The man and the praying mantis

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nightseas
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Re: The man and the praying mantis

Post by nightseas » February 22nd, 2017, 11:07 pm

I absolutely loved this; it reminded me of my favorite author--Haruki Murakami. The way you used the surreal to express the very real feeling of adult loneliness was both touching and impressive. It takes guts to tackle content that isn't to the extremes of the spectrum (the happy-go-luckys, the utter sadness), but rather somewhere at the border of one or the other, helplessly. Sometimes, surrealism is the most honest, direct way of addressing important issues, an irony which makes it all the better.



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Re: The man and the praying mantis

Post by sparky21737 » March 21st, 2017, 1:14 am

Loneliness is something that everyone can relate to on some level. It is one of those universal feelings and it is sad that with all the people in the world loneliness can still be felt. I loved this piece, thanks for sharing

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Re: The man and the praying mantis

Post by JASON » March 29th, 2017, 2:39 am

well done on the spotlight.
'Arms wrapped around himself' really accentuates the loneliness...
has the feel good factor , this one - nice.



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Re: The man and the praying mantis

Post by INFPoet » March 29th, 2017, 5:19 pm

Cute, unusual story in which can be found a message. Oh how we all want to be loved and understood... Good job, AQP!


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