Poetic Directions #2

Walking in to the Fire, by Rachel McIntire

My poetic directions are inspired by a conversation Amanda and I were having some time back about the extreme sense of intimacy we shared with our sleek sensuous Macintosh’s; finger tips tipper tapping late into the night. Amanda declared that the computer was the postmodern fireplace, where people, alone and in cluster, gathered for the sharing of stories, current events and general support attached to the act of communing.

With that thought, walk into the flame.

Turn on our computer
Make a wish as you machine revs up, screen after bursting screen.
Write a code word to that wish and a date that corresponds to when you hope it will come true.

Platform fork in the roadMAC: Go in to photo booth & take a picture of yourself.
List 5 adjectives that describe what you see.
Tell a story about this person’s childhood, their earliest memory.

PC: go in to your photo folder and select an image of yourself, one where you are not posing for the camera.
List 5 adjectives that describe what you see.
Tell a story about this person’s childhood, their earliest memory.

Convergence
Open up your internet browser.
Sign into your most used email service.
Go to the oldest page and select a message from a name that rings the loudest bell.
Respond to your own email, relative to what you know today about how that message was received.

Google Earth
Find a place to rest. Go on vacation on google earth and write a postcard to a friend describing how you are spending your time.

Search for a secret
Do a google search for a secret you have. What are you told?

Write a short goodbye note to your secret. Delete it.
Write a welcome note to your future. Save it.

Empty the trash

Turn off your computer

Go outside and find a comfortable place to sit.
Write about the sky before you.