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From 1839 To 2020, It Was Still A Dark Stormy Night.... - IMRAN™
(Prose, Puns, Panorama, Photo, 360°)
It was, literally, a dark and stormy night. I had stepped outside at night to take my domesticated canine beasts for a needed stroll despite the falling rain, the flashing lightning, and the rolling thunder. There was no visible soul nearby as soaked in both the magical moment and the cold rain. Shuddering from the cold, and a feeling of amazement at how blessed I am, I felt the rain and gratitude wash over me.
I managed to take a dozen iPhone 11 Pro Max photos, which I used to create this full 360x360 view to share with you. Here it is, for you to enjoy my warm regards and dry humor from the warmth and dryness of your own home.
Incidentally, the title of this story refers to the first line.... "It was a dark and stormy night....." Even though this phrase is often used in parody as a cliche of first lines in a bad novel...it is actually one of the most beautiful scene-setting semantic structures seen since, say, several centuries. (See what I did there LOL).
The actual lines, written by English writer and novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1830, are: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
This same writer also first coined the popular phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword" in 1839. But in 2020, as in 1839, the rain is mightier than the pen, especially a fountain pen. So thank God for so many ways we have to write today.
© 2020 IMRAN™
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A photographer for over 40 years, Philip has travelled extensively whilst living and working in the U.K. New Zealand, P.N.G. and currently France. He has had many prints published in magazines and adverts, most notably for Pepsi Cola, as well as being exhibited. In 2019 Philip published a collection of prose inspired by his photos, titled Phrotose. A sequel, Phrotose Plus, was published in 2021.
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