Week 6 – 7: Linocuts
“Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you”
There once was a man.
Blessed with blissfully good looks, intelligence and fortune, he had everything in life. A respected CEO by day and playboy by night, he had a selection of women at his disposal.
He wasn’t satisfied.
An emptiness and pain kept yearning out to him from within. Even though he had everything, he felt nothing. A dire loneliness made him feel trapped in Soledad (Spanish for solitude).
He dropped everything and denied himself.
He gave up all his wealth and possessions, except the clothes on his back and some basic necessities. With just enough spare cash to purchase a one way ticket to Africa, he boarded the plane to no return.
The nights were cold.
Foraging for himself food, water and shelter he survived many days and many nights. Time to himself allowed him to grow and heal. Although his yearning had subsided, it was merely placated. There was still something missing.
There it was.
He heard a howl from a distant elevation and decided to inspect it. There it was, standing at the very peak, a creature that cried out like a child. The man smiled to himself as he could completely relate to it. He felt an innate connection stirring in him, a feeling unlike any other he experienced before. But this feeling was short lived as this mysterious animal scurried off into the yonder.
Feeling rejected and desolate, the man trudged back to his shelter. And that was when he saw it. Standing proud and justified; almost glowing with the heat of the fire radiating off it. The man was lost for words and stopped at his tracks, mesmerised by its beautiful coat of fur ruffling in the wind. He realised it didn’t scurry off, but actually tracked him down.
The dog wagged his tail and barked at him.
The man understood what it said. “It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you.”
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