Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop. Hosted by zoe each and every Thursday, the object is to write a story that is six, (and only six), sentences in length. The stories are based (inspired by, centered on, using, referring to and/or thinking-in-the-back-of-your-mind-‘sure!-this-is-related-to-that-word’) on the prompt word she provides each and every week.
(This week I’m praying that the word relates to High School and/or the blogosphere, ’cause I’m scheduled to co-host the FTSF with Kristi Campbell the next day….)
So, lets go look and see what we have…
MARBLE
(…marble…. marble?!! oh man.)
“Cardinal de Bilhères I am sorry, but Signore Buonarroti is away,” Giuseppe Torrigiano smiled to himself as he allowed the Cardinal to push past him into the studio.
“Your master accepted my commission to create the finest funeral monument the Eternal City has ever seen, the Madonna and her Son, fashioned from Carrara marble, its place in the Chapel of Santa Pertronilla has been prepared; what do I need him for, he has completed his work, no?”
“Well, yes and we, Michelangelo’s assistants, have adopted the name, ‘the Pieta and the Child at Play’, but that is what I need to explain; your original letter was written in French and, well, the Italian word for marble is very, very similar in spelling, especially the plural form.”
The old priest and the young artisan stepped into the studio just at the moment the noonday sun created the perfect illumination, a shaft of light spreading downwards from the clerestory windows to bathe the sculpture. The Virgin Mary, smiling with a beatific sadness, her graceful robes flowing to the ground looks down upon her Child before her. The young Jesus stares with divine joy at colorful orbs scattered before Him; crouching forward, hands rendered in such exquisite detail one can easily see the Child’s thumb cocked against a fore finger as he prepares to propel one clear glass orb careening into the of array cats eyes, swirlys and other colorful marbles.
(because this is one of those strange Sixes, the following link: Pietà )
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Actually, i’d love to see that statue!
Great minds
true dat
Thank you for the link to the statue – full of pathos.
One prompt, many directions.This is always such an interesting visit.
I totally agree… this among the bloghops I frequent, tends to hold the greater number of surprises each week.
We’ll done. Great use of the cue. It is so interesting to see all the different ways bloggers think to use these cues.
Thank you, Pat
Double use, nice.
I had forgot Michelangelo had a last name. Good one, clever.
Yeah, me neither. The thing I really enjoy about this writing thing is the research angle. On the Six Sentences I don’t always do research but some, for reasons I cannot fathom, take into term paper mode. This one did once the Pieta thing got in my head. Thank god for the internet. And… kinda depressing, there really was this Cardinal who wanted the coolest monument (to his fricken self) in Rome and end up with a timeless bit of sculpture …go figure
LOL. Well done. A good story with good use of the prompt and that unexpected twist in the last sentence gave me a big smile.
Thank you, it was a fun one to construct*
*some Sixes involve more research than other ones, still enjoyable
I like this! We can always rely on you to come up with something less obviious!
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