Thursday, June 21, 2018

Im mortality

That is the name of a writing prompt I saw recently.  It is supposedly a rough translation from Latin to mean 999 lives.  In reality it is a bad way write the Roman numerals for 999 and the Latin for death. So it is 999 deaths.   Death implies there is life to go with it.   I like that rough translation despite the liberties taken.

It begged me to wonder.  What could I accomplish with that many lives to knit and crochet? What else could I do with that time?  How long will each life last? How would I keep track of time?   Where in my life timeline would I start the next life? Would I retain the knowledge and abilities gained in previous lives?  When in time would each life be lived?  This being a creative writing prompt.  I can pretty much do anything.

I choose that I keep abilities, knowledge, and memories of the previous lives.  I choose that each new life starts at age 20.  This way I'm beyond the formative years.  Each life,  unless I make stupid choices, will last until I am between 80 and 100.  I have no clue how I will keep track of each life.

My first two lives I choose to knit and crochet everything in my queue on ravelry plus the offline list of things that are not on ravelry. 

I think after this every other lifetime will be donated to making things for the charities near and dear to me.   I'll make breasts for breast cancer survivors,  items for the homeless (scarves,  gloves,  hats,  blankets),  items for babies.  With a lot of luck some of the trouble will be eradicated or at least lessened.

I don't know what I want to do with the other half of the lives.   Maybe conquering fears?   Learn how to do more extensive needlework techniques?   I'll leave those choices for another day.

Hope you enjoyed this bit of fiction.   Share your thoughts and ideas below.