Comments on: Ends http://elephantwords.co.uk/2010/01/28/ends/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicolas Papaconstantinou http://elephantwords.co.uk/2010/01/28/ends/#comment-23532 Nicolas Papaconstantinou Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:39:58 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=3491#comment-23532 Is this part of that other sequence, the one that's normally so easy to identify cos it's dialogue? It feels like the same couple to me. A beautifully observed coda to the sequence, if that's what it is - it doesn't say that it's a conclusion to the relationship, but it does show us roughly what shape that conclusion might take, however long it takes to arrive. I love your stuff, Cyn! Is this part of that other sequence, the one that’s normally so easy to identify cos it’s dialogue?

It feels like the same couple to me. A beautifully observed coda to the sequence, if that’s what it is – it doesn’t say that it’s a conclusion to the relationship, but it does show us roughly what shape that conclusion might take, however long it takes to arrive.

I love your stuff, Cyn!

]]> By: Rivka Jacobs http://elephantwords.co.uk/2010/01/28/ends/#comment-22383 Rivka Jacobs Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:06:46 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=3491#comment-22383 Wonderful character study, without the reader having to know any of the worldly details. You focus on the relationship, the emotions, and thereby delineate the two protagonists. Much is revealed by the narrator, psychological and subtle information. (The partnership seems to be unbalanced, but not hopeless.) But a lot of it rings true for me personally, and it's hard for me to remained unbiased when I read this story. I want the narrator to say, "It's over," but as you say, making a choice like this is only judged "good" or "bad" based on the outcome, not any careful consideration at the time. A delicate and elegant piece, Cyn. I will miss you on EW, and I hope you return to the rotation asap! Wonderful character study, without the reader having to know any of the worldly details. You focus on the relationship, the emotions, and thereby delineate the two protagonists.

Much is revealed by the narrator, psychological and subtle information. (The partnership seems to be unbalanced, but not hopeless.) But a lot of it rings true for me personally, and it’s hard for me to remained unbiased when I read this story. I want the narrator to say, “It’s over,” but as you say, making a choice like this is only judged “good” or “bad” based on the outcome, not any careful consideration at the time.

A delicate and elegant piece, Cyn. I will miss you on EW, and I hope you return to the rotation asap!

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