When harsh winds blow some whine, “How the wicked wind oppresses me!” Others wonder how they could make money off that wind by grinding grain or generating electricity. One turns it into poetry. The other turns a profit.
The Little People dwelt in the windmill. Like everyone they loved good stories. The Big People owned the mill. They tolerated the Little People because they bravely fought the Hungry Mice who wanted the grain as much as they did. “Get your own grain!” the Little People shouted. As a reward the Big People let the Little People have enough for their needs and internet connections.
Everything trended nicely, but the problem with trends is people forget once something goes one way long enough that it could go the other way. So most everyone confidently predicted everything would stay the same and every time it stayed the same their predictions came true. True, there were some who feared the end was always near, but that’s how their minds trended and they were usually wrong.
One day Wicked Wind joined Raging Fire and burnt whatever was dry including the windmill. The Big People were no longer big. They looked little and the Little People had no home. Even the mice were unhappy.
Illnesses popped up out of nowhere. The mice were blamed. The homeless Little People were blamed. The formerly Big People were blamed. The poetry and stories went dark and conflict trended.
The mice, who could not access the windmill, quickly recovered. Meanwhile the wind stirred the People mixing the big with the small as their generations sailed through birth and death until they rewrote their stories and survived.
Linked to Sue Vincent’s #writephoto Sails.
Photo provided by Sue Vincent.
While looking back at Jilly’s 28 Days of Unreason, I think this post fits Day Six about the “violent wind”.
This was a really fun read. I love your writing style! ‘enough for their needs and internet connections’ was really funny!
Kathrin — http://mycupofenglishtea.wordpress.com
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Thank you, Kathrin! I was hoping for some subtle humor to flow through the piece.
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A vividly imaginative piece, Frank.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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A tragic commentary, Frank. Being ‘on trend’isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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It is only good as long as the trend lasts. Thank you, Sue!
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And how long does any tred last? Not long…
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Some don’t last long, but those are easy to anticipate or worry about ending. The long trends can fool people. However, I do hope the Sun keeps rising in the morning.
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As long as the sky doesn’t fall on our heads, it may do so 😉
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Really enjoyed your story. This is such an accurate assessment of human nature: “Everything trended nicely … people forget once something goes one way long enough that it could go the other way.” An important reminder for us all!
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We all miss many of these trend changes and just have to do the best we can. Ultimately, I think we or our descendants will survive all of them. The change of trend will increase our or their creativity which is for the good of all of us.
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Quite an allegory you have written here. Much truth!
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Thanks, Jilly! It was a sort of allegory now that I think about it as such.
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You’ve jolted my synapses and kept my interest. I chuckled at some spots and understood the truths in others. Bravo!
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There were points that were intended to be humorous to slow down any seriousness that might appear. I am glad it kept your interest. Thank you, Joelle!
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A critique rather a commentary… Although deceptively styled as the latter.. Hmm.. Wonder if the new trend will last..
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Trends always change. Some ride them better than others. Some anticipate change better than others. I remember reading (perhaps in something Robert Prechter wrote on Elliott Waves) that a theory needs to predict changes not just continuation of trends to be a theory. One could even apply that to gravitation theories, not just economics. Thank you!
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But if Nash equilibrium is in play, than no matter how the trends play out the end result will be the same.. Besides Gravitational theories are still hypothesis.. Hmm..There is still the question of access..and opportunity for analysing the trends.. A never ending loop for debate..
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Given the inability to find dark matter, the current gravitation theory looks like it is in trouble. An alternative theory such as Moffat’s “modified gravity” predicts changes in big G, not just trends. Similarly with economics. An Elliott Wave approach sees structure in market movements and attempts to predict change that the Efficient Market Hypothesis (which I assume Nash equilibrium can be used to support) cannot. However, that implies there is something holistic over us, guiding/misguiding us, called “social mood” rather than randomness. The end result viewed over time looks more like a spiral than a circle.
