A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
A picture is worth a thousand words.
I definitely agree. And there are tons of proof of that floating around the internet. Just the other day ago. I participated in a challenge that focuses on that very concept.
The organizer of the challenge showed a picture. It was just a simple picture of three individuals seated in front of a colored wall. The host asked the participants to write a story or whatever literary piece that describes the picture. We were asked to tell what we think the picture is all about. We were asked what we think what was going on in the picture. We were also asked how we feel while looking at it.
I think that it was an exercise to make our imagination flourish and to be able to interpret certain things in some ways.
My approach was emotional.
I don't know if I could share it here because it is on another ecosystem, but if you are interested, here's the screencap I took from my entry:
https://hive.blog/hive-161155/@meitanteikudo/a-love-affair-of-a-lifetime
You can also read how I interpreted it fully on the link provided above. But of course, if you are like me, you would rather have the TL:DR version here. So let me just give you a short version of what I did.
I see in this picture a story of love, betrayal, friendship, and clarity.
You see, in my mind, I feel like the lady in the middle and the guy on the right are a couple, married or otherwise. The lady seated on the left is their friend who happens to be the guy's ex-lover. And it was more than that. The girl on the left and the guy were soul mates. They tried. They tried hard. But as life would have it, they were better of as friends.
Now, the couple, the girl in the middle, and the guy got together after the lady on the left and the guy broke up. They remained friends. The girl on the left is very supportive of their relationship that when they are in a pinch or they are fighting, she comes in and helps mediate between them.
Just like what was happening in the picture, the couple is fighting and the girl on the left is stepping in as she always does to help the couple resolve their issue.
But on the other side of the story, the lady in the middle is contemplating and thinking to cease the relationship altogether because she just realized that it was really not her who was meant to be for the guy. It was their friend all along. And she is thinking of just letting everything go.
That's what I saw in the picture.
And there are other pictures that could really provoke our minds and make us interpret the whole message of it.
Just like this one:
What do you think about this picture? What do you think is going on? For sure, this is something really interesting, or something really odd. Otherwise, it's fun to think about what this could be.
Another picture that makes you wonder is this:
What story could you tell and come up with from this picture? I can think of a couple.
Okay, so what about this one?
Awww. Did you see that? Well, if not... what did you see?
Let me know what you think of the pictures, you can comment on one, or you can make a story for each of them. If you aren't feeling so chatty, just commenting below will also count too.
But if you decide to create an article interpreting a picture above or a completely different photo or set of photos, then I would really appreciate it if you submit it to our community Prompt Factory.
So what are you waiting for? Let the creative and artistic juices flow, and let's go.
Hi!
It has been a long while since we had a prompt, right? Nah, just kidding. Lol. Anyway, I just want to see how creative and emotionally invested you are in writing. Let your words paint a different color to our perspectives.
And of course, I would gladly welcome your articles to our community Prompt Factory. The home of writing prompts and a hang-out place of people like me who finds it hard to come up with topics every time I try to write.
Well, that's it from me today and until we read again...
Cheers!!!
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Series : Prompt Factory
Title : A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Published : 26-Mar-2022
Author : © RBimage with the sheep: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-picture-feb-10-2020.html
black and white photo: https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/ft629006wq/
picture of the couple: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-picture-oct-18-2021.html
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