Episode 1: In which a few things are clarified
Once upon a time is how most fairy tales begin, correct? Somewhere long ago and far, far away; maybe in another galaxy but perhaps not. It wants to place what the children will be hearing (one supposes it would be children) outside of the realm that they are on a day-to-day, shake-hands- familiarity with. These are 'Special' events, they are 'Extra Ordinary', they can't possibly happen here, because they just can't. Because you have to go to school, mow the lawn, and help with chores tomorrow.
And if they are very young children, how long ago IS 'long, long ago'? Earlier that day? Yesterday? Last week? That would be stretching it. Or is it another time running next to theirs, that one day, while doing dishes, raking leaves, or walking down the road, that thin layer of what we insist on as reality, opens......for the smallest of moments. They catch the scent of a different land, with different people. Doing things they might have been doing if life had been just, well, different. And then the window is gone, and they wonder if it was a fairy tale.
What if? What if the whirlwind of once upon a time is more closely woven with our everyday, but we're just too fussed-up and busy to see it? Greater wordsmiths then I have created entire worlds, possibilities, and legends with this very premise. And it's ours to explore. For better or worse.
Once Upona Time.
And if they are very young children, how long ago IS 'long, long ago'? Earlier that day? Yesterday? Last week? That would be stretching it. Or is it another time running next to theirs, that one day, while doing dishes, raking leaves, or walking down the road, that thin layer of what we insist on as reality, opens......for the smallest of moments. They catch the scent of a different land, with different people. Doing things they might have been doing if life had been just, well, different. And then the window is gone, and they wonder if it was a fairy tale.
What if? What if the whirlwind of once upon a time is more closely woven with our everyday, but we're just too fussed-up and busy to see it? Greater wordsmiths then I have created entire worlds, possibilities, and legends with this very premise. And it's ours to explore. For better or worse.
Once Upona Time.
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