Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Six Sentence Story.
Denise is host.
Rules: use the prompt word, keep it to six sentences.
Hey! Not to spoil the fun of the Six, but there is a bonus link down at the bottom, right below the music vid. (You know, like at the end of some movies where they do stuff doing and after the ‘credits have rolled.)
Prompt word:
FRAME
The sky outside your window is a Thursday overcast, the not-yet-committed frown of your favorite teacher looking up at your late arrival, confidence in writing a Six with an easy-sounding prompt word evaporates like summer love on the first day of freshman year in high school.
You decide what you really need is to take a walk and, draping your fingers over the mouse, the 21st Century’s walking stick, set out into the virtual forest.
Barely three bookmarks down the digital path, you find yourself in Facebook and, staring you in the face: an invitation to join Mardra and Kristi at your first bloghop, Finish the Sentence Friday.
Ambition, the red cartoon devil that lives somewhere near your left ear lobe, starts whisper-shouting, “Hey look, that photo…its a door frame… a frame (the voice acquires a Hervé Villechaize excitement from the old Fantasy Island) and thinking about the how the other participants of the ‘hop, like D.Avery and Lisa and Violet and Pat and the others manage to make it look easy, you decide to step up your game and write a
multiple,bloghopplexapost with multiple…. a Six Sentence Story/Finish the Sentence Friday combo-post!Sitting straighter in your chair, you stare at the photo at the top of the post, the prompt from the Finish the Sentence ‘hop and smile; as a photo it is as direct and accurate a representation of your view of life, reality, the world (current, past and future)… hell, the FTSF post is written in the first words that come to mind when you look at the photo of a threshold dividing what is and what might be.
Once again, like a too-young child and a security blanket, you take comfort in the paraphrased acknowledgment that not only does reality imitate art, it is often indistinguishable.
So, about that multiple bloghop post.
Kristi and Mardra do in fact invite all to stop by (10:00 pm tonight until the weekend) to finish the sentence…which this week is simply the photo above. Let me have Mardra Sikora tell you herself….
Hello! Friday May 24th weekend, tell us where this “Open Door” takes you. Prompt is the photo or the title or both!
I’ll share the direct blog link on Thursday too. Thanks Kristi for letting me co-host and share. See you there!
“Open Door”
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Brilliant! I especially like , “the 21st Century’s walking stick, set out into the virtual forest.”
Thank you, Susan
Love this. “Arm chair easy” written all over it, lol
And! One of my favorite songs! (from Rainbow’s iteration w/Joe Lynn Turner)
liked it then, really liked it this time (originally released as a cover in 1979 it was, in fact, written and recorded in 1976 by Russ Ballard of Argent. his was, imo, not as good as the cover, an amazing phenom in music. This Ballard guy must’ve have been cursed by almost-good witch…the band (Argent) also wrote ‘God Gave Rock and Roll to You . which was ‘better covered’ by none other than Kiss!
yow!
…the red cartoon devil that lives somewhere near your left ear lobe…ah, we listen far too often. Great six … you never disappoint.
thanks, man
The picture, the six, and the link all tie together very nicely.
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Ha! Very well done!
Ah! ty MM
Well executed!
Pure genius combining the two blog hops. Posting that photo at the top had me thinking for a moment that I was at the wrong blog hop. LOL
I may never look at my mouse quite in the same way after reading your great description.
“…a threshold dividing what is and what might be” – words that make me brave enough to step through the framed door and be open to what is revealed, if I can accept it, and glean some more truths about myself and whatever preconceived opinions I can maybe release. Loved your words- very insightful!
Thanks, Rebecca.
My compliments to Mardra her image totally wrote the post.
Clark! Brilliant and magical! That red cartoon character is a pain right? I have that too… and your final sentence gave me pause and delight with ” not only does reality imitate art, it is often indistinguishable.” So true my friend. So true. Very happy you linked up again! Almost feels like old times. xo
…yeah, and we have the added benefit of doing ‘an overlay’ with whatever artist/style suits our mood. Sometimes I’m all Picasso, moving in broken, discrete yet non-dividable pieces down a staircase (kind of a creeped-out feeling)…. but then, other times I’m like Dogs Playing Poker.
Thanks for the welcome back in the old homeroom.
Ah, Brother Clark, you made me chuckle. D’ frame, d’frame! Should be easy, not necessarily. I mashed this week and when I read your Six realized I could have mashed differently as there are frame photo prompts out there. I generally have a hard time with picture prompts but am fascinated how a one word prompt can spark so much and have us all in so many different directions.
(I may change my last name to Frame, by the way- D. Frame)
Two hops with one post–and descriptive of the process, to boot! Well done!