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[keppiehed]

Title: Teatro No. 5
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 904
Prompt: this picture: Teatro No. 5
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge #502, Option #4. The previous challenge was #498, Option #2, the picture.

Comments

[sadme4b]

I never know what to expect - but it's always a surprise and a treat to read . . . and always seems so real, that i'm always wanting more, wondering what happens next . . .

[keppiehed]

You are so very kind! I am always pleased to know that my little stories seem real; I'm worried that they are heavy-handed or boring. Thank you so much for reading!

[bluegerl]

Ooof. This has so many aspects it needs reading many times. One has to put a 'family' a 'life' and a reason for his being here, at this particular building... Oh dear. And all the pictures come back - and that has a most particular pain to it.

This is an ice-cold painting, black and white... told without sentiment or bathos. But exquisitely painful beneath. Thank you Keppie.

[keppiehed]

Oh, I'm so glad you liked it. You know, the kids are home so I kept getting interrupted and I was all frustrated like "argh!"; I could quite get my thoughts down the way I wanted and then I just went, "Ah, whatever, I'm done!" and posted it as is! You are always so kind about my work!

[meganeko_mausuu]

Even if he is sending them to his mother, I have to wonder if maybe there's more to the "unwashed dropout" and the bookstore than meets the eye, else perhaps Alex might not've become so obsessed...

[keppiehed]

It could be true! I like creating characters/stories that have enough angles to them that there could be many explanations. I feel like that makes it more realistic; after all, life isn't just a straightforward answer on how we behave, there are often many hidden factors to why we do what we do. So I;'m glad that this was nuanced enough to seem like there were some little undercurrents going on!

[hbart]

I really want to know why his letters come back unopened. There is a story there, and I'm sure it's not the one he's constructed in his head. Poor guy. At least he has his art to occupy his time (even if he seems a bit obsessed.)