Truth is, words are powerful things. Names are powerful
things. Words are names for things, and people, and ideas – incantations giving
life and meaning to what we experience and hope for. A bridge, from my head to
yours.
There is magic in a bridge.
See what I mean? I say ‘bridge’ and all these images come to
mind.
I name a specific bridge, and even more magic. Explosions to
chains of magic.
- Rainbow Bridge (immediate associations that come to mind: leprechauns; Rainbow Bright; Logan, Utah)
- London Bridge (England; Sleepy Joe; ancestry; decapitated heads; Arizona?)
- Bifrost Bridge (Chris Hemsworth; billy goats gruff; Marvel marathon with kids)
- Bridge to Terabithia (counting warts on my hands during reading time in elementary; scruffy dogs; childhood friend and Dumbo)
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These word-things, they're truly something, aren't they? To be able to paint a feeling in my heart onto the canvas of this screen, however abstract it may seem. Impossible, really, but therein lies the magic.
You, over there, on the other side of this digital bridge. Tell me something about bridges, or strangers, or broken things. Fixed things. Wordswordswords. Ready, go:
Ah ha....This thing is letting me leave comments now :-)
ReplyDeleteI love how one word leads to another, one song links to a feeling, one smell bridges to a picture and one picture leads to a word. Bridges is a good way to look at it. You have an awesome way of looking at things, and you get from me to decapitated heads.....should I be worried????
Oh you know I love to worry you just a little bit ;)
ReplyDeleteI live for your comments, so I'm glad whatever blogger problem has been fixed now so I can look forward to them again. Miss you much, miss.