Photo Prompt © Yarnspinner
The woman gazed around the workshop. “I adore that piece up there,” she said. “Its bent blades protest against every offence against womankind.”
“You mean our ceiling fan?” said Joe. “It’s broke.”
“Oh, and I adore that cool wood artefact. The way it just appears in the wall.”
“The toilet door?” said Joe. “I wouldn’t go in there if I was you.”
“Door? Nonsense. It’s clearly the artist’s representation of man as a stained intractable rectangle. Note the genius positioning of the phallus.”
“The doorknob?” said Joe. “Sorry, who are you?”
“They call me the bad girl of British art.”
We are grateful to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields who hosts a weekly flash fiction challenge to write a complete story, based on a photo prompt.
100 words or less.
Post it on your blog, and include the Photoprompt and Inlinkz (the blue frog) on your page. Link your story URL. Then it gets really enjoyable as you read other peoples’ stories and comment on them!
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Well now, you made me look her up 😉 Quite the strange bird, she is.
Love this original take.
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Thank you, Dale :))
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The title, your story, and Neil’s comment kept me chuckling.
I guess Rochelle’s right, it’s what you see that matters.
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Brilliant, thank you.
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It would be interesting to spend some time in Tracy’s head!
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Definitely. Thank you Iain.
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Yes, I can just imagine that conversation. Good one.
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Thank you, Sandra.
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Ha ha – beautifully done – absolutely loved it!
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Thank you so much, Susan.
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Dear Jilly,
The title says it all. Hilarious. Bad girl indeed. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you very much, Rochelle.
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Maybe he can run with it and sell her the door and fan for outrageous prices 🙂
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Lol!
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Ha ha… I LOVE it 😊Art is in the eye of the beholder (or Bee-holder in your case) Brilliant.. I love the dry responses 👍
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Bee-holder. Love it. Thank you so much.
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So inventive, Jilly and such lovely dry satire on ‘modern art’. Lovely story.
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Thank you! I think I was affected by seeing “The Square” recently.:))
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This is rich! I chuckled the whole way through–with each line better than the one before.
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So pleased you liked it and it made you chuckle :))
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Delightful take. 🙂
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Ah, modern art – a contentious issue. Great take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Clare, very kind of you to say so!
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Great take. I love the way you poke fun at the exponents of modern art’s pretensions
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Thank you, Michael. It was fun to write.
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Thank you so much – and thank you for the inspirational picture.
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Yes, there is art in everything, it just depends how you look. Funny read.
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Thank you, James. Yes – in the eye of the beholder for sure. I love our Tate Modern. Some of the installations are highly imaginative.
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What’s clear to her is blurry to others. 😉 Funny story!
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Thank you, Magarisa. I find the diverse ways people perceive stuff very interesting.
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You’re welcome.
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Great dialogue giving us insight into these two characters, and how they can never see eye to eye!
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I had to read it twice. I don’t think I was paying enough attention the first time through 🙂 Funny, witty, and leaving me with a silly grin on my face 🙂
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Entertaining piece, including the comments. I didn’t know who she was either. But now I do 🙂
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Ha! Great story. Of course, she’s harking back to Duchamp’s interpretation of art – by his standards a toilet door is quite acceptable!
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Ha ha ha. You are absolutely right! Thank you so much.
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My pleasure 🙂
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Love this. Very fun read.
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Thank you, Lisa, very kind of you.
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A nice story! Conceptual art certainly takes some thinking about to appreciate!
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Thank you, Penny.I spend many happy hours in our Tate Modern. I enjoy thinking about what I find there.
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Great story on the ridiculous interpretations placed on artist’s work. Great story.
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Thank you! Such fun to prick the pretension and heart it burst!!
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