scorpio
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A New Aesthetic.... Divine and Otherwise , Melbourne & Victoria, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings and WMGToday you will dream in Russian and wake with the smell of vanilla. As you catch yourself singing Motley Crue songs, you will taste the menthol cigarettes of your teens. You will swim in nostalgia and for once this will make you laugh with your eyes and your mouth. You will desire red fruit for lunch and lick the juice that runs across your palms like blood. You will allow people to sit next to you on the tram without physically recoiling. Others will gravitate to your uncharacteristic desire to experiment, and you will find yourself ordering coffees you can’t pronounce. Words will flow from your fingertips and pour onto the page in a torrent of black ink. You will tie your hair in a knot secured with cinnamon sticks and wear cherry red lipstick so bright that strangers stare. You will remember the taste of his fingers and smile gently. You will read Nietzsche with a German dictionary on your lap and sit for an hour without moving as the gloaming spills gold over your back yard. You will drink tequila in brandy balloons and email people you’ve never met in countries you can’t spell. You will walk through your house wearing just your skin and its etchings, and not flinch as you glide past the windows. You will understand that this Winter Solstice heralds the new cycle, and you will tattoo this on your flesh in spirals of black and red, forever spinning you between your past, future, and your ever glorious present. And as night-time coils around your bed, you will dream in Russian again.
© bellmusker 2007
Lisa Jewell
Words so exquisite, they drip with life energy that illuminates my soul…
I sit her in awe…..tantalised and fearful at the serendipitous moment our paths crossed…
transmute
Mmm, prose that sparkles and flickers as it pours forth. Nice.
Jessica Tremp
why, now that is something to relive and look forward to again…
Anne van Alkemade
beautiful, Bell. Will you write Aquarius please?
Suzanne German
Scorpio – so glad I stumbled on this – love the intensity and the wildness under every line – controlled and wild and great stuff!!!
especially love this line:-
”...You will remember the taste of his fingers and smile gently…”
mmm…nice thought for the day :)
bellmusker
So, so lovely to log on and find these wonderful messages. Thank you all!
Sweet Lisa – I always marvel at your words, so to hear you praise mine fills me with joy.
Chris – I really felt the words pour forth; so glad you find them sparkling.
Jess – your comments on my writing always, always make me smile.
Anne – I will muse on Aquarius and see what comes out!
Suzanne – the line that resonated with you the most was the one that holds the most darkness for me. If you read my ‘gorgon’ story, you’ll see that I’m not yet at the stage where I can smile gently at such memories…...but that’s the essence behind this piece: it is, after all, a prediction. I only pray that I get there.
Thank you all again.
Suzanne German
bellmusker – i’ll have to go and read ‘gorgon’ story now….and will post there,,,,,bye for now xs
marieancolie
so many messages come through your writing.
Difficult for me to express my feelings in a language that’s not my native.. but
intense meanings and feelings anyway.
MissKristy
Mmmm…delectable.
I want to close my eyes and have someone read this to me..it’s just so scrumptious.
Damian
Every time I’ve looked at this I’ve loved the opening line! It feels so gorgeously random. So many wonderful ideas! And Kristy’s comment sounds like a great idea too :)
Damian
Also makes me think what Pisces would look like…
bellmusker
Thanks so much Marieancolie, the lovely Miss Kristy, and Damian, whose comments I always appreciate! I’ve actually had a few requests for other starsigns, so maybe that will come? As for having it read out – on the Red Bubble trip to Lorne last weekend, Melissa Vowell read some of my pieces aloud, and it was an amazing experience.
A few of us have actually been considering starting a writing group to meet up each week or two, and workshop, read our pieces aloud etc. Anyone interested?
bicozikan
Wow. That’s amazing!
Quite a thorough horoscope :)
Rusty Woodward...
Wonderful rhythms and movement.. Memories wrapped in a flowing river of words.
RuthFroehlinger
Wow. I love this piece of work.
