Museum Exercise #25

An African American woman, wearing a knee length skirt and a blazer, sits in a bus station in the 1950s. The look in her eyes makes you think her mind is far from her surroundings. Her youngest child, in a small coat, sits sleeping against her chest with the woman's arms around her. Fingers interlaced to hold her in place. The other sits next to her holding her black pleather purse with a shiny clasp. The girl holding the purse wears a wool coat and a bonnet, with white socks up to her calf, her black shoes shining in the light. One of her feet is flexed up, perhaps pointing to the thing which captures her attention. She gazes upward in wonder. The men, wearing fedoras, in the background chat amongst themselves. An older woman with intricate hair sits on the opposite side of the bench. Light filters through the windows in the background.

Instant Wisdom

For my creative writing class we went through proverbs and had to turn them into "our own language." For the English proverb, "Labor to be as you would be thought of." My version is: "Try your hardest to be the way you want to be thought about."

We also got random words and had to create our own proverbs. The first one is about bad drivers. "Bad drivers are like moldy bread during th summer--unavoidable." The next one is about education, "To be truly educated you must have more than just schooling, but also have life experiences."