Picture Perfect Post: Flower Can

"You cannot grow here."
"Why ever not?"
"Haven't you heard? Evil is sterile. You, as a blossom, represent growth and therefore are a direct embodiment of evil's opposite."
"Well then. How do you explain my presence here?"
"How should I know? I'm just a guardian here. Neither evil, nor good. Why should I care?"
"How can you not care? You live here! This is your home. Doesn't it matter to you at all that you're surrounded every day by a gloomy, dusty darkness in which no life can be found?"
"Not at all. In fact, I was just fine until you came along."
"It is not my fault I flourished in ground foreign to all others."
"Yeah, well, could you kindly move somewhere else? You're attracting the sun here."
"I am? Oh, I see it! How delightful! Its light casts a gentle warmth on me. I can feel my colour returning."
"Oh, this is terrible!"
"Why are you so resistant to this welcome change?"
"It's because I'm used to the dark."
"Just because you were born in a bleak place, you'll accept staying in it forever?"
"What else can I do?"
"Water me. Help me grow. Once I do, I'll spread seeds in this land. You'll see; you can be initiator of it all."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because I don't need a lot. A bit of sun, a bit of water, and I'll spread my colours to the world. A little love, that's all I need."
"I guess I can try..."
"That's all I ask."

I hope you're enjoying my new series of posts. AC has sent me a whole whack of pictures, and that means I won't be short on inspiration for quite awhile. Many thanks for watering me! ~

Narcissism

A video a classmate and I put together for English class. The inspiration came from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book III. Hitler here represents Narcissus from the Greek myth. You might have to turn up the sound a bit once the theme music finishes playing. Enjoy and comment!

Picture Perfect Post: Shoes

"I want to be just as tall as you."
"One day, you will be. Then you'll regret ever wishing you would grow up."
"Why?"
"With each passing year, I see you growing taller, and with each inch, you lose some of your innocence and carefreeness. I want you to stay the way you are, or the way you were."
"But with each passing year, I see myself growing taller, and with each inch, I gain some wisdom and experience. I want to continue growing, and continue experiencing new aspects of life."
"Even the darker sides?"
"Of course. Would I really be living if I didn't?"
"Would a harsh life even be worth living?"
"Would living a blindly joyful life be worth living?"
"Then you'd rather suffer than smile?"
"Of course not. But it's in living through the suffering and overcoming it that I'll smile."
"Time only will tell, but I have faith that your flame will never flicker out."
"It'll stay alight to guide your way out of the dark."

Credit given where credit is due to AC for sending me this sweet picture.