The Election Spirit

     

                                                                                 

The Election Spirit

October 6, 2012-

AUTHOR’S NOTICE:

I want to clarify the specifics of this schedule for our readers. No longer will I be updating once a week, but once every two weeks. Due to the amount and nature of the work I am doing for the Speculative Edge at the moment, this is the most convenient route for me to take. Please let me know if you have questions. I will provide an email at the bottom of this where readers can reach me if they so please. Thank you so much for your continuing support.

It must be relatively impossible to understand exactly how much working in an environment filled with the sights and sounds of an upcoming election affects the spirit of a place. Those sitting at their desks merely filling out their tax forms, watching the country as it evolves, surely must know that they understand more about their computer systems in that particular moment. They know more about housing and finances, more about every function, on this dear Earth. The election, makes those in a business context vivacious- it fills us with colors and sounds that we would never be able to imagine.

            Ah, I see. You want to know if I am telling you the truth. Aren’t elections boring? Yes, you my readers enjoy the art of reading and writing fantasy, but- what causes this interest?

            We do not simply sit idly by watching, while taking up the colorful land of our environment. Environments give life to people in any place, in any way, shape, form or manner. I feel more in this minute than in any other, because the election of the next president of the United States has filled me with verve and vivacity, with a fervor and with a fire for the purpose of bettering our nation. I feel, while I sit here filling out my tax forms, that I have become more than anyone could ever imagine that I could be- I have become a writer.

            What does a writer essentially do? How do you become one? I must tell you that there is actually more to being one than finding the right color pen. You must feel it.

            Readers you see, I don’t want to write this to you for the mere sake of writing something on a page. I think that writing is more than that. I want to assist in your learning of the art, its precious gem, and everything that this honor encompasses. The next president of the United States provided all of us with some extremely interesting insights not only to our world, but to our fantasies in this election. On television, I have noticed people of all races, creeds, colors, and various life positions, with different offices upheld, by a variety of people that even flock to those places from different statuses. We are stratified, but we came together when the time required it.

            The president of the United States represents in a way, the history and the present context of our country. But there is something special about who we have become. We are more than just a symbol. Citizens of the United States, with all of our differences, have committed to memory the impossible. This particular presidency will go down in history textbooks never to be erased, because, of something that I don’t really understand just yet. Our country is evolving, with spirit, and charm. In the air the election meanders to everyone, for I see it when I drive and when I attend classes, when I sit outside reading and a sign is pushed into someone’s yard across from me.

            Now as I said this has served us in more ways than providing us with the next president of the United States. No matter where we are, or what we are doing, the next presidential election has appealed to us as writers. How do we harness this flaming streak of character that has taken over our senses? By not allowing ourselves to ignore it. The home owner filling out his or her tax forms should have that TV blaring loud and clear in the background. If everything which is being said can be heard, and not interrupted by our own obstructions, then we will easily remember the information. It will magically appear in our work later on when we take out our special writer’s pen. Writing is about more than technical considerations. It is about seeing and believing. If we believe in our country’s good wish and bode nothing save for all of the best favors upon it, then we will wreak the advantages that bestows to us. When we open our mind we will fill every nook, and no cranny in our mind will be left as empty opening. When we allow our senses to preside, then we are, in every sense of the word, a writer.

Today’s challenge for the week:

Try to think of one way in which this election has affected your daily life, and write about that element.

Best of luck,

Brooke ~

bfox@my.madonna.edu