tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74779163470638640622024-03-13T02:57:16.793-07:00Wounded Generalwounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-60308759922693366062016-03-06T10:02:00.000-08:002016-03-06T10:02:14.706-08:00Heart<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
had said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Don’t
force me to reveal the ugly origami that is my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
space it fits into is cramped and bloody<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
I am not sure I could get it back inside.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
you had insisted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
then I had revealed myself, against my will. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Against my better judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
sat staring at it, the slimy shape in my hands, purple and red, shiny in the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">late-night
mood lighting of the restaurant. It began staining the tablecloth at the edge
of the table where I placed my hands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
the smell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
hadn’t expected that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iron
rich blood, and something faintly sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Put
it away, I can’t stand it”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">you
said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
then you said, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What
should we do with it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
cradled it, cupped in my hands and looked from you and back to my hands, to the
visceral reminder of what I had done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You
need to leave,” I said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I
will figure it out.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
were silent, and at some point you left. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
I sat there for a while, feeling the outside of it start to cool, and to
harden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
is, to scab.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
knew that action was required, but my hands were occupied. I rocked it slowly
back and forth, trying to see if I noticed a difference. It was just a little
unpleasant, and I grimaced, and then reached for my napkin. I gently rolled the
heart onto one hand, and spread the napkin out over the other hand with a
flicking motion. Slowly, I rolled my heart onto the napkin on my hand, and then
bringing the four corners together I made a bundle that I could carry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
was heavier than I thought it would be, and I looked around to see if anyone in
this busy restaurant had noticed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
hadn’t, and I headed for the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
night air was warm, and I walked towards my car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
felt ill about my bloody hands touching the steering wheel of my car, but the
blood was mostly dry by now. I made a rubbing motion with my hand, fingers
curling against palm, and a dusting of dried blood sifted down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Should
I go to the hospital? The stitches alone would be a fortune.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
drove, poorly, as though it didn’t matter. My heart rested, damp, in the
depression where my legs met. I may have run a red light. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arriving
at my house, I thought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This
is a morning problem; I need sunshine and daylight to think this through."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">So
I went inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
was a fragile feeling, being both the heart and the vessel. I was tired, and
instead of facing the mirror to undress, I turned my back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
put on the softest cotton shirt I owned, still holding the now stained bundle
by the four corners. I switched it from one hand to another to pull on the
shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
pulled back the covers, climbed into my bed and spread the napkin out, like a
picnic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
feast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
looked at it as I lay on my side, and felt the place inside me longing to be
filled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-48413763726986833492013-08-29T15:03:00.001-07:002013-08-29T15:05:42.801-07:00The dead shapes of leaves<br />
Look like the corpses of rodents.<br />
They're soft to the touch<br />
And filled with disease.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-19071141226354538622013-07-04T12:21:00.003-07:002013-11-29T21:02:07.804-08:00Oh so hardI see the inspiration,<br />
