Photo courtesy of Stephen Baum
I’m sure this photo will bring out stories about birth and death and going to the light. It’s a blank canvas waiting to have a story imprinted on it. Let’s see what I come up with.
Word count: 100
Vanishing Point
Fidgeting in her chair, Erin wracked her brain for the math term they’d learned in class last week. Staring out the window at a bird on the wire, she ran through terms – Perspective? Parallel? Convergence? What was it when lines came together at the horizon? She pulled at the ends of her hair, struggling to complete the quiz.
Suddenly, it came to her, just like a light bulb coming on over her head in cartoons. Vanishing point! An eloquent math term, it evoked a picture that would remain with her for life.
This story, forty years later, is proof.
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Oh I like this, clever take on the prompt! Vanishing point!
I’ve always thought that a term that colorful ought to have a more romantic definition. Maybe that’s how they lure unsuspecting youngsters into math classes.
Cheers!
MG
Ha, this gave a great autobiographical perspective
That brought a smile to my face 🙂
I love this, great take on the prompt. 😀
Nicely done Erin, enjoyed it.
My math teacher would call that an Eureka moment. She was always shouting that out in class, Eureka, Eureka!! It’s so nice when it comes to you. Nice one!
Erin, this is one of my favorites this week. You really did something special with the prompt and the writing is just beautiful! Evocative and real; I loved this.