On Writing: Imagery 1

You no longer hear sounds around you.
You forget where you are sitting.
You are transported to another time and place.
You experience, with all your senses, another world.

At no point is it suggested we look at an actual ocean,
Or wave, or beach,
Rose, pansy, or peony.
At no point is the viewer’s experience of the painting considered.

Techniques for making fresh art of high quality
Involve the artist’s experience, and, more importantly,
Focusing on the viewer’s experience.

Creative writers work from life
And they build from the ground up using the true observed stuff of real life.