On Writing

Write down the first image that comes into your head.

Write down the first emotion that comes into your head.

Write down the first line that comes into your head.

It can be the first line for a story.

It can be the first line for a poem.

It can be the first line for anything.

Write down a different emotion.

Write down a different first line.

Write down a different image.

Write down another first line.

Write down another emotion.


Write down another image.


Write down an image that is an emotion (i.e. that will act as one).


Write down a first line that is an emotion (i.e. that will act as one).

Write down an image that is a first line (i.e. that will act as one).

Write down an emotion without mentioning the emotion.

Write down a first line that’s nothing but image.

Now remove the image (so that its absence can be felt).

Can emotion ever be removed from image?

Can image ever be removed from emotion?

Can you have a first line of a story, poem, anything, without emotion or image?