Lack of Observation
So, I was looking for creative writing prompts / exercises and the first one I found instructed me to (without looking) concentrate on item in the room. After three minutes of recollection, I would write everything I can remember about the item.
Problem? My mind went completely blank. I couldn't think of anything in the room! At all. It might as well have been a void for all I knew. How can I sit in a room every single day and not be able to rattle off the items in there at the drop of a hat? I wonder if the clutter is part of it -- to much stuff so it all melds together into one big lump in my mind?
Finally, 40 minutes later, on my way back from dropping SuperPhi off at school, I thought of something. So, it's not a hopeless cause, right?
So, item recollection:
A toy stuffed Raven. Black with glossy, if somewhat tattered, feathers. Perched on a small wooden block painted black. Beady, shiny eyes and a scary sharp beak. The thing freaks me out.
Problem? My mind went completely blank. I couldn't think of anything in the room! At all. It might as well have been a void for all I knew. How can I sit in a room every single day and not be able to rattle off the items in there at the drop of a hat? I wonder if the clutter is part of it -- to much stuff so it all melds together into one big lump in my mind?
Finally, 40 minutes later, on my way back from dropping SuperPhi off at school, I thought of something. So, it's not a hopeless cause, right?
So, item recollection:
A toy stuffed Raven. Black with glossy, if somewhat tattered, feathers. Perched on a small wooden block painted black. Beady, shiny eyes and a scary sharp beak. The thing freaks me out.