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Wonderful writing and an apt and timely commentary, Frank. Great response to the prompt. 🙂
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it.
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SMiLes.. prophets
and profits
Language
is like that
Science and
Mystery Arts
aLL iS conNecTinG NoW
As DancE and SonG
BeFoRe MeaNinG
ARises
iN
PoEtry GroWinG
More than Science..:)
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Poetry is more than science. Science simplifies reality to something that can be measured in ways that other people can check. Those impersonal observations cannot replace personal poetic subjectivity. Thanks, Fred!
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SMiLes.. mY FriEnd
i find A notion
oF ArTiFiCiaL
Intelligence
Amusing
NoW iN
tHe LEast..
ConsideRing.. A
likely hood of any
Computer insPiRed to
Create Greater Art of Dance/
SonG By A Muse of Beautiful LoVinG
Women.. And sure.. A Forest.. A
Beach anDoR A Sunset BeYoND
iNFiNiTy iN NoW HoW
HuMaN
Nuance
Sees
Beauty Different
iN every view oF
deTaiL and life at Large..:)
Human without
Muse makes
‘Johnny’Donny’ A very
unhappy boy/man..;)
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I think a plant has more intelligence than my smart phone. The plant makes choices requiring enough subjectivity to make that choice. The smart phone follows a program which does not require any subjectivity. I don’t think AI can replace your dancing although someone might make a robot that looks like it is dancing. That robot doesn’t desire the dance.
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Science has come a long way in proving
all is connected as Philosophers of
old have already Danced
and Sung.. it’s one
‘thing’ to kNow
all is connected
and quite a loud
oTHeR Beyond
the ‘ArTificial
Intelligence’
FeeLinG
SenSinG
reaLiTY
oF Dance
that
culture now
moreover creates
as a new model of ‘iRobot’
HuMaN BeinG.. and trUe for
me aT LeASt iN LIGht without
the Free Dance of steps and even only
with words of Free Verse Poetry without
that Free Dance stArTinG a little over 47 Months ago
noW iN whaT arises as 7800 Miles of Public Dance NoW..
thaT FeeLinG
and SeNSinGNoW
of connectedness
WiTH aLL thAT iS
AKA God in Bigger
Circles as Nautilus
SpiRaLs ALL in every
Bio-Chemical-Electrical
Connection matching over
a Quadrillion somewhere as
the Number of all the Science
aided seen stars of UniVerse wHOle..
VeriLY what seems as feel and sense in
every cell and point of connection in and
as my MiNd and BoDy wHOle SoUL BaLanCinG
MoVinG ConNEcTinG and CreaTinG NoW BeYOND
iNFiNiTy i FeeL and SenSE and DancE and SinG wHole
oN 8.1.17 BeYoNd InFiniTy 8 ONE StanDinG TaLL ONE 7 GoD..
WitH A
BeYonD
infinite
different
oTheR
ways
to FeeL
and SenSe
DancE and SinG
allthatismoreasdance..:)
It’s not so much is tHeRe
intelligent life heAR
anymore
more if
Art
is Dead
along with God as
Different becomes too
much same as truly insane…;)
AI is alReady NoW
heAR.. transforming
humans back to
Art as God
IS A LoVE
Key NoTe NoW..;)
Is it any wonder that
music says more than
math is music reflecting
an extension of our vocal chords of Love..:)
SMiLes.. my friEnd
Frank alWays nice
to DancESinG to someone out Of/iN the ‘groove’..;)
ReCoRds
SPiNs DiFFeRenT
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Good point, Fred:
“Is it any wonder that
music says more than
math is music reflecting
an extension of our vocal chords of Love.”
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🙂
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Timely and trendy story.
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Thanks, Phil! It is ultimately a story about survival when trends change. I figure the human species has hundreds of millions of years if not longer to survive.
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Very interesting and different.
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Thank you! I am glad you found it interesting and different.
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I certainly did 💗
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