Three things

[Doreen Peri]

This is an interesting exercise.

You can pick only three things. Objects you find in your home.

The first must represent your past.

The second, your present.

And the third should represent your future.

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Not an easy exercise because it's so limiting.

I haven't figured mine out yet. When I do, I"ll post it here.

Post yours here!

[Doreen Peri]

OK. I'll go first. This wasn't easy.

1. The past - My guitar. (I haven't played guitar in eons and I don't expect I'll pick it up again. Would rather play piano.)
2. The present - The fricking computer. (it's where I live)
3. The future - 15 lb dumbells. (my new life is going to be in the physical realm. Planning on getting in great shape and may go back to school to get certified as a fitness instructor.)

Your turn.

[stilltrucking]

a wedding picture of my father and mother--- past
the full ashtray by my left hand ---present
the handicap rails in my shower ---future

[Arcadia]

just first thoughts, not too elaborated to work as a representation, maybe!!

a walkman with rusty pilas I found in a cajón beside old bills (I didn´t decide yet if I´ll drop it in the black plastic bag or not) -past-

my new bed -present-

a laundry machine -future-

[Lightning Rod]

this question is very Dickensian doreen

did you get this from a forwarded email?

ghost of christmas past, christmas present and christmas future


the question is simplified for me because I don't have a home.

I live exactly where my profile says... between my ears.

This means that anything I can think of is in my house.

past....a pacifier, a binky, a stack of divorce decrees, inmate #380000, fortunes made and lost, love, betrayal, aspiration, success, failure, the usual furniture.

present... a piano missing four keys, a good rolodex, the grudging respect of my friends, what is left of my imagination.

future... a fake Academy Award, plagiarized Pulitzer, a Nobel purchased on the internet. Oh yeah, the furnace.

[Doreen Peri]

Thanks Jack and Arcadia.

Very interesting.

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RE-read the exercise, Clay. One thing only for each. No more than one.

That's the tough part. It really makes you narrow it down.

Try again.

And no, I didn't get this in my email.

[silent woman]

past
a book with a green cover with a picture of a snake holding it's tail in its mouth forming a circle.
It is the only thing I have been able to hold onto since I was homeless living on the beach in Morro Bay California in the nineteen seventies

present
a grudging respect that is getting grumpier and grudger with each slice of white bread I have to swallow.

future
another sunrise
as beautiful as todays banner picture

[YABYUM]

past......scars on my hands and face

present......baby everthing, everywhere

future.....web addresses and literature pertaining to home ownership


good game.