A glimpse seems to me to be about seeing something quickly, something you might not have been expecting, and something that might be a bit ambiguous.
Rather than drawing the thing that's been spotted, I tried to catch that moment when you glimpse something and instinctively move to try and see it better... to see if that really is a murderer behind the door, or just a lurking dressing gown.
Anyone got any favourite mistaken glimpses? Two of mine: Nick spotting a spaceman having a fit at a party which turned out to be some balloons , and a friend who once was sure she saw a dead unicorn on the side of the motorway. Actually some sand bags...
Go and visit Heather to see what other people have been glimpsing this week.
I love the fact that your friend's first idea was a unicorn...
ReplyDeleteI know! Well, if you're going to see something that's not there it might as well be something fun...
DeleteI see faces in the trees all the time, but I have never seen a unicorn nor a spaceman. Clearly I am not looking hard enough!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you just need to spend more time *thinking* about unicorns and spacemen? Sure they'd pop up all the time then!
DeleteGreat image Jeneveve, I think you perfectly captured the is it or isn't it glimpse moment,
ReplyDelete....''the lurking dressing gown...'' priceless!
Dressing gowns do have a marked propensity for lurking, I've noticed...
DeleteUnicorns and spacemen are definitely more fun. My usual mistaken glimpse is "OMG it's a spider!" .... "oh, no, it's just a clump of hair that's rucked up on the carpet"...
ReplyDeleteOh, I get that a lot too! Or just recently, is that the pattern on the rug or a hair ball...? Usually hair ball unfortunately!
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