Challenge Entry - Blur

Single Frame Stories Prompt: Blur

Last week the prompt at Single Frame Stories was “Blur.”

I had an image in mind that I wanted to create, but (as usual) it just didn’t work out. I did, however, create three other stories. I even posted them to Flickr.


"Life passes by in a blur"


"A memory… or a dream"


"A moment in time, everything else is just a blur"

Although in the moment of creation I liked them, when it came time to commit and submit, I just wasn’t “feelin’ ‘em.” I saw the flaws in the images rather than the stories. So, I waited.

Add to that the fact that I wasn’t feeling well last week, and I was out all day and night Friday (and most of Saturday)... I just did not get anything submitted.

All three images tell a story. A picture is worth a billion words, or something like that.
Still, I just couldn’t choose and, even if I could, I ran out of time.

So, there you go. The story behind the lack of story.
My story of last week. Incomplete.
Again.

~B

EDIT:
Because a friend asked about the second image, I thought I'd add a little information about it. This is, essentially, what I said to her:

The objects are literally an entryway, a leash, and a shoe....
But, it is not a picture to be taken literally.

Perhaps the leash is a snake? Perhaps it is a rug-tack or ruler... perhaps it is a dream, or an unclear memory,
a blur... a moment ... an image in your mind of a story... but did the story happen when you were awake or was it dream....

Perhaps a boy took a pet for a walk
Perhaps you were a pet then turned into a snake and then a person
*shrugs*
It is whatever you see, whatever story forms in your mind as you “read” the picture.

I know not everyone "gets" every image. Perhaps sometimes there are some people who just need permission to imagine, to allow their mind to create the story that a picture could be telling...

So, if you don't get it, that's okay.
However, if you just need permission to imagine, you have it.

~B