Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Normalness of Difference


After reading Child of Pine, I realized how real Ray’s games of pretend have become. Though we’re taught to stand out, one’s “normal” could be the most unique of all.
Ray enjoys these games because she becomes her version of different. Through her adventures, Ray shows her unique “normal” ’s beauty.
Like Ray, once all “different”s were taken, I could only be me. While others parade around, changing like chameleons, being myself actually feels pretty nice.
This flower agrees; among the artificiality, her natural beauty shines. Besides, it’s much harder to reach the sunlight with paint on your petals.
Katy Mayfield


6 comments:

  1. Hey, guys! I realize the last paragraph makes no sense, and that is because my picture is being stubborn and not uploading... RUDE! But as soon as I get it up I promise you will stop trying to give me my meds. Thanks!

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  2. Too funny! Hope it is getting worked out?

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  3. Not exactly... But I will keep at it!

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  4. Oh no! Anything I can do to help?

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  5. I don't think so... but thanks, Ms. VW. For those of you who read this and thought I was crazy and are waiting for the picture, I doubt I will be able to summon it to the blog, so a short description follows;
    Basically, I took a picture of a bunch of really pretty flowers. Using the power of nothing but magic and also maybe possibly TouchofColor by the Appstore, I colored the flowers all these bizarre colors... until only one little flower was left, with no paint or shimmer or anything, and, as I predicted, it turned out to be the most beautiful and noticeable of them all.
    Thanks for reading, and everyone have a DELICIOUS Thanksgiving! Because there are no words meaning yummy that start with 'TH' for 'THanksgiving'. Hooray!

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  6. We cannot give up, especially now! I am totally captivated by your description! We will get Mr. Winter or Mrs. Hinger to help us and get that picture up where it belongs!

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