original_lavi

I want to write something just to use the phrase "bruises under her eyes." 


And then - this is older - a random conversation (monologue, now) about blind kids and Braille. 

"Hey, I was thinking.  So y'know, blind kids that learn Braille - well, they always have to use their fingers.  I mean, we can read things across the room or a sign down the read, but their whole 'sight' is just restricted to how long their arm is.  They could do some cool things, though, that we can't - like, in class, for a test, if they stick something with Braille on the underside of the desk they just have to reach under and feel it to cheat.  Or they could have it in their pocket!  I guess to keep them from cheating, you'd have to make them keep whatever hand isn't writing palm-up on the desk.

"...Hey, you know what the saddest thing of all is?  A blind kid with no hands."

I have an idea. I love icons. I have lots of them. I also don't feel ready yet to let go of anything around me I can cling madly to, stand up, and write something totally original that came to me out of nowhere. Not that I completely have to, I know, but the point is I have an idea for an in-between stage to help me. Because one of my favorite writing excercises is also to use a single, simple picture and make a story out of it.

SO. Clearly, where this is going is that I can use my icons to help me write little story-things. (Obviously, I can only consult my random folders, and not my book subfolder. The movie one might be okay, though.) That way, I could have...nearly 1,400 story-things.

It's a cool idea. Let's see how it goes.

Icon one.


...Omg, that was fun.  LET'S DO ANOTHER.

Icon two.



...I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO THIS.