Impossible Figures
...I am reexamining a book titled Adventures with Impossible Figures by Bruno Ernst, pen name of J.A.F. de Rijk. It's on the type of optical illusions in which perception of space changes, as with the well-known Candles and Profiles drawing, or the one of the Old Woman/ Young Woman portrait and others more complicated such as by M.C. Escher. I am wondering how similar effects might be created in short story form. Flash fiction, though a poem would be an impressive feat for the challenge. Thank you in advance for your creativity :)
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One Day...
...at the Hermitage... Poetry or Prose....
Ended May 17, 2025 • 3 Entries • Created by Last
The Life of the Potted Plant
Poetry or Prose
Ended May 17, 2025 • 11 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
Kinetic Writing
I have run across Kinetic Art again recently and it made me wonder about the possibility of kinetics being applied to the written art form. In the visual arts it is not so much about a "moving" picture or words like in film media, but about the illusion generated by the movement of the viewer around a static artwork. Could this be done with poetry or prose? Enter an attempt if you like :)
Things have memory
...not memories... memory... persistence or resistance... form of choice... poetry or prose...
Ended April 7, 2025 • 4 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
You find a Quarter
(poetry or prose)
Ended March 27, 2025 • 5 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
Trade
your take... form of choice... poetry or prose
Ended March 21, 2025 • 7 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
The Serial Writer
...poetry or prose...
Ended March 15, 2025 • 12 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
{February the 14th}
Valentine's is being replaced by Friendship Day celebrations, in some areas... write a little Fiction to explain the shift... show don't tell :)
Ended February 15, 2025 • 2 Entries • Created by Last in Flash Fiction
~~~~Snake~~~~
.....as a verb.....
poetry or prose
Ended February 8, 2025 • 8 Entries • Created by Last in Poetry & Free Verse
Mental Room
Imagine your ideal workplace, studio, room, etc. and write it in enough detail to feel there, creating, whatever it is you would like to make as a creative person. This theme is based on a fairly well-known relaxation technique... controlling your own space... but also on visualization theory which suggests if you build it mentally, it will surface, at least in key aspects, as a functional environment.
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Feeding the Hungry
Form of choice, poetry or prose, fact or fiction...
Ended December 6, 2024 • 5 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness
Table
so much happens at the table, maybe it's the Thanksgiving table, or worktable, whichever, make the narrative center around the table, poetry or prose :)
Ended November 30, 2024 • 11 Entries • Created by Last in Flash Fiction
The Fake Contest
( more or less as you chose to interpret )
Ended October 12, 2024 • 6 Entries • Created by Last in Stream of Consciousness