THE FIVE SENSES
Have you ever been overcome by certain smells or tastes, sounds or sights in the present, that shoot you back to a time in the past and bring up a memory with certain emotions attached?
WRITE ABOUT A PERSONAL MEMORY STIMULATED BY A SENSE OF MEMORY.
OR WRITE A STORY, CHARACTER STUDY, OR POEM BY CHOOSING THREE OR FOUR THINGS FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
The smell of pipe tobacco, cigar smoke, bonfires, forest fires, burnt food, stale cologne, oranges, rotten potatoes, alcohol breath, peppermint or any spice, automobile exhaust, cow manure, bread baking, musty basements, sweaty bodies, old clothes, perfume, baby diapers, vomit, old books, old church, incense, new age store, bakery, garage...
The sound of sea gull cries, glass breaking, a fog horn, fire engine siren, sea surf, baby crying, rain on a roof, rain on a car roof, thunder, vacuum cleaner, men shouting, sounds in a hockey arena, basketball court, school gym, school music class, screams, train whistle or horn, crows, screeching brakes, wind, violin, piano, choir, airplane taking off, traffic...
Textures: soft skin, rough hands, worn velvet chair, satin dress, chiffon dress, old leather jacket, bricks, tree trunk, grass, long grass, cold stone floor, bare feet in mud, sand, rocks, rocky surfaces, smooth stones, beach glass, old pebbly book cover, fresh sheet of smooth paper, keyboard, cold water, ice in a drink, rink ice, snowflakes on skin, laying in snow, dead fish, cat fur, horse's nose, eggs, baby chick, tent canvas...
Taste of a particular flavour of ice cream, hard candy, pie, cheesecake, turkey dinner, sour lemons, blood, oatmeal for breakfast, white wine, popcorn, barbecued ribs, green olives, morning coffee, spring water, cough syrup, blue cheese, warm bread and butter, hot peppers, bacon, licorice, salty potato chips...
Sight of fog, sunlight on water, twilight, moon at night, squirrels, woods at sunset, garbage on the roadside, condoms in the woods, waterfalls, rough seas, smooth seas, rapids, parched earth, dead plants, healthy well tended garden, smoke, dark room, homeless child, beggar on street, snake, spiders, fur coat, antique key, grandfather's bible, old shoes...
OR CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS:
Touching the scratchy tweed of his worn coat filled her with (sadness, remorse, terror, loneliness, etc.)...
The scent of his cologne lingering in her room meant that he had been there recently...
He dropped the bottle of rubbing alcohol on the bathroom floor, flooding the air with its pungent smell, and sending his mind racing back to a time when...
The smell of lilacs in the spring always filled (them/him/me/the child) with...
She dragged her hand along the roughness of what seemed like a cement wall hoping she could find a door in the darkness.
She opened the box of clothing from her grandfather's house, and the smell of _____________ and ____________________ conjured up ________________...
Please feel free to share the results of your writing here.
Next, and last Meeting of the Year
Sunday, November 19, 1:30pm
Clare will be leading
Christmas Luncheon
Saturday, November 25th
Please be sure to R.S.V.P.
