tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post580551081284828685..comments2023-07-06T07:33:06.262-04:00Comments on * Writers' Spark * Every story has to start somewhere *: Prompt: Do we see what’s there, or what we want to be there? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-23749097494061317702013-03-25T22:49:46.728-04:002013-03-25T22:49:46.728-04:00I blame this one squarely on too much Delta Rae, D...I blame this one squarely on too much Delta Rae, Dancing in the Graveyard! :)Margaret S. McGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301618521427459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-77898839347979174092013-03-25T22:48:55.938-04:002013-03-25T22:48:55.938-04:00Nice beginning. Is it only car mirrors, or all mir...Nice beginning. Is it only car mirrors, or all mirrors? Nice idea of the narrator not realizing it was something unique to self (again, not set as masc or fem). Could go into more detail about *not* seeing the mirror people any more - because of expectation/learning/grow out of it? Intriguing...Margaret S. McGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301618521427459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-58967511429738400102013-03-25T19:59:51.387-04:002013-03-25T19:59:51.387-04:00Very powerful! Even though I expected the end som...Very powerful! Even though I expected the end somewhat, based on the prompt, I was still affected strongly by the almost-glimpse in the final paragraph.<br /><br />(And just got to reading yours today, again, what with barely getting the writing done last night...)Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-50792591597720269732013-03-24T18:49:41.000-04:002013-03-24T18:49:41.000-04:00Prompt: Do we see what’s there, or what we want t...Prompt: Do we see what’s there, or what we want to be there?<br /><br /><br />My first memory of the mirror people is sitting in a car seat and seeing them in the rear view mirror. I must have been pretty young; people didn't use car seats for long back then. It wasn't until high school that I learned other people didn't see them. Yes, I know, it sounds unbelievable, but I figured it was one of those things that people just didn't talk so much about. And it's not like they're always there--only at certain angles, or something. But now that I'm older I have to wonder. <br /><br />I think other people do see them. I've seen children tracking the same 'other' people in the mirror that I can see. I think what happens is that as we grow older, we learn things (like I did in high school physics) about light refraction and how mirrors are supposed to work. So we don't see what's actually there anymore, only what we expect--a reflection of this world.<br /><br />But, you see, mirrors don't reflect this world. Or rather, they don't _only_ reflect this world.Annenoreply@blogger.com