3 posts tagged “the pillow book”
How does one compose a sentence? There are well over 500,000 English words--of which, I believe I can safely estimate I know at least 15,000. How do I grasp individual words to create meaning, from out of the recesses of my mind where they swim around aimlessly, creating small ripples?
Things That Give One a Sense of Peaceful Happiness
Golden leaves littering the ground as one walks by a splashing fountain
A bell sonorously ringing the hour
Reorganizing one's bookshelf for aesthetically pleasing reasons
After one spends a long day working, one realizes that one has time to enjoy the sounds of the day ending
Writing in a journal with dark blue ink
What is your favorite cover song?
Question submitted by Ray.
Johnny Cash's cover of the Nine Inch Nails' song "Hurt." Do yourself a favor and listen to it.
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Things That Cause One to Frown in Disapproval
Writing in library books.
Defunct spell checks.
Cold rain trickling down the back of one's neck.
A slate-gray sky hovering overhead.
Finding that one has wasted half an hour on a Solitaire game.
Searching through the free-mint dish, one only finds green mints, and no red ones.
Things That Exceed Our Expectations
A letter.
A hot cup of tea.
A late-night phone call from an estranged friend.
An elevator arriving just as one needs it.
Birds singing their conversations.
Finding time to read a new book.
A newly knitted scarf receiving envious glances from others.
After carrying an orange, one discovers that one's hand smells pleasantly of citrus for the rest of the day.
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I'm still fumbling my way through this concept of Vox, but I have nothing but time and random thoughts. It kind of reminds me of my first sketchbook... the one I filled with really bad penciled drawings of hands and eyes. Eventually the cover tore off because I creased the spine too much.
