There is so much going on. Where does one begin? Where would you begin? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. Paris Exposition, 1900
Author: cultured
2014/02/16 #SundaySentence
Monsieur Ibrahim avait toujours été vieux. Unanimement, de mémoire de rue Bleue et de rue du Faubourg-Possonnière, on avait toujours vu monsieur Ibrahim dans son épicerie, de huit heures du matin au milieu de la nuit, arc-bouté entre sa caisse et les produits d’entretien, une jambe dans l’allée, l’autre sous les boîtes d’allumettes, une blouse…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – Not to be Reproduced
Anonymous or lost? Girl or boy? What do you think his/her story might be? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. “Not to be Reproduced” by René Margrite, 1937
Automatic Bartender?
Likör – Tankstelle literally means liqueur station. I must admit that in the modern world there are tons of jobs that I look at and think to myself, one day a machine will be doing that, but never have I thought bartenders should be concerned. I mean, isn’t interacting with the bartender half the fun…
2014/02/09 #SundaySentence
When we started our band, I’d hand out flyers to strangers on the street and they’d literally throw them back in my face. (We eventually started printing them on lighter card stock.) From the book Weird War One: The Antihero’s Guide to Surviving Everyday Life by Mat Devine Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week,…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – September Morn
Did she think that she was alone? Was she expecting someone? Is she innocent or not? What does she inspire in you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. “September Morn” by Paul Chabas (1910-12)
2014/02/02 #SundaySentence
A few moments before he had been happy with his death, because he had thought he was dead. Because a dead man can be happy with his irremediable situation. But a living person can’t resign himself to being buried alive. From the short story “Eyes of a Blue Dog” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (translation by…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – The Catch
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease… Do you ever wonder what goes through their head? Or maybe you think about what their lives are like when they’re on the ground. What’s the story inside of you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in…
2014/01/25 #SundaySentence
It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don’t measure well by conventional means. From Measuring nothing (with great accuracy) by Seth Godin Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering…
A picture to inspire 1000 words – New York Movie
The painting speaks for itself, doesn’t it? What does it say to you? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. New York Movie by Edward Hopper, 1939