Drabble Prompt: Box

[garnigal]

“Everything is just simple shapes, children. Stack and overlap rectangles, circles, ovals and triangles and you can draw anything.”

He drew three boxes atop one another, added a few circles and ovals. Somehow the shapes became a tree.

“A human being is incredibly complex and yet you can draw a human figure with just a few ovals.”

As if by magic, the rough outline of a human appeared on the white paper.

“And then, you just flesh your drawing out.”

Dawn watched the teacher with narrowed eyes. Creating a person from nothing… was this how the monks had created her?

Comments

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. I struggled with this, so I'm glad you liked it.

[jerusha]

Oh, I liked this! (Especially in its application to my most recent fic, as creating a person is in there. What does make up a person?)

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

It's so easy to do the superficial aspects of creating a person - face, figure, hair and skin - but the stuff that truly makes us human and complex, thoughtful and deep, cruel and shallow; there's so much more to it.

Thanks so much for reading.

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

I should've commented on this back when. This is very clever and thoughtful stuff. Wish they'd dealt with this more on the show.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I'm always glad to get a comment, no matter when. Thank you so much for taking the time to read!