extremely vivid piece started while stoned

It's amazing to ride in between the wings of the ivory haired Pegasus. Soaring through the air, in complete oneness with the beast. With the sky and the air. Communicating through movement of humanly invisible molecules of air. A breeze rushing past my skin, a slice of my arms outward. Smoothly conversing with the sky, the shared plane of existence between the earthly and the heavenly. Becoming one with the Earth, the universe, all of existence. Even becoming one with the gods, an omniscient power, even the almighty Zeus would bow down before.

Swimming in the invisible ocean, speeds that ripple throughout the whole of the Earth, but just for only a moment. Soaring as much resemblance to a dolphin as a falcon. Twirling and flipping and corkscrewing throughout the sky, just underneath the clouds.

Then, I, Icarus - the man who is not bound to earth; I, Pegasus – the precious heavenly steed as graceful and majestic in the sky as in the field; I, the most awesome power, God of Gods; pull up.

Sharply climbing the sky at speeds superior of light, sizable to Hermes, I break through the soft puffy white clouds, leaving thin wisps dangling from my shiny ebony hoofs, as I shoot beyond. Beyond the clouds, until it becomes beyond the sky.

I fly off into the golden sun, where my form is forever altered, as my body is absorbed into the light, and my very soul merges with the universe sending a surge of energy across all of the heavens.

 

I like this parody of the popular mythologies. I would suggest, if you're up to it, to take the comical approach, and really enjoy yourself with this one. Make it interesting for yourself so that you'll stick with it, but don't force it. Don't worry too much about how it reads at this stage, just have faith in your style, and see how you can develop it. This could be a good one.

 

it's interesting just how many ways I could continue this piece...

 

well I was thinking
I could have it as fantasy - real life - fantasy - real life sorta deal
or I could make it a greek comedy, which would mean I would have to research ancient greece a bit, but that would be quite fun
I could even make this a single fantasy, dream, or trip, and then continue onward with a story based in a semi-realistic setting, that would work real well

either way I continue it, it should be fun
and either way I continue it, it should come out pretty interesting
I was thinking of maybe even trying multiple ways, see which I prefer

 

last time it was a little up the arse try it up your front sex for a change - hmm lets see encrust your shit with a million quids worth of diemends and sell it for 100 million quid or the chance to suck a horse off

 

^ wtf??

 

Good idea, Duck. Remember what has been said many times in this forum, but never adhered by anyone, apart from me (hoho). Art comes in many forms. It could be a simple origami, or a little witty rhyme.

If you want to write something a little more special, then you will have to put the hours in.

Dirty Dog has shown a good example of what an artist can do, by coming back to his work to edit it to perfection. So don't frustrate yourself on the initial impression, you can always improve it later.

Concentrate your effort on making your story interesting, and above all (as I said before) fun for you to work on.

I don't know if you do any swimming, but this is going to be a long distance swim for you if you choose to undertake this project, and it can get boring, tiring, and you can lose sight of the shoreline... but you have to pace yourself to persevere.

First and foremost... accept negativity and then laugh at it. Let it all pile up and stick a great big finger up the fucker, give it a good kicking as well. Rise above it, and don't even contemplate reacting to it.

Your objective is to get past those big waves hitting the shoreline. Water is going to get in your eyes and your mouth. Ignore it. Keep going.

Find your form. Don't splash in the waves like a lost soul. Stretch yourself out, use all your body, use all your mind in conjuction. Don't panic. Master the salty waves, because it's going to get colder the deeper you move in.

Use everything within your environment to keep you motivated and centred into the universe you want to create.

If you do that, you will find an entire world unfold before you within the space of a month. Your dreams will change. Your preception of colour will change. You will pick up different smells, and study people around you with an internal microscope.

There are many rewards in writing, and if you sit on the beach and listen to the angry waves scaring you with stories of sharks in the water, you'll never find the treasure that's waiting out there for you.

Patience and stamina, Duck.

 

well, I've been working on the greek theme a bit
just continuing on with this, making it longer and meatier
and with use of google and wikipedia, it is extremely easy to make it have lotsa ancient greek chararistics and make it nice and accurate, and even more importantly, seem accurate =P

I think I'm going to just continue on with it this way a little bit, though I still do want to try taking it a few different directions

 

Art comes in many forms. It could be a simple origami, or a little witty rhyme.


I once saw a guy flick a tic-tac mint from its box and just like in the advert he bounced it off his thumb onto his bicepts into the air and then he caught it in his mouth - is that art?

 

Only if he did it in a gallery

 

Duck:
You may or may not have seen the movie "Mighty Aphrodite", starring and directed by Woody Allen. He has an ancient Greek chorus in the background from time to time, commenting on his life and entering into dialogs with his subconscious. The result is very funny, especially since the Greek chorus speaks from time to time in current New York English. Mira Sorvino is also good in this movie, as a happy hooker.

How that could translate effectively into the written medium, I have no idea.

 

Duck, maybe you could have a load of farmers in the background of your work all talking about the quality of horse manure and how you cant get any decent stuff these days

 

that's one thing I always try
I am much more of a movie buff (though I've just recently started on Woody Allen :tongue, so I always end up trying to imitate movies in a sense

and I've seen similar things in other movies, I think it's medium-common in plays
I was actually planning on doing that in another work, thanks though =D



and Ronald, I definently have to give you that one
though that could actually be quite funny, ever read any of Roald Dahl's short stories for the New Yorker?

 

maybe in every scene you could have someone getting their throat slit in the background so that eventually by the time you write your 20th novel your readers will be totally numb to throat slittings etc