I stood… Now I move (An autobiography)

(Living Art

One day, your favorite piece of art — a famous painting or sculpture, the graffiti next door — comes to life. What happens next?)

Fiction

I stood my ground. For ten years I stood my ground. Now I move. No more.

You made me in homage. You made me in resemblance to someone. Mostly someone great. Someone you never met. Someone you read about in your history books. But you made me.

I was black ceramic, lustrous in my birth. I stood in that posture that you wanted. That posture which must have become an identity. And I stood my ground.

I was proud. Head held high. Broaden chest. My eyes turned towards the skies, yet I still saw those who stood beneath me. And I stood my ground.

But years went by. You held speeches around me. You wore clothes like I wear. As if that makes you like me. You paid your respects to me on one day of the year. And I stood my ground.

I stood in the sun. No shade for my eyes. No relief for my skin. I lost my lustre. But I gave shade for those who couldn’t find shade. I stood my ground.

I drenched in the rains. Saw the city flooded, with water seeping into my ankles. Water made cracks in my unscathed skin. And I still stood my ground.

Birds chirped on my shoulders. And gave their offerings there. Cats and dogs dogs slept against my legs. I didn’t move. I stood my ground.

This place became acknowledged by a new name. I changed the name. I became a landmark. Guess that is how you make people remember the dead. Make them part of the diurnal routes. I achieved my goal.

Now I am leaving. Maybe people will run witnessing me move. I’ll definitely be on their phones and whatnot. But I stood my ground. Now I want to sit. And bath in the nearby lake.

And embrace the end that I have earned.

Let’s see what others have written:
http://rimahassanblog.com/2014/06/09/21-rules-to-my-life/

Dubai Art Season – SIKKA14

http://underthemonkeytree.com/2014/06/09/must-have-happened-to-some-else/
http://ambitiousdrifter.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/daily-prompt-its-alive/

Living Art – Touching Shadow Dance

http://dragoneystory.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/daily-prompt-living-art/

The Cafe

http://wp-cron.com/2014/06/09/living-art/

The Daily Post: Living Art

The Daily Post Writing Prompt: The Pitchfork Murders

MY DAY WITH A SCULPTURE

http://jitterygt.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/hope-my-favorite-paintings-dont-come-to-life/
http://abozdar.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/a-glimpse-of-england/
http://abozdar.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/3235/
http://journey2dfuture.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/daily-prompt-day6-living-art/

Daily Prompt: Living Art

Daily Prompt: An interview with Lisa

Abdicating Monarchs: Butterflies and Others

Living Art | Michelangelo’s David

http://dragoneystory.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/the-light-of-faith-always-shines-bright/
http://spiritgrind.com/2014/06/09/soulprint-iii-master-piece/
http://agent909.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art-redefining-art-in-daily-usage/

Living sounds (daily prompt)

http://herestill.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/daily-prompt-living-art/

SIT! STAY! THINK!

Fishing with the Fisherman

http://fibercompulsion.com/2014/06/09/living-art-walking-bear-takes-over/

Living Art – My Mother’s Day Treat

http://kansamuse.me/2014/06/09/the-ride-on-the-canal/
http://awanderingstoryteller.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/cupcakes-and-more/

Bring Me To Life

http://activearmywife.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/bejin-by-david-agenjo/
http://activearmywife.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/bejin-by-david-agenjo/
http://kate0murray.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/stick-man/
http://eyesthroughtheglass.com/2014/06/09/a-chance-to-see-into-the-darkness/
http://marthakennedy.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/art-to-life/

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/living-art/

http://justkate914.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/the-daily-post-living-art/
http://idleandboredtwo.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/the-painting/
http://alienorajt.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/morgan-le-fay-daily-prompt/

The large studio of nature

http://grieflessons.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/world-like-a-white-stomach/
http://lifeisgreat0.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art/

Daily Post: Living Art – A Journey into the world of Surrealism

The Forgotten Soldier

Emerging from a painting

Living Art and Unnumbered Sparks

Living Art

http://artmoscow.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/if-a-nude-gets-alive-she-becomes-naked/
http://justvisitingthisplanetblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/life-imitating-art/

Living Art

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Gang Graffiti: Unsettlingly Alive

Daily Prompt: Being Artistic!

http://typosandterseness.com/2014/06/09/is-yoga-art/
http://whoison1st.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art/
http://photoartistrycafe.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art/
http://duniyaku.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/living-art-the-doll-house/

The King Beneath the Mountain of Gold

http://basicallybeyondbasic.com/2014/06/09/daily-prompt-living-art/
http://parents-are-people-too.com/2014/06/09/scare-the-kiddies/
http://nonsmokingladybug.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/lets-see-if-i-got-it-right-in-school-2/

trop mignon

Sorry, Chef Boyardee

http://bylrose.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/adding-the-third-dimension/
http://emotionalfitnesstraining.com/2014/06/09/being-with-monet/
http://thebookreadby1.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/meeting-the-void/
http://reneeandherthoughts.com/2014/06/09/living-art-the-scream/
http://lindalulong.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/permission-love-sex-poetry/

The Winged Not-Quite Victory

The Living Art Or The Art Of Living

Living Art

http://uncustomaryhousewife.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/meetcaptainamerica/

Living Art

http://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art-the-daily-prompt/
http://myeatprayrvinglife.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/living-art-just-a-pirouette/

Comes To Life? Are You Kidding Me?

Living Art: Nicoletta Ceccoli’s Delicious World

http://korovieva.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/peasant-wedding-are-you-a-boy-or-a-girl/

Dogku

http://lovehappynotes.com/2014/06/10/whatll-i-do/

Not Til The End

http://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/the-night-cafe/

Thanks For Reading
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