The sole inhabitant of the universe
felt an irresistible impulse for creation.
Before he could start, some maths were needed
to calculate distance –
precise limits or infinite capacity?
He – or was it she? – reflected mightily,
kneeling at the drawing board,
until the idea hit him
for a vast amorphous space,
governed by perpetual rhythm,
a wonder-filled place.
Fists clenched around the pencil
he started to draw, getting more excited,
whispering formulae,
inventing gravity,
the invisible control
that a physical entity emits
to hold everything together.
He/she was on the brink
of a mind-blowing design
for what turned out to be LIFE.
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Wonderful!
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Wow, I love this!
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“precise limits or infinite capacity” perhaps life is the balance between the two?
I do hope you’ll add your voice to the gratitude quilt this year Viv.
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How, or where, please?
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Absolutely amazing! Love this 😉
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I can hear your creator chanting her/his mantra – Measure twice, cut once … smiles
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🙂 That is also a quilter’s mantra.
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that is mind blowing design indeed… the creative spark every artists wishes for…inventing gravity… how fascinating this must have been
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Nicely done…a down-to-earth creation story; I could really get behind this one I thing, agnostic and all…
http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.ca/2013/11/because-i-am-acolyte.html
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Love your two part creation story, delightful to read really well woven,
Elizabeth
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This is funny because I read it AFTER your “back to the drawing board” line in the other poem. And yes, it was all set to be mind-blowing and wonderful, until the Industrial Revolution, among other enterprises… Well done! Amy
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I really enjoyed this! Wonderful!
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Love your story of creation,Viv. Very nice indeed.
Pamela
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A creation myth with very strong, very human visuals. Well done.
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Superb, Viv. This piece builds in intensity. I love it.
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This is quite mind-blowing. Superbly done!
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I’m glad I read them backward (already knew part 2. sigh)
This one’s a joy, though.
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I think this may be my favorite creation story EVER! Thanks for sharing I will be smiling about this all day. I’m off now to read the sequel!
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Yes! I love creation stories, this one especially.
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Emailed you xx
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replied. Vxox
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I loved the contradictions of needing drawing board, pencil, gravity and maths before creation was possible. He, she or it must be laughing.
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see https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/sequel-to-life-and-wordle-133//
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Now I can see this idea in the words! I like the idea of the drawing board before all the creations are made.
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I might write a sequel, summing up what happens next and finishing: Back to the drawing board.
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Done, and posted: https://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/sequel-to-life-and-wordle-133/
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Wow, a creation story that’s dazzling!
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