Postcards From the Muse
The Moon
You’re riding in the car late at night. The sky looks like black velvet with tiny rhinestones dotted around the darker inkblots of clouds. You admire the dark shapes the clouds make and notice a bright sliver working its way out from under the edge of the blackest splotch in the sky. The moon struggles for attention.
As you watch the contest, you notice that as the cloud moves at just the right angle, the illusion of a frowning brow is created over the face of the moon morphing it into a giant eye watching the earth below. You can’t take your eyes away. A fuzzy line of fog forms around the silver disk morphing the illusion further. You suddenly feel certain that a being observes and takes notes of the night life on the planet.
Who or what does this eye belong to? Does it spy on a crime taking place? Has a lover’s tryst caught its attention? And why does it choose to appear angry? What story can you find here?
Congratulations. You have just received a postcard from the muse.
Wordsmith Six 