Elimination to Enrichment

Experiment with substracting elements from a descriptive passage.  Select paragraphs from your favorite writer or a piece of your own writing.

Describe a garden without the use of color.

Reveal music without sound, a meal without taste, a sunset without sight.

Write or rewrite a passage to leave something out.

Then eliminate another element.

Add texture.

Let these ideas release you from ordinary.

Plunge into territory never considered.

Discover how elimination sparks enrichment.

Find a lady in a butterfly.