Welcome to the TREE OF LIFE: Branching Out collaborative writing challenge, where creative minds meet epic movie music. To read the collective story in its entirety as it unfolds and for more details on this groundbreaking collaboration with Audiomachine click HERE.
Today’s featured guest writer is the remarkably facetious John Wiswell. To delve further into his unparalleled imagination, visit The Bathroom Monologues for something you don’t see everyday–updated daily.
Inspiring Soundtrack: Audiomachine – Rebirth – Tree of Life
Wind jostled the canopy until all boughs fanned west, then east, west, then east. They could have been waving to the land’s first visitor in too long, and every eastward wave causing their limbs to green further.
She couldn’t stop herself from smiling, and eventually looked to the oncoming visitor, wondering how to explain what was happening to someone from abroad. He was obscured behind his horse, which was perilously tall, with an ashen mane that stood out against the increasingly verdant surroundings. Every time one of its hooves touched the ground, weeds sprouted and unfurled. Everywhere its eyes ticked, there dry bushes budded, as though eager to catch its attention.
The miracles of its hooves were so entrancing that she missed the man peering around the horse’s side to smile at her. He had brown hair, brown eyes, a brown shirt, and so many freckles that there was scarcely room for flesh. The horse whinnied at him, and she saw a sunflower spring out from behind his left earlobe. The man chuckled, plucked it free and twiddled it at her.
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© 2013 John Wiswell
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Enjoying watching this story develop!
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I find it very appealing when I read while listening to the score. So many images appear in my mind, it’s like watching a movie. So cool!
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just great! Could not get the music to play this time round .. so could only imagine it. The words were musical though..
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What awesome visuals in this excerpt! Amazing music, too! I love that I have something so damn cool to look forward to every day!
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This compilation project is rolling along nicely. Well done to John and I’ve got this urge to pluck a sunflower out of both my earlobes 🙂
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this is great, such an unusual way to enjoy some epic stuff
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Love that part! And of course would like to win the CD! 🙂
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Enchanting…the leaves coming together to create such a story… 🙂
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And the cover art is exceedingly beautiful.
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damn, it’s pretty awesome
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Ooo! Love what’s happening with the horse. Nice addition.
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Found you today. Thus, found a new world today. Thank you for expanding the limits of my inner universe and imagination. Most appreciated thing to do.
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… and the tale unfolds before our very eyes… 🙂 Exciting stuff!
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Thanks for having me, Sam! So glad people enjoyed my take on the horse.
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Oh, this is lovely! The sprouting sunflower is a beautiful image!
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Incredibly breathing visualization, it is. You cannot see all the details when you read the passage through, yet the aftertaste smashes a reader with all the little emotional episodes, moments, smells, tunes, and even thoughts. It is just great.
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I LOVE this new character he’s introduced- now we’ve got a cause for the budding tree. And I sense John’s humor in the sunflower budding from behind his ear. Love this story, love where it’s going.
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Charming entry! What a neat character.
Shannon at The Warrior Muse
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Let’s get the love story started! 🙂 But maybe it’s just between a horse and a rider? 🙂
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I love the music from audiomachine, i love their albums. I love to listen and dream. Thank you very much.
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John, I dig this charming second installment!
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Good story with background music!
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Now that excerpt just brought such a smile to my face.
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Wow. This has me enthralled.
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