Your
Head in the Clouds? Good! Now Write!
I suppose we’ve thought of ourselves or someone else
occupying this fanciful sphere, though may not wholly believe the word (if ever
heard) to be real. But my Webster’s doesn’t even designate this
week’s word as colloquial, regional, or archaic. It’s real! So to speak …
CLOUDLAND (kloudʹlandʹ) n. – region of dreams, imagination, or
impractical speculation; visionary realm. [WW #234]
I plan to be exploring cloudland
literally and figuratively, by the time you read this today (Wednesday). I
shall urge my imagination
run away with my physical self, to find adventure wherever I land.
Consider this venerable writer’s sage observation: You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~
Mark Twain.
Try it! You don’t even need to fly
off your chair. Simply close
your eyes, daydream, and when you open them write the first thing that
comes to mind while in cloudland.
For those of you who read this later
in the week, cloudland is obviously a fun word any time, for your
books, blogs and writings, or simply to identify your escape
from the daily grind.
Make a visit to cloudland
a weekly adventure (at least), to clear your mind. Wander eagerly into your
imagination—which of course, is a required ingredient for both fiction and
non-fiction works.
Of course, fiction lives in cloudland,
but if you haven’t considered the wealth of imagination that can drive
non-fiction, perhaps this is the way to more exciting writing, for inventive
fun and profit.
Without flights of fancy and a mental
trip to cloudland, we wouldn’t have half the innovations of our
era. Perhaps the most prolific travelers to the ethereal region of dreams,
include Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein.
“Impractical speculation”? That’s what their detractors wanted us to think.
Word Challenge: CLOUDLAND. Who knows what innovation might be lurking in your region
of dreams, imagination, or fanciful speculation, as you slip cloudland into your week of visionary writings.
Learning knows
no prejudices or boundaries, and it isn’t fattening! Expanding your mind is a
no-cost, simple joy. Do you feel that way too? What’s your inspiration? Share
your creative genius and Wordplay Wednesday comments below.
Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
[LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by
trade, and an author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of
three) in her Blast from Your Past series about pioneering R&R Radio DJs. True behind-the-mic tales
make GREAT Holiday Gifts available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years
1954-1959; and Book
2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic
Seventies!]
Note: Dictionary
definitions are quoted from Webster’s New World College Dictionary.
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