Comments on: Take a Left http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/03/26/take-a-left/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cynthia Lugo http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/03/26/take-a-left/#comment-13617 Cynthia Lugo Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:06:25 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1663#comment-13617 Thanks Nicolas! It was meant to have a sort of dream-like quality, although it's not as smooth as I would have liked it to be. Thanks Nicolas! It was meant to have a sort of dream-like quality, although it’s not as smooth as I would have liked it to be.

]]> By: Cynthia Lugo http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/03/26/take-a-left/#comment-13616 Cynthia Lugo Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:29 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1663#comment-13616 Confession: there's absolutely nothing fictional about this story. I took that left at the end of January and here I am, 2,500 miles and 2 months later, unemployed in Los Angeles. Thanks for the kind words! Confession: there’s absolutely nothing fictional about this story. I took that left at the end of January and here I am, 2,500 miles and 2 months later, unemployed in Los Angeles. Thanks for the kind words!

]]> By: Nicolas Papaconstantinou http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/03/26/take-a-left/#comment-13591 Nicolas Papaconstantinou Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:58:06 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1663#comment-13591 I read this as a tone-poem, and in that way, I can come back again and again, and revel in the journey. Rivka's right - there's a feeling of emotional free-fall to the journey your narrator is taking, and a hanging note there at the end that is unsettling. But I like it a lot! I read this as a tone-poem, and in that way, I can come back again and again, and revel in the journey.

Rivka’s right – there’s a feeling of emotional free-fall to the journey your narrator is taking, and a hanging note there at the end that is unsettling.

But I like it a lot!

]]> By: Rivka Jacobs http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/03/26/take-a-left/#comment-13147 Rivka Jacobs Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:25:41 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1663#comment-13147 I like this story a lot. To me, it's about making changes in ones life. The road trip as a metaphor for change. Personally, I'd be terrified to up and move to California, so I admire the heroine for "taking Monroe to I-10" and taking a left. I like this story a lot. To me, it’s about making changes in ones life. The road trip as a metaphor for change. Personally, I’d be terrified to up and move to California, so I admire the heroine for “taking Monroe to I-10″ and taking a left.

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