Alterations

 Alterations: Metarealism Explored in this digital image.

Entering the new place, a town in this case,  is like trying on the latest outfit that boasts an original style and a careful, creative combination of designs. The "garment" is hand stitched with a colorful repertoire of silken threads along the cuff and or over the heart for a decorative and poignant sense of town spirit. The quiet seams are tight in spots, loose, just there under the arms. Well spaced and close together in places and as needed. A town fashioned for people. Made to measure for a human fit. -The hope-  I spin and turn listening for the rustle and richness of the fabric of the town, feel for the textures that whisper against skin, instead of scratching or pricking. I notice the hang of the cloth on my frame, the one I give it, as I gain perspectives. This small person suited in her new attire checks the reflections, that selfie moment, and heads out into the people, places, ideas and things for penning. I call this activity writation (N)  Not to be confused with a certain mayor who has thought it just to attach his surname to  a broad and hearty word such as  nation. The result is a collapse, unbalanced semantic in the form of a compound, overly light + weighty word, usage.

This same fabric, seams and stitching we wear may be a quilt , a skirt , blouse, dress, consignment of leopard pants or jean shorts in the cultural architecture of a town. Styled and fitted by human frames.  This may consist of locals, out of province visitors, internationals... and out of towners like me. Who needs a label, when the outfit, the place,  is priceless, beyond brand names.

The identity is there to read like a complex novel , a Giller Prize winner or maybe a Sunshine Sketch for a few LOLs.  Will  I have the right balance of rock star and nerd to recognize the serendipitous  glitches from the negative one. Pparachute over the cliffs and or sidestep a crack or two. How about flipping an opposable thumb as opposed to the finger to the sky on those icy patches of direction and misdirection. :) Trans: Will  I remain open, true to myself and humble in all that I attempt. Try I must. Yes we are sliding into romanticism touched with idealism...Excuse me while I zip up my dress, button up my matching jacket. :)

We begin to scour the pamphlets, talk to a few locals, skim through the  internet and the hotel yellow pages,  for the best route for our quest. It is late afternoon and we had had no time to prepare outside of  a few bookings. I plunge into -Orenda- for awhile  in the hopes of some new thought for the plan of approach  because I am, now,  utterly bored with the inadequacy of our current paper and wifi search criteria.

Detour in the Road Follow D*
D* Refresh: Thanks Joseph for your perspectives. Loving your work but the level of violence is hard, graphic but neither maudlin or trite in your hands, under your  creative watch. I think you mean to lend authenticity to the historical portrayal and possibly jar us into a sense of the whole toxic malaise that encompasses nations clashing. With violence on the rise, outside literary fiction, and growing anger in hotspots around the globe is desensitization creeping up or growing awareness and action coming to the fore.  I can't wait for the studies that might give us a clue.  The cutting embrace of sick lit. stunningly violent and digitally mastered HD visuals and videos aided by technology are now are playground. What are the long term effects of candid violence, and sex on those that have suffered and experience these as triggers. We also need to consider those that are fine with the whole thing and hope they will empathize enough to understand experiences beyond their own.   Are we only  about making it real? -no exceptions or intuitive wrappings?  No,  I think we are more when we enter these places and seek to show, learn grow. Hey, Joseph, thanks for this monologue as I am completely sure that you are talking with CBC hosts,  engaging in book chats with more learned and illustrious writers than I and or you are writing your next work. Maybe you are merging with the orenda through the essence of rebirth offered by spring. Happy Earth Day on April 22. :)  I am really enjoying your book and I have only just begun.  I also recommend "All the Broken Things, " by Kathryn Kutenbrouwer to readers and writers.  Should you, by slight chance, come across this blog while your mingling with the great literary minds of contemporary times,  can you get this book nominated for an award. Thanks. I am placing this message in  a blog bottle and sending it out into the sea of cyberspace. :) Hugs or Namaste,Mr. Boyce and readers of this blog.


D* As I closed the book, I realized that one of the best places to start the getting to know U road trip was the cultural centre and library that was across the street from the place we had dined last evening. Of course, I should have gone with that thought when it first entered the grey matter. Silly, really, counterproductive of me,  to always try to improve upon the first when sometimes that first is  right.- Hard to know sometimes- ;)
 Have a look through the front window screen, now that we are back on the main road.

Dropped in after a workout to pick up books for her kids and look for one for herself. .Beautiful!

The Hat of the Day

Cat Chip (Those Micro Condiments That Add Flavor)

She is part of a book club and this is her stash for those perfect moments, those rest stops in life. The one on top is for her child.  Beautiful.

Location: Georgetown, Ontario , Canada
THE LIBRARY and part of the cultural hub on a Sat. morning in early spring. No alterations needed. :)Next to the Library behind a door Beautiful made us feel welcome yet again . :)  I open it up for you to enjoy on Photonyms back at The Glitch    Head  over there after you visit a few other blog spaces in  The Preferred Writers, share group once you get to the end of this one. Scroll...

The Doors:  Can U Hear the Music

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 In a dimly lit corner next to the washroom in  a large book store, in another middle size town, I found a table of books,  The "Caption" over the table read "Read, Think, Learn".  Good thing I had to attend to a basic body function or I would never have found them. Hmmm They speak of a few alterations that are incredibly interesting in my humble opinion, but the violence is there, in some, and these books do turn some of our ideas on their heads. I would add "Question" (the Hows and Whys) as an alteration or addition to the main "Caption" and for your own thoughts and interactions here.  I saw a glass bookcase full of  fine titles , across from the girl's washroom in a Whitby high school. I wonder  if this placement  proximity to washrooms approach works at all.  I think the front of the store is still the prime space maybe this will change. Hmmmm.

Emphatic Title

For those women who would  like this choice of career and motherhood. I would love to peak in at how it can be done, well.  I think this book may have some insights for contemporary working moms.

Between spiked  heels and rugged good looks, this book opens the cover beyond blurred focus. :) I only read the inside and back covers but looks very interesting.  A candid and smart analysis of contemporary culture and the digital age. It caught my interest.

Reroute, Repeat: See Also Digital Image  entitled Cat Chip (Micro) Fits here and in the above space  The book in the photo is written by me, Donna Thompson.  

My Loft E Bookcase: -Dovetail joints on pine boxes - They were given to  my family and I by my brother. Handy alterations to compliment  my digital virtual  shelves.  While we are on the topic of  everything books and culture,  smart beautiful furniture designs accommodate our unique spaces.