Task: You were required to mull on this picture…remember? Indeed you do! I want FORTY (40) DESCRIPTIVE words or phrases (Word bank) for the picture that captures the quote. please comment on THIS blog (NOT your blogs)
…”Come Faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!” ~ Yeats
zetanexus said:
Do these 40 words\Phrases have to make coherent sense as a piece of writing? or should they form a list of sorts?
BronwynA said:
The words or phrases can be in point form.
Grant Tredrea said:
Here are my words, in list format:
Anthropomorphism, mystic ascension, ethereal struggle, wild tempest, shrouded horizon, feminine, dancing, spectral, arboreal dervish, entwined, dryad, submerged roots, granular soil, wooden tendrils, flurry of leaves, sullen sky, splayed limbs, featherless wings, forked, antler-like boughs, woody brown, lime green flecks, beige appendages, faded ash grey, whirling vortex, dappled ground, asperous skin, osseously smooth, bleary, arrestive, swaying, interspersed patches of grass, scattered debris, delicate figure, frantic escape, faint shadow, acicular branch crown, skeletal grip, astir.
Did I understand the task correctly, or did you want us to describe the quote as well?
BronwynA said:
Hi Grant, now i would like you to create the description…:-) fantastic word bank – lets see what you can do with it…
zetanexus said:
Freedom, escape, struggle, trapped, graceful, celebration, dance, passion, blowing in the wind, magical, enchanting, bewitching, supernatural, nature, elegant, growth, magnificent, cracked bark, ent, delicate, tangled, entwined, frantic, flight, budding, new life, mystic, leaf storm, vortex, Isolated, whirlwind, spreading roots, migration, unknown, beauty, fantastic, dust-cloud, of the earth, splayed limbs of oaken wood, wild.
BronwynA said:
Hi Zara, your word bank is quite contrasting, lets see how you put the contrasts together – contrast are good for creating word and atmosphere to remain with the idea of creating the contrast between isolation and rooted…
Brett said:
gripping,unleashing,elude, whirlwind , expecant, mighty, beastly, entangled, raw power, rough nature, majestic, boldly, powerful,frightening, stunned, shook, rare beauty, stripped bare, embrace, heavenly download, unfathomable, symbolism of man, flight, preparation, firm, rapidly, phantom, force, tension, rage of terror, unfamiliar
BronwynA said:
Brett, there is a definite mood of turmoil and destruction that is being created. Please put it together in the form of a DESCRIPTIVE piece – you will need to create figurative language and a definite image in which your impending mood is fulfilled…
lizaanscheepers said:
Free will, breaking free, escape, self-determination, desperate, bewildered, gracious, dancing, leaping, independence, numerous promises, deserted, vague, blurred, whirlwind, wasteland, sand storm, turbulence, arid region, gloomy and grey, mysterious, vague, desperate, embedded, hopeless grip, deep-rooted, severe, flutter, excitement, enchanted, supernatural, exquisite, entangled body, overpowered, elusive, frantic, untamed, natural, bizarre.
BronwynA said:
Lizaan, your word bank is similar to Zara’s in terms of the contrasts; so my commentary to you is exactly the same as for Zara: your word bank is quite contrasting, lets see how you put the contrasts together – contrast are good for creating word and atmosphere to remain with the idea of creating the contrast between isolation and rooted…
Amy said:
Hi, here are my words in list format:
Multifarious octopus-like arms; delicate figure; mystical; rasping, scraping branches; upward, propelling wind; whirling; airy struggle; swirling lime green leaves; speckled ground; grainy sand; entwined roots; fairy-like; clutching hands; cragged skin; woody; drab, smokey skies; feather-like; cloudy; frenzy; volatile; contest; rugged; grasping; hauling; desert-like; vortex; spider-like roots; powerful; mighty; bold; unyielding; fastened; hardy; ethereally; exposed; animated; unrelenting; majestic; dusk; bleak.
BronwynA said:
Hi Amy, some nice imagery as created in terms of the nature imagery, do extend to fully create effective figurative language that captures the essence of this image and mood of nature you are exposing through the word bank. Please write the descriptive piece