderful!
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