Thursday, 1 May 2008

A Sentence Tells A Story

We have all heard the cliche 'A picture tells a 1000 words' well i decided to look a little further into it and found out that its the Chinese proverb where in actual fact the literal translation is:

A Picture's Meaning Can Express Ten Thousand Words.

I started to think about it and thought of something similar which actually caught me by surprise. 'A Sentence Tell A Story'. If we can really express ten thousand words just by looking at a picture then i believe a sentence can reveal a story.

It may not turn out to be a true story but if our minds can come up with ten thousand words then our minds can also turn a sentence into a story. Take this for example: "He was only 16 when he looked right up into the sky to view the clouds as they passed by resembling time lost now that he is 30".

The story does not have to come out being as big as the 'Harry Potter' series but if you thought about that sentence i do believe our minds would be running around with ideas for a story.

To many kids and teens these days take their minds for granted.

Just a little thought i had i found to be interesting. What do you think?

3 comments:

Miki said...

definitely true! and it makes you think too.
When I read the sentence, I not only began to think of "the story" but also I had this image of the guy in my head. There was no description of him, and so my mind created him for me. People from different backgrounds would come up with completely different stories, and also completely different characters.
Our minds are amazing.

James said...

I would have to agree that "our minds are amazing" and everyone is different so as you say how people come from different backgrounds there would be completely different story's which is exactly the thought i had in my mind while writing it =].

Anonymous said...

it's true. one sentence is sometimes better than a book. i've also been thinking that the first sentence of a story has a whole lot to do with how the rest of it will turn out, both for the reader and the writer.