Today's #flashfiction #LackOfArt

“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”

The Iron Chef* #quote

Bro and his wife came over for dinner today and much fun was had. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

Lack Of Art

        If someone looked at the drawing they would have assumed that Sarah made a doodle or abstract art. She covered the paper with a series of solid trailing lines of multiple colors that occasionally ended and picked up. The most apt title for the piece in an art gallery would be “Rainbow Spaghetti In Crayon”.

       Though Sarah's did not make a doodle or abstract art at all. The reason she played with the crayons in the first the first place was the complete lack of dolls and toys to make stories like she usually did with her mother, father or brother. The origin of the drawing came from her being forced to use these crayons as a substitute.

       When Sarah started her story she put a blank drawing on the table and the crayons on top of it.

       Red started the story at the top left corner of the page quite nervous for his date with Teal. People in Crayonland thought that Teal could be considered one of the prettiest colors(that was still single). Red's brother Pink really rooted for him on this date and hoped it would go as well as his first date with Yellow. When Red anxiously paced across the page it created lines across the paper. When Pink followed and comforted him more lines followed in a near parallel.

       Teal came in from the bottom and Red went to meet her. The conversation turned awkward. Red could be considered as smooth as sandpaper. But before it could snowball into a total disaster Teal asked Red to dance. She loved dance and heard Red knew how dance quite well. Since he completely failed in the conversation department of the date Red accepted the dance without hesitation and danced across the page with Teal. More lines came from the two crayons as they flipped and spun each other doing the waltz, salsa and every dance they could.

       They kept dancing absorbed with each other, not minding that their extravagance caught the attention of all the other crayons. They filled the page with such energy that the other crayons had no choice but to join in. Red's brother Pink and his girlfriend Yellow started dancing. Pink and Yellow couldn't match the skill of Red or Teal, but they sure tried. More crayon couples joined in. Black and White. Orange and Purple. Gray and Brown. More and more came, and solo crayons joined in as well. All feeding off the energy of Red and Teal and the growing crowd.

       Though Red drew lines happily with Teal. Their shared love of dance opened them up to each other much better than any initial pickups he had could have. He hoped that more interests could blossom between them. Red didn't notice the other crayons or the lines they left behind.