See it played by the wind.<br />
But I cannot feel it.<br />
What good is a tool<br />
If its use cannot be found?<br />
Endless movement with nothing to show,<br />
Ideas that flicker without substance.<br />
<br />wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-74841347580442193312013-07-04T12:16:00.001-07:002013-08-29T15:09:18.140-07:00The cityThe air hung thick and dead, casting a grey shadow over the whole face of the city. Everything was broken. The occupants of the city, numb from constant terror, shuffled through the streets, stopping from time to time to push wreckage of homes, splintered beams and broken armchairs to the curb. Every home had been emptied, shaken upside down in a comic gesture, leaving the detritus of everyday life to form the new texture of the urban surface. The topography of the city had been upended as if with one rolling convulsion. Old landmarks were forgotten, erased, and in their place new fantastical sights had been erected.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-83195503652886589282013-02-14T13:14:00.000-08:002013-02-18T09:49:52.841-08:00color and pattern built on the shadow of form, layering paint until a story unfolds, defining a moment before time moves on to the next. the inexorable momentum, frozen for a view of the characters at play. each shape has its own story, its own history and record, taken together, when any two shapes should collide, combine or just sit side to side, a pattern of stories is created. something interesting and ephemeral happens when a memory of a place blends with a chronicle told, where the rational meets the whimsical, and where abstraction meets the narrative. timing can create breathtaking beauty, or perhaps, with a shudder and gasp, burst out with a laugh.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO42rFgabJGPladMp73xic7rx7pUYlWzmtHSqpV9DXzMe9Yz2mY5mn8vzXvJpVhHJQB05DMPMMDdbTRfK33jHFRfUst0yLwNcz0RamEAJwTIhIbqthRkTYmbCF_7LviGt2TvuEgq64h0/s1600/rugsketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO42rFgabJGPladMp73xic7rx7pUYlWzmtHSqpV9DXzMe9Yz2mY5mn8vzXvJpVhHJQB05DMPMMDdbTRfK33jHFRfUst0yLwNcz0RamEAJwTIhIbqthRkTYmbCF_7LviGt2TvuEgq64h0/s320/rugsketch.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8PMIGm6O7ypsos-U0ilsbvQXJ6GLkUEMJCW7UR9Rck-TXrTgWOReJuQ0JVcIrU3uGjkglmFCSQAuC4bhSQ_wTwcZ7ozPXrPsJcMNAfoYdws48gkiTk2QyWY2okMZXVF5ypUgDbgEgow/s1600/rug.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8PMIGm6O7ypsos-U0ilsbvQXJ6GLkUEMJCW7UR9Rck-TXrTgWOReJuQ0JVcIrU3uGjkglmFCSQAuC4bhSQ_wTwcZ7ozPXrPsJcMNAfoYdws48gkiTk2QyWY2okMZXVF5ypUgDbgEgow/s320/rug.jpg" /></a>wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-49275602959180338062013-02-13T09:04:00.001-08:002013-02-18T09:42:29.107-08:00the wounded general<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Bih7MsSHlBUUK7ySWr0I2-xjXGw7NEeez-GlRx4VKfmqfCj_v_FolcdR8HQyJccbpQaA0aUR6C2M_pIlnAfvx-1a6Xi5bQtUAhxWmJy9bb8WtMfdzpiULJmS6q_Be0BRgHjs8gibZk/s1600/sketchybloodyhand.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Bih7MsSHlBUUK7ySWr0I2-xjXGw7NEeez-GlRx4VKfmqfCj_v_FolcdR8HQyJccbpQaA0aUR6C2M_pIlnAfvx-1a6Xi5bQtUAhxWmJy9bb8WtMfdzpiULJmS6q_Be0BRgHjs8gibZk/s320/sketchybloodyhand.jpg" /></a>the General was strong and formidable, with fiery eyes unclouded by questions. the General strode with purpose and loud clanging footsteps. there was no barrier too great, everything was easily won or clarified with an attitude of possession. the entire world lay at the General's feet, simplified and small. until the day that everything changed. the weapon was sharp, and pierced with skill. the General crumpled and fell and felt blood pour from a wound, sensed the dusty ground drink in the blood that poured from the wound. the earth took this blood, taking with it strength and pride, till the General passed into darkness. much time passed thus, for the wound was deep and in a place near to the heart.
the General asked the sun on awakening, "is this what is left of my life? to cower and shake and feel so uncertain?"
the sun looked down to where the General sat with knees drawn in, and replied, "it is time to learn that there is more to the battle than winning, more to this life than success. your journey will be long, your profit ephemeral. when you look at your hands, they may hold nothing more grand than the air. this is what it is to be human."
and when the General rose to face the fierceness of day, weakness and doubt were newly planted where savage aggression had been, with footstep still shaking with relief of survival. so the General became the Wounded General, a reflection of uncertainty and sincerest hope for the future, never taking and always searching, healing slowly with life's heavy toil.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-46444157003295839002013-02-08T13:00:00.000-08:002013-02-08T13:01:08.525-08:00one works so hard for change, well, improvement that is, that one doesn't always look up from the grind to see where all the effort as taken you. so much has happened since the posts below this one. new spaces to fill and new challenges to fulfill. new views to love and new sights set.
