“Clutches are getting smaller, and party dresses unpredictable.” Fiona is struggling with her off-shoulder outfit. “Have you seen a woman’s handbag without a safety pin? Pins fit in anywhere.” “Grow up, Mom! We use Velcro tapes and adhesives.” “Yet, the gaps left are gaping.” “That is your perspective.” “Don’t forget, I’ve been a fashion photographer.” … Continue reading Healing
“Do you really care?” “I wouldn’t be here, if I did not.” What kind of chat is this? Who is at the other end? It sounds like commitment. She tapped his shoulder with a thud. He was watching a video. “Use the earphones. I don’t enjoy being carried away by your fictional characters.” (278 characters) … Continue reading Assumptions
The filmmaker’s obsession with women wearing white was well known. The blockbusters he produced would often show a woman in white, soaked to the skin under a waterfall or shower. The scene was always picture perfect, with intense colors of mountains and sky floating on the screen, as a backdrop to female sensuousness. Tabloids would … Continue reading Thick plot
There was a heavy thunderstorm, the wind snorted outside, rattling my windowpanes. It is unseasonal. Idly, I wonder if we in the human race are doing something drastically wrong to invoke nature’s fury. One has to be honest – there is no point in drawing curtains over our thoughtless behavior, and pretending it never happened. … Continue reading Who says?
The alphabet of her life has been reconstructed in the last ten years. She has a new pictorial book in hand, which says A=Acting, B=Bigtime C=Craft, D=Design, E=Excellence, F= ….. she dreads the F-word – failu… The PR people say only a scandal that rocks the film world can save her career. People are fast … Continue reading Stardom
Fifty years seem like an eternity. Her travails are sufficient material for three books – all from different perspectives, with different protagonists. Eternity may count like a nanosecond in some other parts. But truth feels like fiction, when it is so far away. Her grandchildren did not believe her when she told them she was … Continue reading Fiction
I’m tired of being rebuffed. I wonder why people build walls to keep me out. I see no reason for anyone to fear or dislike me. I would like my fellow beings to be companions in my journey. There is so much to learn, to discover – all that I did not know some time … Continue reading Ignorance
The signboard is fascinating – INSPIRATIONS “Why don’t you put up some notepads and a coffee bar?” “Why should anyone need that here?” “You’ve so many writing prompts.” The owner is rich now, and has published a book. She even rents out writing devices. Just a change in perspective… (279 characters) https://katmyrman.com/2019/10/15/twittering-tales-158-15-october-2019/
The decoration looks like an outbreak of warts on smooth skin. Do I wish that on your magnificence? Do you really think things look good in clusters? The music is obscenely loud. The merriment conceals the melancholy notes of my song. Those hollow things put up there will never know the beauty or fragrance of … Continue reading Of warts and scars
Déjà vu is a word I’ve read about, but this place makes me feel it in the bones. Have I been here before? Going with my life history, this is the first visit. But why did I feel drawn to this god-forsaken place? I’ve read too many stories on rebirth. So, I go around looking … Continue reading Deja Vu
