dailyprompt – Scriptorium '77

I had dropped one form and not taken on the other

It’s the uncomfortable position of belonging sufficiently to several worlds to understand them, but never quite enough to surrender oneself entirely to any of them.

With or Without or Against the Windmills

I’d love to have dinner with Don Quixote. I wouldn’t expect a particularly reliable dinner companion, but the conversation could be magnificent.

I don’t have any scream time

Wordle. It’s probably the only game I play where losing can be blamed on the English language.

The Book and the Movie

T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom inspired me to travel. The book and the movie. When I stood in Wadi Rum and later wandered through Petra, I was looking as much for an idea as for a place.

Revolt Against Reality

It made thinking optional. It flattened hierarchies, but also flattened standards. It replaced the difficult question of “Is it true?” with the easier one: “Does it feel right?”

Time Travelling with My Typewriter

It forced precision. Every sentence had to be considered before it was committed to paper.

An Excuse Isn’t an Excuse

The best excuse will always be the one that comes with an acceptable reason and at least some degree of regret.

It’s a Language Game

We ask whether experience shapes the self or the self shapes experience. But the question borrows its certainty from a grammar that divides what our lives do not.

My Pigeon Week

For a week, I’d like to be a pigeon. Because, linguistically speaking, pigeons are closely related to surgeons.

Within Twenty Years

Talking with each other instead of talking about each other could seem like a whole new technology in twenty years.