Illusions

a poem and a reflection

We think of illusions as funky circus mirrors distorting our bodies every which way as if there is a truth to how we perceive ourselves “in neutral”.

Yet we forget that we see everything through the lens of our experiences, our environment,

and that the things we see, touch, and smell are interpreted by our brain, mistake-prone jello buddy, that flips the 2D rendition of our 3D world and interprets it into “your reality”.

We are all illusions.

Tagging Indubala Kachhawa | Jessie London | JF | Raffaella Ferretti | Zeno Faber | Candy Marie | Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg) | Beth Nintzel | Tom Fenske| Salma Alaa | Toya Qualls-Barnette | Lopes Charmingman| Jessie Waddell | Divina Grey | if you’re up to it and anyone else interested in today’s prompt: illusions.

Thank you to Courtenay S. Gray for submitting this prompt way back in June!

✍ Write a poem based on the prompt above! ✍ You’re welcome to submit it The Brain is a Noodle (link below!), self-publish or submit to any other publication you’d like. ✍ If you choose to do one of the last two, be sure to tag me (@ / ramyeonjpg) so I can be sure to read and tweet your piece too! ✍ Tag your 5–10 writer friends to join in on the fun! Or, simply “tag all”. ✍ Be sure to include the link to the original prompt so others can join in on the fun!

Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她). Do you remember that black and blue dress that people also sometimes saw as gold and white? That’s what I think of a lot. Sure it was a viral meme, but it also speaks to how something as “tangible” as what colour we see on screens that are supposed to be uniform are experienced differently based on your lighting context. I think about that a lot.

Ps, feel free to tweet me your poem response and I’ll be sure to RT and share it with the world!

^ by Lanu Pitan