Getting Started
Open the kitchen cupboard and sniff at a few spices or essences. Write down what images come to mind. Use these images to build a scene which involves more than one sensory image ( an intermingling of senses). Eg: You could write about a family sitting down to a meal/ picnic/ feast. Describe the appearance of food, its smell, taste and texture ( 100 words)
Objective : To evoke memory through the sense of smell.
Check: Have you mentioned enough real details to create a visual impression? To engage the senses?
Check: Have you mentioned enough real details to create a visual impression? To engage the senses?
Describe three indoor settings you have been. ( Eg: a dental clinic, a hospital ward, a coffee shop, beauty salon etc)
Objective: To pick and choose details that convey the atmosphere at a specific time.
Check: Have you been specific enough. For instance, instead of a receptionist, did you say that it was a twenty-something woman with a neat blunt cut and French-polished nails ? Was it just music playing on the speakers or was it a specific song?
Objective: To pick and choose details that convey the atmosphere at a specific time.
Check: Have you been specific enough. For instance, instead of a receptionist, did you say that it was a twenty-something woman with a neat blunt cut and French-polished nails ? Was it just music playing on the speakers or was it a specific song?
Describe a train ride as a setting for a horror/ ghost story making good use of the sounds: the rhythmic click of rails, the booming through a tunnel, the wind rushing past etc. in combination with other senses, such as smell and touch.
Objective: To build a mood in an ordinary setting
Check: Have you evoked the mood with a combination of standard and fresh images ( new things you’ve not noticed before).
Use sight in coordination with another sense ( example below) 50 words
Mohini would plunge the rooms into semidarkness by drawing the linen blinds. All colours immediately fell an octave lower; the room filled with shadows, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea and the light was filtered in mirrors of green water.
Objective: To use synesthesia as a form of imagery
Objective: To build a mood in an ordinary setting
Check: Have you evoked the mood with a combination of standard and fresh images ( new things you’ve not noticed before).
Use sight in coordination with another sense ( example below) 50 words
Mohini would plunge the rooms into semidarkness by drawing the linen blinds. All colours immediately fell an octave lower; the room filled with shadows, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea and the light was filtered in mirrors of green water.
Objective: To use synesthesia as a form of imagery
Setting for the cafe...
ReplyDeleteThe smell of the freshly made coffee is impounding..almost blanking out any other olfactory sensation that one could possibly remember.The red and white "CCD" marked cups bring in lots of memories.It aptly says "a lot can happen over coffee".I'm sure our modern day generation would agree.They are playing Linking Park's "Leave out all the rest.." Its easy to get lost in the coffee and the soulful beats of the song.The curly haired 6 feet feet something,CCD-uniform clad guy seems busy with the machine.The coffee beans keep pouring in.The machine relentlessly grinds them down.There is a plethora of mouth-watering goodies on display-choco chip cookies,brownies,cupcakes,strawberry souffle and every other baked preparation that can make you go weak in your diet.The tables have been swiped clean recently.The smell of the detergent still lingers on.A young couple walk in and order espresso.