Three Things: Autumn Leaves Edition
The leaves are coming down, and blowing around, which means that I have to spend time outside with a rake this week. The crunch with each step, the bright dusty aroma, the glow of the autumn sunlight through the leaves: there is no shortage of sensory details when fall comes around. Perfect for this week’s writing prompt, no?
Theora Hamblett, My Old Home Place, 1964. Oil on Canvas. The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi.
Kogyo Terazaki, Insects on Autumn Leaves, ca. 1890-1895. Woodblock color print. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
David Hockney, Autumn Leaves, 2008. Inkjet-printed computer drawing on paper. www.hockneypictures.com
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This week is Online Open Mic week! Submit your work in progress prose or poetry today and tomorrow, and get feedback from your fellow writers on Wednesday. Chop, chop!
As a kid I was never much interested in swimming; at least not in comparison to the other kids around me. I always preferred to go to the woods before the beach. But even then, I understood the draw. The immediate relief on hot summer days, the opportunity to splash and flail your limbs about without the worry of bruises, the soft blip of the water’s surface as you quietly float on your back, staring into the sky.
This week we’re going swimming. And then we’re going to write about it. Who’s with me?
Toni Frissell, Model at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida, 1947. Photograph. Originally published in Harper’s Bazaar in December 1947. Via Shorpy.
David Hockney, A Bigger Splash, 1947. Acrylic on canvas. Tate Modern, London.
John Batho, Nageuses #01, 1990. Photograph. www.johnbatho.com
