Cool idea! (and a photo) by
LunarHuntress
on 2011-09-06 22:41:00 UTC
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This looks like fun - I especially like #1 and #2. I'll definitely have to write something for one of these...
As for a photo, I love this one:
8: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaserTowardsMilkyWaysCentre.jpg]
It's the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2010, but I thought it was just too cool to pass up.
Actually #6 is probably my favorite of those pics by
DigitalSocrates
on 2011-09-06 20:50:00 UTC
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And gets my creativity going a bit more than the others, but yes, it would be more of a serious story than a silly story, which the first four pics definitely have a mood for. Even so, here's a little story inspired by that pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_coffee/6093480855/
The Stairwell
Ten... eleven... twelve...
Rufus' gaze lifted from the step before him, falling over rows textured gray bricks, worn two by fours and tattered metal railing, his vision finally obscured by the brilliant light that flooded the top floors of the building.
Twelve is good. Today felt like a 'twelve' day. He reverently retreated back down the stairway, his footfalls cautious so as to not cause the wood to groan. It had taken a week of passing by that abandoned stairwell before he built up the courage to take the first step. At this point, a month later, it wasn't fear or anxiety that kept him from sprinting up the rest of the way. It wasn't about finding out what was at the top of the stairs, it was about pushing himself forward.
Some days he'd go a bit farther than other days - when he got a bicycle for his birthday he made it up the first flight. When Colette waved at him he made it up two. When news that his father wasn't coming back from overseas arrived, he stood on the very first step for hours.
He idly wondered if he'd ever see that top of that abandoned stairwell; not out of curiosity for what existed at the top, but for what life had in store for him to propel him that high.
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