Five Minute Friday: Paint
The day is Friday.
Time for the weekly challenge fellow writer Lisa-Jo Baker offers on her blog.
She chooses a word – you write about that word for five minutes only.
You share your five minutes of writing and you encourage others to try it too.
The word this Friday is PAINT.
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The colors are thin.
It’s so easy to add too much water. The blues are dripping and the greens are almost monotone and the picture lacks a vivacity that my real life certainly contains.
Sometimes that’s how I think my words come out – too thin and too much water and too drippy.
They don’t measure up.
And then I try to paint in the other direction – spare the water, keep the colors thick and bold and difficult to blend.
And somehow the picture comes out harsh. Too bright. More intense than my real life actually is.
Painting is hard work.
It just winds up slightly too much or not nearly enough.
It’s like writing.
And child-raising.
And marriage-making.
When the colors blend and the paint isn’t too thick and the water isn’t too thin – it’s sort of a little miracle and when you step back from the canvas – you can’t believe how pretty it all actually is.
12 Comments
Holly
This is exactly for I feel when I write! So true and real for me. Thank you for sharing! <3 Holly
Holly
Sorry! I thought my comment didn’t show up the first time 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Holly
I love this! I feel like this perfectly describes how I feel as I write. So true and real for me. Thank you for sharing. <3 Holly
laceykeigley
Thank you for commenting!
LeeAnn G Taylor {The Mosaic Life}
Love the idea that we’re always reevaluating and working through the balance of growing in all the areas of our lives – writing, parenting, and marriage. It’s work that’s never done. Visiting from FMF. 🙂
laceykeigley
It is truly endless work. Worthwhile – but endless.
Carolyn
Very well put. So many things in life need to be worked at and a balance between too much and too little found.
laceykeigley
It’s the hardest thing to find — balance.
Brenda
This was great! Glad I took the time to stop on by!
laceykeigley
Me too! Stop by again!
karen
so much Truth. and so succinctly said.
laceykeigley
Thank you.