Silvia Manuela
This is a great read, bellmusker!
bellmusker
It’s so lovely to log in and see that people have appreciated your words…thank you all so much. This is the most favourited out of all my pieces….I’m not sure just why it strikes a chord with people, but I sure do appreciate it!
Liesl Yvette W...
This is just goooooorgeeeeeooooouuuuusssssss!
what beautiful imagery.
frangipangi
Just plain great mastery of words. thank you bellmusker, master wordsmith
stephenloomes
words got you the wound and will get you better…Jim Morrison
sparklydina
this is so, so beautiful….x
red addiction
I really liked this. Quite a bit of this, I can relate too. I wanted to read more.
LindsayWalton
If you ever put together a calendar I’m buying it. What is libra’s day looking like? :) You’ve written a great piece.
Michelle Boyer
Fantastic work- love how it flows
Davina
Absolutely and completely hypnotizing, like a spiral itself, that I follow with my eyes, my mind and my smile. I love this. Thank you.
bellmusker
Thank you everyone for your lovely comments! It means so much to me.
KEITH R. WILL...
this is a glimpse of u i truly like thanks
bellmusker replied
You’re welcome! The more I read this, the more I realise how much it does reveal about me…right down to the Motley Crue songs. Oops….
Eric Greiff
I love the circle.
davoid
I like this kind of writing. It keeps flowing and changing and offering impressions and feelings.
It also has a personal feel which I like, like watching someone’s mind as it chugs away.
I liked the ‘dreaming in Russian’. I only speak English so it fascinates me to imagine having some other languages for dreaming, singing, explaining, or thinking. I also find the dream state fascinating. ‘Waking Life’ is a very good existential film with great animation if anyone is interested in this stuff like me.
Thanks for the piece Bell.
Laurie McClave
I think I am in love! So sweet the thoughts that are on the page and so visual, lovin that visual, this and the wrists are my favey favs!
Soxy Fleming
bell I think I’m becoming a fan. I think this could have been longer, just a bit, a few more lines to enjoy, a few more new and experimental things for this breaking out soul. The old and the new, just a bit more of each because I’ve enjoyed what’s here and I’d just enjoy more of it!
bellmusker replied
Thanks Soxy; I’m really appreciating your comments as you wade through my work! This was, until ‘songs of spine & salt’, my most favourited work, and it’s one of my personal favourites too. I’m actually reworking it to send it into a publisher, and am adding several strands to weave into the whole.
When I wrote it, those few changes were all that I felt capable of embracing at the time. Now, nine months on, there are indeed more to be added. I’m getting braver and braver all the time!
Soxy Fleming
I can understand that. There are things which only time brings. It all works its way around until it’s ready to appear and that sort of thing must not be forced. Be brave. I’m sure you have another side to brave but I think brave suits you.
janetmary
love this piece – specially love this ‘You will walk through your house wearing just your skin and its etchings…’ yes send in to publisher – is great xjm
bellmusker replied
Such lovely words – thank you! I’ve learned to walk through my house without flinching, and I do believe it’s damn near a saunter now. Feels wonderful!
janetmary
make me smile – a saunter sounds great xjm
Jo O'Brien
x
butchart
belle… your imagery is just astounding,,,, your words flow like brightly colored oils across the canvas of the page…........ if a painting could be read… it would sound just like this…....... what a treasure…...... thank you….........b
Miri
wonderful flowing piece, such great imagery….a series of fantastic impressions just scooted through my head…coffee’s you can’t pronounce, countires you can’t spell…just great :-)
bellmusker replied
Thank you, I really appreciate it! Damn those coffees I can’t pronounce….
metronomad
i’m Sscorpio…
beautifully crafted words…
i dream in “german” with blood.
TheWanderingBoo
Flows beautifully…wonderfully written
“Words will flow from your fingertips and pour onto the page in a torrent of black ink.”
