Vorboden
You can't do that,
Don't bite your sister,
It is forbidden
Say "pain" in the hospital?
Speak in the library above a whisper?
You can't do that.
Don't go in your parents' room
Don't go in the dragon's lair
It is forbidden.
Cheat on that test?
Scare your mother?
You can't do that!
Don't ask a lady her age,
Don't ask a man his religion,
It is forbidden.
Don't question tradition,
Don't say God's name,
You can't do that,
It is forbidden.
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Potty talk (bodily functions)
Politics
Sexual orientation
Pulling sister's hair
Layoffs - 'the left the company'
Co-worker's salary
Making your own fireplaces (Dad as kid)
13th floor
Mine shaft
Medicine cabinet
Buying your own car before graduating high school (Dad)
Dad scaring/jumping out at Mom
Asking a lady her age/weight
Stupid prejudices - 'tradition'
Drag races
British man's voice
Gandalf - 'you shall not pass!'
This was really interesting. I decided to get some input from my family on what they thought of when they heard 'it is forbidden'. Most of their responses (see list above) were very serious or work related, whereas I had though of lighter things like whispering in the library, pulling a sibling's hair, or a giant 'Do Not Enter' sign on a mine shaft. To draw out more of what I was looking for, I asked what things they remember being forbidden as a child and my dad immediately came up with being forbidden to make his own fireplaces, even if he was using firebrick. I laughed so hard!! It illustrates his personality so well, being independent, an engineer, and willing to try things a little dangerous with safety protocols in place, and speaks to why he won't tell us about his childhood until we are twenty-one, and hopefully past the point of copying him! My sister heard a British man's voice, like Gandalf saying "You. Shall. Not. Pass!" and my brother had an immediate, negative reaction, the word bringing to mind stupid prejudices and unreasonable minds.
Day 29 - First Things First
The first step in a novel or story can be the hardest, the first step in to infinity, when you can't see the rest of the steps. No matter how much planning you put into a story, you have no idea how it will truly turn out until you actually begin to write, alternately swept along with or dragging along your characters into the void. There are those who begin writing at the beginning, those who begin at the end, and those who begin somewhere in between, but no matter where you begin, no matter what the project, that first leap is the hardest.
I wanted to include a picture of mossy/ivy strewn stairs disappearing into fog but I couldn't find any that worked! The pictures were either from the bottom of the stairs looking up, or the stairs from across the way, or stairs that you literally stopped in the middle of nowhere. No pictures from the top of the stairs, looking down. I guess I'll just have to go to the Japanese Gardens some evening and snap some pictures of my own.
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