A few choices;
I’ll be satisfied with this, and leave it go.
A loose knotted ending so the spirits can come sit for a spell,
and then be on their way.
Then they went down together, and the King awoke, and the Queen, and the whole court, and looked at each other in great astonishment. And the horses in the court-yard stood up and shook themselves; the hounds jumped up and wagged their tails; the pigeons upon the roof pulled out their heads from under their wings, looked round, and flew into the open country; the flies on the wall crept again; the fire in the kitchen burned up and flickered and cooked the meat; the joint began to turn and frizzle again, and the cook gave the boy such a box on the ear that he screamed, and the maid plucked the fowl ready for the spit.
And then the marriage of the King's son with Briar-rose was celebrated with all splendour, and they lived contented to the end of their days.
Bunuel/My Last Sigh, D.Thomas/Portrait of the Artist as Young Dog,
J.Steinbeck/East of Eden, M.Hurd/Goodnight Moon, Unfinished Script/JHH, M.Twain/Joan of Arc,
H. Melville/Moby Dick, N. Gaiman/Mr. Punch, Bros. Grimm/Briar Rose.
J.Steinbeck/East of Eden, M.Hurd/Goodnight Moon, Unfinished Script/JHH, M.Twain/Joan of Arc,
H. Melville/Moby Dick, N. Gaiman/Mr. Punch, Bros. Grimm/Briar Rose.
oh course they did...fascinating how you pieced this together...
ReplyDeleteVery interesting approach to the muse. I like it. I'm curious. Did you randomly choose a few books, or is this the result of sifting through many to find endings that played well together?
ReplyDeleteYour mind is incredibly creative. I love the way did this. And who doesn't love a good ending:)?
ReplyDeleteI felt like I fell down the rabbit hole with Alice. Wonderfully creative.
ReplyDeletethat's quite the collage of sentiments, words and images. a delight. it's an art form you excel at
ReplyDeleteHah... art via assembly. I like it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful feast of end tales.
ReplyDeletejoseph cornell in words.
ReplyDeletei love how you've taken the form and given it a quarter turn, or maybe made it stand on its head.
must come back for a second read......the creative thrust is a head turner. and briar rose.........iconic ending of all endings........good one
It was a great story, a nice ending.
ReplyDeleteI loved the form in which you have presented the whole story, it's quite nice.
First time here, I like the quote very much, one below the header on top :-)
can't help it....had to come back again. this left me with such a strange mixture of sadness.....and a deep appreciation for the inherent beauty of life itself.
ReplyDeleteI don't know very little people who read Benuel!
ReplyDeleteIntruiging as always.
(not the whole cloth..only the part I ironed)
oohhh love the way you presented this as much as the story...
ReplyDeleteand yes... new studio space, incredibly SMALL.... but grateful to have one and doing some ....work... xx