February 28, 2009

  • I've had this idea for a while, so I guess I feel I ought to say something. I've had trouble thinking of things to write and, while not literature, it's close enough.

    I can't remember the reason I thought of it, only that I did. It's to be a photograph.

    The setting is a large walk-in shower. I have this idea the tiles would be blue, though that's hardly important; maybe it just avoids color clash. In any case, very large, so that it basically becomes the "room" of the photo. Small windows toward the top of the ceiling are placed in the wall. I don't think I thought it should be day or night, but just a slight bit of light makes it in, illuminating the area in a mellow fashion.

    The water is turned on, showering the person underneath. We only see the side of her, her head on our left side and her legs toward our right. She's bending over, her back (going from bottom to top) arching from the right to the left. Her right hand reaches down, perhaps to pick up soap (it doesn't matter what she picks up). Her left hand grasps her breasts, holding them in toward herself.

    She has a noticeable gut, made more clear from her bending over. She's not obese, but simply chubby. The water trails and trickles off in a clear stream from her stomach, making an arching shower as it travels to the floor.

    She shouldn't look like she is utterly concentrated on this one task, but simply as if it is an everyday task (which it is), unaware of our eyes watching her.

    She is exactly centered in the picture, inside the large shower.