on similaraties...

Photo by Vinicius "amnx" Amano on Unsplash

Sometimes ​we see similarities and we may think nothing of it. More than once I have come out of the mall and walked to a silver Kia Soal in the parking lot only to find as I got to the door that this is not my soul.  I mean everyone should know their own soul, right? 

Just as there are things that we can find throughout the day that may be similar also means there is yet another category of things that are dissimilar. I rather like the word unique. 

I think of unique often in terms of randomness, while similarities evoke thoughts of pattern. We sometimes may call upon likeness when we write. A yellow sunrise spreading out across the sky like a cracked egg spreading across a skillet. We sometimes utilize similes and metaphors in our writing to help us give description where we feel it is needed.  But that which has a unique physical likeness allows us different perspectives in writing. This also allows us to at times employ dissonance we play one common thing off another that is unique. Perhaps that is why I find paintings or photos of abstract artwork appealing. It appeals to my desire to visualize what I am looking at from a very open mind. 

In the same way, I like at times to write poetry that is abstract. That has caused me to go outside the box. Such poetry when read by another gives them a role in the message being told, and it may well not be my own. The poem becomes a collaborative venture between the poet and the reader. In the very same way the creation above could be a mountain range from air to another it might be gift wrap Christmas morning on the floor. There is no right or wrong answer. That is why when someone reads a poem of mine and asks what it means, my first answer is generally, "What does it mean to you?"


 

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