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wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-70448805833376287092011-05-07T11:07:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:08:52.939-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEDPSWpo5sVv4l2wvT0uniTJxmBVvSHk-OxC_3I0h7ZjAuXG9t4owIyNI97jQQ26xKBf0XeeBhuog33HTLvutCu0tZYtax2n_wzQX78pofdZ44_9gIjta-7XId7bRqo1DHKexz5lr_gc/s1600/squirrely.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEDPSWpo5sVv4l2wvT0uniTJxmBVvSHk-OxC_3I0h7ZjAuXG9t4owIyNI97jQQ26xKBf0XeeBhuog33HTLvutCu0tZYtax2n_wzQX78pofdZ44_9gIjta-7XId7bRqo1DHKexz5lr_gc/s320/squirrely.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604037766043347090" /></a><br />Some days I just want to leap about and make some noise!wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-28785899422453249022010-10-11T13:06:00.000-07:002010-10-11T13:09:19.601-07:00space and place<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN1LUz_a5egW-6qhi2bipZiAJJN-F9-iH6YxMjCVHWF7Z8GqBKd4i6YR0BY_hrg_RlWHKvW746Pvwnu5W1YNH8v_bCzGSnt0eTcN0mciil1N4EfobY8vbLIcjN4X89zH4_pw8c6JTv4w/s1600/IMG_3694.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN1LUz_a5egW-6qhi2bipZiAJJN-F9-iH6YxMjCVHWF7Z8GqBKd4i6YR0BY_hrg_RlWHKvW746Pvwnu5W1YNH8v_bCzGSnt0eTcN0mciil1N4EfobY8vbLIcjN4X89zH4_pw8c6JTv4w/s320/IMG_3694.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526883073984185202" /></a>wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-10845148407424298102010-10-10T19:04:00.001-07:002010-10-10T20:18:18.450-07:00ghosts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fk6wMXXTX8kfrStmudEetTXc8OVH_Uh06wG7U1q7OkBZZeXm87qt1YYPH_4lcra60L1W_yh0yasXPTrz6TZDdpQogIu93K9H6QgC_hsfdXICAIWYSBHsfAOymeGE_27OVqNqU2X2ODg/s1600/shadowlands.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fk6wMXXTX8kfrStmudEetTXc8OVH_Uh06wG7U1q7OkBZZeXm87qt1YYPH_4lcra60L1W_yh0yasXPTrz6TZDdpQogIu93K9H6QgC_hsfdXICAIWYSBHsfAOymeGE_27OVqNqU2X2ODg/s320/shadowlands.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526622552559713970" /></a><br /><br />the inhabitants of the shadowlands. they are my companions, my progeny. i carve them out of the milky water with paint and patience, they come to life bit by bit becoming part of a greater story. my story, a story untold and imagined with richness and finesse.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-24979134114893027122010-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:002010-10-07T17:41:27.903-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2uK3YsH4n0FEy4AgrTY88KqF05l9Pr6Lx1QODGZHka9TosnYwnQmW6Crz6fINjdbPPoFdOfDbTlO-8hB1WPTIM-sTKA0LrhnwVCDBk7oGRrWjMTubBWxslsreK61LfbmhokgLvNf_bQ/s1600/blackbird.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2uK3YsH4n0FEy4AgrTY88KqF05l9Pr6Lx1QODGZHka9TosnYwnQmW6Crz6fINjdbPPoFdOfDbTlO-8hB1WPTIM-sTKA0LrhnwVCDBk7oGRrWjMTubBWxslsreK61LfbmhokgLvNf_bQ/s320/blackbird.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525360900009492114" /></a><br /> <br />Red Wing Black Birds<br /><br />The day was hot. The hills rolled in the heat like a huddled animal, arid this time of year. The sun beat down on the parched, empty fields, releasing smells of California sage. It came through the windows in dry, musky bursts, mixing with the cigarette smoke. It was too hot to talk, too hot to do anything but turn up the radio and drive faster. The sameness of the vast fields and faded, yellow hills were punctuated with dark wild oaks. Where did that smell of sage come from? It was intoxicating, a guilty smell like marijuana. <br />Each field was speckled with small dark shadows. Small shapes that went unnoticed till they burst into life and rose in unison, drifting one way and the the other, then shooting together in front of the car, causing a sudden involuntary slowing, each bird with flashing red danger signs on their wings, warning with a breathless, sudden movement. Once the shock faded, with a laugh, I picked up speed and drove faster than before.