This is a lot easier said than done! 150, even 200 words...no problem but 1000 words...that's a lot of words! I love to write but even I find this quite a daunting undertaking. But the challenge is really about finding out how deeply you can immerse yourself in one image. My word for the year again!
In the weeks ahead, I will try the challenge with a photograph I made recently. I began with what is probably the antithesis of the 1K word challenge, a haiku...
Frozen stillness, blue
Serenity etched on ice
Solitude revealed
As soon as I wrote the haiku I realized that it included my three favorite words...stillness, serenity and solitude! Perhaps I could write 991 more words about this photograph after all! What about you? Are you up to a January photographic challenge? Pick a recent photograph and sit with it...let the words flow...immerse yourself in the visual world you felt worthy of photographing. It might be very revealing.
2 comments:
It is so interesting that you strted 1000 words by writing Haiku. I would never have thought in that direction -but it obviously worked to open your eyes! And its a great Haiku. I am up for the challenge, and will give it a try over the next fe co,d days!
Thank you Carol! I started writing Haiku with the pond series. I find it forces me to see three essential elements of a place. With this image, once I have those three essential elements, Serenity, Stillness and Solitude, I can expand each into a short 300 word essay. It just seemed like a good way to organize the 1,000 words...into mini chapters as it were.
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