"What difference is there
between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come
near you?"
-- Kahlil Gibran
1. Construct a list of
fresh ways to describe this kinetic emotion.
2. If you did no. 1,
go back and look at what you wrote. Which description best fits a teenager
who wants to leave home? An adult who is unhappy with a marriage or love
affair? A teacher who feels the students have no interest in learning?
Someone who, as Eberhardt wrote, "shall always be haunted by thoughts of
a sundrenched elsewhere"? Write one sentence using both the character and
the emotion.
3. If you did nos. 1
and 2, use a character from no. 2 and a physical description from no. 1.
If you didn't, just create them now. Expand them into a one page scene,
showing both internal and external restlessness.