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-7948714428689353312010-10-01T13:04:00.000-07:002013-06-01T17:07:29.062-07:00the first story<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuEHwQZspI59FVg1QydZXFaqxitl7E9WJjdjcNbthayedRKrDmqwVyLyXuc-3ZzMD3Rm3f0UsBfsjLi3y9M7CKPN9w_E8kYGFz9qR3EvO37551rWYFkvtgTjflbrwMYFwrimbo48PqJc/s1600/A+View+Worth+Fighting+For.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523171509637841890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuEHwQZspI59FVg1QydZXFaqxitl7E9WJjdjcNbthayedRKrDmqwVyLyXuc-3ZzMD3Rm3f0UsBfsjLi3y9M7CKPN9w_E8kYGFz9qR3EvO37551rWYFkvtgTjflbrwMYFwrimbo48PqJc/s320/A+View+Worth+Fighting+For.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 226px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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THE STORY OF THE LAST GIANT<br />
<br />
at first the giants were <span style="font-style: italic;">really</span> giant. they reached for the stars with the crowns of their heads. the air they breathed was the thin air of the upper atmosphere. the people were so small, the cowered under rocks when the giants walked by, not even noticing the small humans below. but time passed, and as it did, each new generation of giants was smaller, not noticeable at first, but after a while grandparents could carry their grandchildren around long after they had fully grown. they became sad, and the humans no longer cowered when they came near. soon there were just a few giants left, 50, then 25 then just about a dozen or so, and then, there was one giant left. he roamed around looking for others like him, but there were only humans, and they did not always notice that he was a giant. and when they did, they laughed and poked him with spears.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477916347063864062.post-65297113078967529572009-12-26T12:43:00.000-08:002009-12-26T12:48:36.950-08:00sketchy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpSwyDJaxRaaJE_QZ1HbokwySMZasiHCzd0LYKR_spHIsC0eZo8yr7Guh6yJKXnpT_KehGhghCcApqBS-9AJ2GKB4MM2LbRlFo8PoIRj6NFas9t8Q-TtXsIQElvaxEt38xbb8gqmXXEI/s1600-h/turkey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpSwyDJaxRaaJE_QZ1HbokwySMZasiHCzd0LYKR_spHIsC0eZo8yr7Guh6yJKXnpT_KehGhghCcApqBS-9AJ2GKB4MM2LbRlFo8PoIRj6NFas9t8Q-TtXsIQElvaxEt38xbb8gqmXXEI/s320/turkey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419649481989318770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxtD_i6XOeZUtJHYvgGBBb_tN7ud9gKDBqBhAqYTdqsXQl6ip5IWCsiHYaL_H8o7wZdD_GxdTJkPccbnamlhOKDjFfa-E1W7i5VhFTTVhwnRGpgESnd4ra7rxAp7-v42jMgCCcpscG6k/s1600-h/deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxtD_i6XOeZUtJHYvgGBBb_tN7ud9gKDBqBhAqYTdqsXQl6ip5IWCsiHYaL_H8o7wZdD_GxdTJkPccbnamlhOKDjFfa-E1W7i5VhFTTVhwnRGpgESnd4ra7rxAp7-v42jMgCCcpscG6k/s320/deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419649403425312034" /></a><br />i doodle i sketch but mostly i procrastinate.... spending my time thinking of all the time i have misused, not jamming every second with the creative energy i feel pooling in my fingertips. ah. new year. thank you.wounded generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00037266271856117943noreply@blogger.com0