Saturday 15 February 2014

Digital Metropolis


It’s 2039. Computers have taken over the world and I am trapped inside a blank white space with a cloned version of myself imported from Japan. The locking system is controlled by faulty software and it has crashed. Me and my other self don’t get along. We end up having a fight until all of a sudden the door becomes unlocked. We go outside, there is a blinding light shining upon us that feels kind of nice. We’re not sure where it’s coming from. It might be the lighthouse or it could be the sun. Either way we lock arms and drift into the distance. There is a big purring fluffy cat staring at us across the road. We wonder what may have caught her attention. Maybe it was the flashes of pink on our multicoloured socks or the clattering of loose change in our pockets. Stumbling upon a nice wooden bench, we sit down and gaze across the starlit, digital metropolis. It causes our eyes to go out of focus and all we see is a yellow and purple blur. I open my sketchbook and reach down into my black bag to find watercolours but I had left them elsewhere so I resort to a set of Crayola colouring pencils in the front compartment. I start to note down my feelings… Confusion, happiness, frustration, illumination and tranquility. Those five words are all I have time for.

No comments:

Post a Comment