Symbolism:
Black is scary, red is mean, yellow is happy, white is virginal. A pencil means you draw. A typewriter means you're way the coolest. An orange sunset stands for hope. Edible underwear stands for, uh, well, it means you won't be writing much. If you're writing about vampires, you have an inherited set of symbols at your disposal. If you're writing about Second Life, you know what a boy in a white T-shirt, blue jeans and flip flops means. Sometimes a symbol becomes symbolic only after repeated appearances within a literary work, as classical music does in A Clockwork Orange, or the Virgin Mary does in the Bible. As you make final preparations to dive into your masterpiece, what existing symbols do you imagine will be useful in your work? What things within the body of your work will end up with symbolic meaning?
Train Station
Out of the fog and mist, the massive iron contraption ...
Mouse Trap
What is more important, the journey or the destination?
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Mousetrap by Wolfgang Glinka
So beautiful - so tempting.
From that initial moment,
Having fun - dancing.
Careless, thoughtless, even.
Just looking was enough - at first.
Even then the draw was strong - irresistible.
All those triggers clicked,
Opening up, juices flowing.
Then that touch.
Beyond temptation now.
The point beyond - in fact.
No turning back.
And that dance,
Still fun, no doubt,
But different now.
X-rated, adult, predatory.
Darkness and light,
Forbidden pleasure,
Too, too tempting,
That fatal desire.
Wolfgang Glinka
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