Splinters for October 2020

Explore the subject of synesthesia which is a neurological condition in which information meant to stimulate a single sense, instead stimulates several. For examples, see this month’s poem “A Singular Prism” in this month’s Through the Looking Glass Here are a couple of examples.

1. “Orange crackles like cellophane or static” from the poem listed above.
2. From another in the prism series, “White smells like carded cotton or a silkworm cocoon. It tastes of brook water.”

You could write a scene where the main character experiences sensations while in conversation. For example, when the character sees the color red, that character might hear a sound of a door closing or a car motor. This would recur every time the color red appears or is mentioned.

Write about your own reactions to color. What is your least favorite or your favorite and why? What does a certain color always remind you of?

Write on Halloween theme

1. 1. A personal memory from childhood or as a parent/grandparent
   2. Something scary, eerie to make the reader get shivers. Real experience or imaginary, like the “locked door” poem this month.
   3. Take a stand, defend or argue against celebrating Halloween.