unparalleled_canvas Dafremen For many of you, it comes instinctively, or impulsively. For others it is foreign and obscene. The power of the written word to move and shape human emotions is a powerful tool. This makes its misuse appear destructive, reckless, childish or self indulgent to some. There are others of us, and always have been, who cherish the written word as something akin to clay which begs molding. It is not the writing which forms the creative piece so much as it is the emotion or reaction produced in the reader. Blather provides an unparalleled canvas that screams to breathe. Like pebbles tossed in a well, let these expressions be, let them ripple their little ripple. Then let them fade away. 030405 ... pipedream I don't want them to fade away.... literally unparalleled canvas: starry night, by van gogh. it took my breath away the first time i saw it, i.e took my breath away for real. 030406 ... minnesota_chris weird... I was just looking at that picture 030406 what's it to you? who go blather from