Small Love Letters

Part 1

In the narrative which uses moments in time that moves into history. They compare that progression to the development of writing a love letter. I was most impressed with the “backwards origami” metaphor. What I found it to be as if a love letter is written on paper that would be inverted express. The backwards method would keep a secret rather that the words show on the outside.

Part 2

In this narrative, the writing of a love letters would be expressed non-verbally. The emotions of another would be expressed by a lover’s appearance. The writing of such sensual words by using senses such as smell, touch and taste. But at the same time not holding true of the value of what you currently have and longing for something “better”.

Part 3

In losing a friend, she sees the beauty in nature. Death “beauty” is like the eagles spreading their wings and flying free. In the wide mouth coffee mug though the barrier is open by placing her expressions inside still has constraints on the freedom she is allowing. She is anticipating the end but by not writing the letter she is trying to delay what is to come.

Part 4

On this passage I felt certain selfishness. The avoidance of not putting your words on paper and the keeping the “cramped love letters between the lines” would put out any fire or passion that would live. The word “clandestine” brought me to this feeling. By keeping something so tight and hidden it may lose its effectiveness. Being in love and never being able to express that love is like not being love at all. The “absence of ink” would reiterate that by stating if it was not written it does not exist.

Part 5

This love letter reminded me of everyday thing we take for granted. There is the greeting of a love one or pet upon our arrival at home. The fruit bearing trees in the yard and other normal surrounding are thing we too often take for granted. The word that caught my interest was “startled carnelian”. We sometimes display for example a beautiful piece of jewelry with a nice stone setting but never take the time to notice the subtly of the item that hold the stone in place.

Part 6

The closing passage summed everything with 1 question: If circumstances or the stars were allied differently would our love letters change?

Craig Fontenot