PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The new piece unfolded in his head during the long flight. The chords danced to the beat of the flickering red light on the airplane’s wing and the turbulence lent base to the melody. It was perfect. He’d have written the notes right there and then had it not been for his propensity to motion sickness. Staring out the window was the only remedy. Sometimes the best inspiration.
“Let it go, let it go!” his daughter’s singing in her room welcomed him home.
And the nascent harmonies obeyed, dispersed, let gone.
For The Friday Fictioneers June 29 2018 Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh how sad… kinda like all the blog posts I’ve composed in my head during my walks, only to remain unpublished because I didn’t write them down as soon as I got home! Too bad he can’t just record them on his phone… not the same as words…
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Yeah, poor dude … The scenario was certainly fed by personal experience, if not with music, then with story/dialogue/scene ideas … As for the poor man, I have extra compassion for him given the particular earworm, which is likely to squat in his brain for the next four weeks … 😉
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That’s a pity. He should have stopped in the airport long enough to get the gist of it down. Then again, the next turbulent flight might bring it right back.
Mine’s at http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=16061
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Yes, hindsight is so often 20/20 … and maybe he was so certain that the melody was ‘sitting well’ in his brain that he did not (but woulda’ done well to take the time at the airport if he could’ve spared it). I do like the idea of the next turbulence possibly ‘triggering’ the resurfacing of the MIA tune! 🙂
Thank you for your comment!
Going to check your entry now!
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I’ve learned to never count on anything sitting well in my brain. The good ideas leave a hole.
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LOL, perfect visual! 🙂
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All those great ideas seem to come at the wrong time when you can’t get them written down. Nice take.
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Don’t they?! 😉 Well, maybe that’s part of the elusive nature of muse … And if we don’t take it seriously right when it presents, it gives some payback by retracting its offers … 😉 Thank you for your comment!
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Dear Na’ama,
I feel for him. How many great ideas come in dreams only to disappear upon awakening? “Let gone.” Love it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/06/27/29-june-2018/ 😉
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I think we all know that place of “poof and it is gone.” … On my better days I manage to see it as fodder for the experience. On my lesser days … well … there’s always ice cream … ;))
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So often stories wake me in the early hours, and I know I have to get out of bed and make notes, otherwise, they will be gone by sunrise. Many of us I’m sure will relate to your tale. Nice one
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Exactly! Even with notes, something the nuances of the moment disappear or fray till morning, but if I don’t take notes … poof … 😉 Thanks for the comment, Keith!
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I no what he’s going through, I seem to have great ideas in bed or on journeys but when I wake up or arrive they’re gone
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It is part of the creative process, I think, but it doesn’t make it any less “ugh” when the ideas poof away … I’ve had my share of scenes/dialogue/plot unfolding that seemed to ‘solid’ till I woke up, or the phone rang or something needed my attention and poof … So, I thought many of us can relate … Thank you for the comment!
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So familiar. Easpecially with songs where both words and melody or background music can be fleeting. I guess it makes us realize the true miracle of a creative impulse brought to fruition, without being waylaid by life!
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Exactly! 🙂 Thank you for the comment!
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Too bad, to lose something so unique to “Let it Go.”
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Indeed … (though I can’t say I hate “Let it go” — only that it does tend to earworm itself into lengthy visits that overstay their welcome …) 😉
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Maybe something better will come to him next time. 🙂
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I hope so! 🙂
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If it’s good enough it’ll come back to him later – that’s what I always try to tell myself when I forget ideas! Lovely story.
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Same here … it’s what I try to tell myself (not always with much conviction) about ideas that go “poof” in my brain before I manage to pin them down … 🙂 Part of the creative process, I gather, but oh boy it is frustrating when it happens … 🙂 Thank you for the comment!
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A stupendous symphony never coming to life because of travel sickness. Next time get something from the pharmacy so that creativity can fly too.
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Though those things from the pharmacy may make him drowsy … and numb the muses … 😉
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That is very true, I never thought of that. Life is so hard!
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That was only a bit of flash fiction, but yea, life sure is complicated! (makes for good stories, though…) 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
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