Love this line…fantastic!
mychaelalchemy
when I read Nietzsche it is with a German accent in my head…:)
your writing is exquisite like a streaming brook in a gentle place of splendor, where chipmunks are unafraid of you, playing at your feet, as you sit with a tablet and pen, words of dewy moisture
blanketing the moss
Alex Brown
i’m running out of adjectives.
bellmusker replied
Hehe, I feel like I’m one step behind you on this journey of my writing, picking up your breadcrumbs and laughing ;-)
Margot Saffer
this is delicious.
and uncanny! how did you know? ...narrows eyes…
Larasolnishko
I do dream in Russian and I knew that feeling to be a strong and powerful and attract to yourself each molecular we pass by. That piece can be felt when you dance tango and lead all world to follow you through the delicate steps of your feet…
Elva
Absolutely Delicious!!! Thank you :)
darbyland
thats awesome!!! only if one of those things happened to me today. maybe i shall wear cherry red lipstick so bright that strangers stare! i’m a scorpio. made me peek :)
bellmusker replied
I recommend starting with the Motley Crue song; can’t go wrong there! Hmmm, scorpio, hey? That explains so much ;-)
ArcadiaTempest
Each line is different yet compliments the one before and after….. I found this work sensual, charming, a touch of the surreal imbued with elegance. :)
bellmusker replied
Thank you so much…what a beautiful analysis, and very flattering! My writing often focuses on the sensual, but I’m not sure it’s ever been called ‘surreal’....I can definitely appreciate that! Thanks again, Arcadia.
Julia Washburn
Gosh you are good!!! I am a scorpio, and just happen to used to be Russian. So I do dream in Russian sometimes. Reminds me of the crazy things I do sometimes, and just today I got out my journal and wrote a lengthy recollection of a dream that I had the other night. And I always use black ink!!!
I like your work. It’s pretty cool!
Steve Strodder...
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bellmusker replied
??? :-)
Steve Strodder...
its really really really good is what that meant :P
Jeep
Fuzzbusting froglicker.
Astoreth
you’re simply fabulous. xx
bellmusker replied
Thank you sweetheart…this piece was so enjoyable to write! x
Adam Gormley
Brilliant writing bell, enjoyed reading this :)
bellmusker replied
Thanks so much Adam….really appreciate your comment :-)
JonoCarrick
delicious!
bellmusker replied
What a lovely word to use – thank you!
oneperfectkiss
i always loved this one Bell darling.xxx
bellmusker replied
Thank you sweetheart….I’m somewhat partial to it too :-) x x
xHazyDaysx
Glorious x
bellmusker replied
Cheers! :-)
lupa
Please tell me you are going to do the other signs….......!!
bellmusker replied
Ha! It’s definitely a consideration, sweet Lupa :-)
lupa
Will it help if I beg, Word Mistress??:)
bellmusker replied
Lupa! You already know the way to this woman’s heart, bless you…begging always inspires me :-)
math-ilda
Wow. My best friend (she may as well be my sister, or just an extension of me) is a Scorpio, and at the age of seventeen already has done, or does often, at least half of the mentioned above. I am just going off to tell her about it now.
bellmusker replied
Ah, you have to watch those blessed Scorpios….they lead such a rich life!
Kelsey Henderson
Whatever Mattie tells you, (Math-ilda I mean), sadly, i have not done half of these things, not nearly (she is quite the exaggerator). But I wish, oh I wish, and I hope that one day, I will be able to do these things. (although it does sound like a bit of a sad life, I am a cup half full, and this to me sounds a relaxed, not lonely way to live.
bellmusker replied
Kelsey, a cup half full sounds brimming with richness and promise…..wouldn’t have it any other way! Thanks for your words on my writing, I appreciate them.
Elucidate
you know, i would move to australia just to lie at your feet in the shadow of your words.
bellmusker replied
That’s possibly one of the sweetest comments I’ve ever received…thank you so much!