Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clark, scotts and rogers)
Detail of the painting “God reprimanding Adam and Eve”, by F. Zampieri (1625)
Oh, the Humanity!
No, we have no idea why we wrote that or what it might mean.
That being said, we do know what Friday means: ‘the Unicorn Challenge‘. This is when jenne and ceayr go all ‘June and Ward Cleaver’ on the blogosphere and get some pretty damn talented writers to have a TAT-moment from the photo of the week.
Anyway. Two Hundred fifty words is what they allow us to write a story keying off the photo below.
“Who would do such a thing?”
The girl’s voice trembled with outrage, her posture, galvanized with fear, sought ground, yet her eyes were all challenge and defiance.
The boy was startled. Then confused. Finally aroused. However, in the way of many of his kind, taught lessons that left no trace other than a set of invisible cue cards for conversation with others not of his kind, chose to laugh. The opposite of a hug, laughter was the go-to strategy for those disadvantaged by self-conscious empathy; serving as a well-padded courtship ritual.
“Hey, doncha’ know, that’s the work of Krylontisse, the most notorious tagger in the city. And, to be quite honest with you,” the young man pulled at metaphorical cuffs as he unconsciously evoked the First Prayer to St. Sigmund, Proiectio est innocentia diaboli, “that’s kind of how I felt when we first met.”
The young women stood straighter, in-curving her shoulders slightly, the closest the body comes to frowning. She clearly was not impressed.
“I don’t care who she is! Why do they let her deface our city’s buildings with such disturbing images?”
“Who said he was a chick? Why can’t he be a guy?”
“Because of the…” saying a prayer to Lilith, the girl smiled at two small victories: the acceptance of herself and the too-little-to-be-held-responsible discomfiture of her companion.
“Never mind, be glad you will never understand. Now take me home.”
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Vintage, clark. ‘The opposite of a hug, laughter was the go-to strategy for those disadvantaged by self-conscious empathy; serving as a well-padded courtship ritual.’
Thank you, Mr. J
Very clever take, Clark, of a smart coming of age moment.
As for the Title pun, breathtaking!
ty, yo
Saying a prayer to Lilith … goddess of dreams and realms unseen.
Sometimes it’s best to admit we just don’t get it.
Cool, Clark. Thanks for the Joe Jackson vid.
sometimes the restraints of Sixville tricks me into forgetting to provide reasonable backgroud.
My writing lobe, in this reference, was thinking of Lilith in the context of her as Adam’s first wife.
The evidence of (the) attempts to erase the misbegotten story remains. And, contrary to the cover-up story, she walked out of a certain Garden (and, in a flourish that I’d totally hope was true, flipped off certain beings who were expressing their disappointment over her not embracing a more paternalistic viewpoint of the newly-created race)
But I digress…
lol
(and I take this as an object lesson about how deleted are the things we believe we’ve erased)
Well, sure …. I know she’s Adam’s ex.
She’s also the goddess of dreams, especially male erotic dreams.
ikr?
lol (to your credit (and my own ‘no, really are you guys gonna do the discredit thing rather than denying it*)) I’m not sure what I find more fascinating: her making into the Bible or (not so much ‘fascinated’ as ‘sure, what else is new, guys); the clumsy re-write.
All of which makes me wish I’d spent more time in college and grad school studying shit like this (and! my single do-over: taking typing lessons in high school)
thanks for the reply half the fun I have with this writing thing is in the interactions with others what have skills and can write good
ya know?
* my cursory understanding of the smear campaign by biblical scholars some time around 400 BC was simply recasting Lilith as a succubus and! killer of babies (just to be on the safe side with the male YA audience that might read the first characterization “erotic dreams…all right!!” lol)
Yes, I remember Lilith, of course. Good one.
By the way, as I was listening to the wonderful Joe Jackson, I used to have a pair of shoes just like that (about 40 years ago).
surely his best album
in fact, lets see if’n I can’t get one more, less played cut… got it!
https://youtu.be/Tfo2-3MDxBw?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/Tfo2-3MDxBw?feature=shared
Oh how cruel an emerging girl/woman can be.
‘…be glad you will never understand’ – killer put-down.
Too many favourite phrases this week – I will choose but one: ‘the young man pulled at metaphorical cuffs as he…’
A really cool take on the prompt photo, and, much I don’t want to agree with C. E., I have to say an excellent title-pun.
Thank you, jenne
A frowning body, that’s something I’ll be looking out for in future.
lol
(ikr? the things that manage to escape our minds and jump on the keyboard!)