A gaseous moon, a city bathed in a hazy sunset. Skyscrapers gently bobbing on magnets and gyroscopes, a city like a lo-fi beat. A disorienting spherical geography, a recursive ouroboric horizon. A sleepy dreamy city, always dusk and always dawn, a soft vibrance, a gentle vibration, a coffee shop nightclub on a warm rainy night with a gentle breeze, a smell of ozone and herbs and tea.
Working on a bigger post but haven't finished it yet, had one more of these little ones, maybe more will come.
However small this post is, I really like it. Sometimes, I think, even the briefest word-sketch of place can offer a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks :). I got this idea while I was walking along the Williamsburg Bridge on a hazy afternoon and it just kinda came together.
DeleteGorgeous. Seconding Kyana. The illustration elucidates the text but isn't necessary. I especially like the synesthesia of "a city like a low-fi beat."
ReplyDeleteI explained part of the inspiration in response to Kyana above, but also I think part of it was inspired by the city illustrations in Persona 5, and I think this drawing above either came from the game or was a fan art or recolor or something, but it also obviously evokes some of the lo-fi girl stuff and even though Persona 5 is more jazzy/funky/hiphop than lo-fi it feels like a continuum.
DeleteOne you can feel, maybe even taste? The descriptive power of the prose in these microfics is def sharpening - if the whole blog was this, I wouldn't mind.
ReplyDeleteI've certainly been moving in that direction haha. If I am able to finish it, my next post might be a longer one and a little dry but in a way that is intentional and hopefully works in its own right.
DeleteI like these short pieces but it requires a certain headspace, I'd like to get better at weaving this style of writing into longer pieces just to give me more range to work with. I think this "style" of mine started with the Poltergeist Forms in MRD and if I ever do formally publish MRD Vol.2 I'd like for it to be even more essential to the book.
Love the vividness of this. "Always dusk, always dawn" rocks so much. I love the vibes of this and would love to build on this for a sci-fi game
ReplyDeleteYa I thought that line tied together the theme of it as well. That would be cool if you did build on this :).
DeleteVery cool
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