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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Time Wrinkles - (WriterCize #157)



writercize: You can travel through time, either in your present day body to any point in history past or future, or in your younger or older body to current time. It is only a wrinkled effect, so you still exist in the present as yourself while you are simultaneously projected elsewhere, as though two points in time are touching briefly. 

Where do you go and what is the effect of the time travel? Do you relive a memory by watching it again, experience a period in history that you are intrigued by, look at future generations, observe or attempt to alter? (WriterCize)


Time Wrinkles
She watched each stroke of the paintbrush across the canvas, taking in the look on his face. He concentrated so completely when he painted. Watercolours were backward to her, leaving empty spaces for the light, instead of shading in the darkness. He did them beautifully.

She noticed this time, the lines on his face, and the shadows beneath his eyes.  The secret tell that let us know they would be leaving soon. Now that she was here again, what would she do with the time? How long would it last? Not long enough, she was sure of that. 

He finished sweeping the brush across the canvas in rich tones of russet, amber, and gold. She remembered this one well, it was one of the last. Adobe buildings and turquoise doors. Stages and steps, that moved fluidly from one level to another, but never the same. 

When the lights began to flicker, she kissed his cheek, and quietly stepped into the small ray on the floor. They might be small moments, but they were moments she looked forward to. He would never recognize that this was not the first time he painted the picture that now hung at the base of the stairs. That would be her secret, carried with her through a time wrinkle that only she would know.

12 comments:

  1. wow. nice. when i read the prompt i was wondering what i would do with it.

    you did very good. clever.

    i still don't know what i'd do.....

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    1. Thank you d~ I had to really think it through myself. The time limit really pushed me... last week I just kept thinking about it, and never got one word posted!

      I will be watching for yours :-)

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  2. Interesting set up and great fantasy. Well done.

    Joyce
    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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  3. Nicely done! You are so clever GF. ♥

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    1. Thanks Jo, it's nice to have a place to use my turbo imagination ;-)

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  4. Great approach to that challenge!

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    1. Thank You Maria... for the response, and the time reading:-)

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  5. That felt so sweet, someone who couldn't get enough of re-visiting someone she didn't get to soak up enough of the first time.
    Came from the Write on Edge linky.

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    1. Thank you Kim, I just saw this post! I am going over to see what words you have upon your pages now:-)

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  6. What a lovely picture you've painted here. I love the way you described his painting...it was very descriptive and rich! You did nicely with this prompt.

    Coming from Write on Edge! Have a great weekend :)

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    1. Katie, thank you so much for stopping by. I'm glad that I went perusing through my own posts to see where I have not been lately, or I would have missed two very nice responses.

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