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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: See (07/22/10)
Cotton candy-esque beacons surround the face of creation, stretching limitlessly above a mess below. Or is Earth fully unsightly? Heavens receive due affection for their splendour, though it is the stratus and lesser clouds that obscure vision--of light, life and His celestial artistry. So while the Earth may appear with void, it reflects the spirit of he who beholds it.

A friend once described his motivation for success as refusing to escape from his cloud-bubble. He reasoned, "Everything below my vantage point is mediocre." In the case of this rising artist, his path is one of passion. Bravo. We can all ascribe to a vivacious fortune of hope, but what if the paradigm were reversed and the cloud itself contained mediocre living.

We are better when we behold Another than withhold ourselves. To contain ourselves in a cloud, refrained from engagements outside our cloud, we are blind to the world. Surely our minds are filled and equipped with the self esteem to carry us into greater success, but if we never look past our cloud--good or bad--few others may accompany us in the journey.

To see or not to see is better understood in knowing if truth or falsity are different. We might have a glimpse of natural sunlight, but that doesn't mean we have the spotlight upon us. It is important we consider what the attributes of truth are, and similarly, the fragrance of lies. As scientists dissect light waves and evaluate their properties, so should we consider our sight value of "all-appearing truth." What of the waves and will they wash over me? Now is the time to acknowledge a reaction to a light that could blind, or a light that could strike us dead. I'd rather be without sight than without vision. Chances are both will find me. Let us so be called to a purpose of radiant awe.
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Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
07/30/10
You make some very good points. I often feel I'm in a bubble or a cloud.
Terry R A Eissfeldt 
08/04/10
Did you suppress your inner poet?
Much of the phrasing and word pictures feel like poetry constrained in punctuation.
I wonder what this - edited a bit - in free verse would read like.
Some very beautiful images and truth displayed here.