Writing prompt #3
This one's more about imagination than form...
I’m not exactly sure where this idea came from... I’m currently re-reading Hugh Kenner’s The Pound Era, so it may have been spawned from that; you know how the mind works — two left turns, one right, another left (though in error), and then suddenly there you are…
So here’s the scenario.
I was wondering if it would be possible to write something which described what you might see if you were opening your eyes on the world for the first time: so Adam in the Garden of Eden, or an Alien suddenly finding themselves on Earth, or a baby (but one able to articulate what it saw)… And then as part of the process, perhaps consider that the individual ‘seeing’ for the first time might not have the words / all the necessary for what they saw: how would a baby know a bird was called a ‘bird’, for example?
So there’s the challenge: imagine you are that individual opening your eyes for the first time. How would you describe what you saw? Poem, flash fiction, entirely up to you. A test of imagination — and language too, depending on how you approach the ‘words’ conundrum.
And when you’ve written something, please feel free to share via the Comments button so others can admire your handiwork. Tricky one this…