Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
(Detail of the painting “God reprimanding Adam and Eve”, by F. Zampieri (1625))
This is our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise.
This week’s prompt word:
TENSION
“What I hear you saying,” the glowing end of his cigarette, left maroon, barely hesitated at blood-red and went straight to ‘Class M star’, the fiery light glowed brightly enough, if for only the briefest of moments, to expose the darkness of his eyes, “Is that you’re creating yet another variety of angel.”
“NO! I AM!!…err, sorry, son, no I’m not”, the limitless point of light on the opposite arc of the round, lacquered-wood table flared, then, just as suddenly dimmed, as an odd shyness softened the VOICE; “I will provide my new creation a Paradise to live in, Free Will, dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and…, sorry to go on and on, but I really want this one to work out.”
“But Father, this, ‘Man’, as you call it, even with others like him lacks the one quality to make him anything more than Archangel 1.2”; an eon passed, (or perhaps just a fleeting moment), before the white-bearded being spoke, “Alright already, Morningstar, are you going to tell ME what this missing quality that would make my Creation more than the sum of the parts and enable my new race to transcend itself, or what?”
“Its not so much a single detail as it’s a force that acts and interacts with your dominant being and, by doing so, introduces what I call ‘creative tension’ into the perfect harmony of your new world and…”, seeing the LIGHT flicker impatiently, Lucifer hastened to continue, “What you need is another being, at once equal but different from your ‘Man’; the FLAWLESS LIGHT grew steady.
“This being, this co-Man”, the briefest of a flicker in the LIGHT, “Ok, call it whatever you want, would have the power to inspire creativity by accentuating their differences all the while seeming to be submissive; this drive to inspire her mate to question his own decisions will create a passion that both binds and separates them throughout their mortal lives!”
“Being All-Knowing and Omnipotent kinda ruins surprises, Lucifer, so let me cut to the chase before your brothers start to wonder where I am; I fricken LOVE the idea, hate the name, so, not that you’re likely to meet her, but this magical source of tension shall forever be called ‘Woman’; thanks for letting me bounce MY ideas off you, I AM proud of you.”
About clarkscottroger
I loved this Creation story – the creation of Woman.
Thank you.
What a fun Six, Clark. Utterly glorious 🙂
You know I could not be absent from the applause of such a Six, right?
Morning Stars and Archangels rubbing elbows with the Throne…sign me in!
But…Super Freak?!?…really??…🤣…I guess it pairs well with the trolling of Lucifer!
yeah, fun Six*
*funny thing, the whole plot came to me, in the few minutes between waking and getting out of bed**
*the musical selection came to me as the non-verbal stimulus from the beginning of the week… go figure
Heeheehee! That’s one way to add the dymanic tension needed so there’s a story worth telling.
:}
I like your description of the tension between men and women with her “drive to inspire her mate to question his own decisions”. That it’s a “drive” makes it even more entertaining. Nice six!
thanks, Frank!
Nice one!
thanks Chris!
This is an interesting take on the creation story.