Final Story – A Little Bit of Rain

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A Little Bit of Rain
10/2/08

The sky is filled with clouds and threatens to rain down on a small little playground not far from the elementary school. All the children have gone home for the day except for one child: Rin. The cloudy sky won’t deter her from going to the playground. She is convinced that there will still be plenty of children playing despite the dark clouds. She has no friends at school. Everyday she brings one of her favorite toys with her and attempts to convince one of her classmates to play with her, but she is far too timid. When she is approached by one of her classmates she withdraws and they lose interest. But today is her chance to meet a few new children, and perhaps become friends with them.

Rin runs awkwardly into the park, her eyes big, and her smile wide. She stumbles over her pigeon-toed feet a little, but quickly recovers. With a nervous giggle she looks around the park, expecting to see small children playing on the swings, or on the see-saw, or the merry-go-round, but no one is there. Her smile falters and her shoulders hang. Shuffling towards the swings, Rin plans on staying in hopes that the children will come.

She climbs onto the swing, her feet kicking in the air to give her an extra boost. She sits and waits. Her ears perk when she hears the clinking of chains from the swing next to hers. When she looks up she sees that there is no one on the other swing. The wind must pushed the swing. In an attempt to cheer herself up and keep herself occupied while she waits, Rin kicks her little legs, trying to push herself, but she only moves a little.

Bored of the swings, Rin hops down waddles over to the seesaw. She struggles into the seat and waits. Looking up at the other end of the seesaw, Rin remembers that there needs to be another person for the seesaw to work. Determined to enjoy herself, Rin pushes off of the ground. The seesaw raises her a little, only to fall to the ground with a dull thud. She tries  a couple more times to get herself in the air, but to no avail. Frustrated and sad, Rin climbs off the seesaw. She looks around the playground. There are still no other children. Her frustration dissolves into saddness. Hanging her head, Rin moves over to the merry-go-round. She sits and rests her elbowns on her knees, and her chin in her hands. Her heart cleches and her eyes begin to water. As the tears fall, Rin pushes the merry-go-round inch by inch.

Suddenly she feels something hit her foot. Looking down, Rin is surprised to see a red ball with a logo of a man. His grin is wide and he’s holding up two big thumbs. The pleasant image makes Rin smile. She sniffs and picks the ball up. She stands and drops the ball. It instantly bounces off the ground and back into her arms. Rin giggles again. She bounces the ball again and is pleased when it returns. She walks off to a more open part of the playground, bouncing the ball along the way, not noticing the clouds begin to break up and the sun peak through.

Meaning of Shapes

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http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/tipsandideas/p/doodle_shapes.htm

“The Circle: The circle appears in every culture as an archetypal form representative of the eternal whole. With no ending or beginning, it revolves in an eternal cycle and is linked to the sun-disk and the attendant concepts of the yearly cycle, the moon, and the wheel. In some symbol systems it also represents the universe.
The Square: The square represents the formal, mathematical, scientific order of the universe. The square represents earthbound matter, and correspondingly, with its two sides delineating a two-dimensional surface, may symbolize the earth or ground, or a field, especially in eastern pictograms. In Buddhist symbolism the relationship the square within the circle represents the relationship of the human and the divine.”

“Squares and rectangles are the most common shapes in man-made objects. From architecture to the arrangement of text on a page to the shape of the page itself, most of what people encounter on a daily basis is composed of squares and rectangles. Because so much of the man-made world is composed of these shapes, squares and rectangles are familiar, safe, and comfortable, but their uniformity can also create a conservative or rigid effect. They can be used to suggest stability and truth. Squares are considered to be one of the most honest shapes, even more than other types of rectangles, because of their mathematical and visual simplicity.

Triangles suggest action because of movement from the corners “pointing” in a direction. Equilateral triangles are the most stable of the triangle shapes because all sides and angles are the same. Triangles can suggest growth or “reaching the top.”

Circles suggest infinity, completion, softness, and security. Many ancient cultures considered the circle to be a perfect and even a sacred form. Circles are useful for focusing attention because of the closure of the shape, and because they are less common in man-made objects than shapes with straight lines. Ellipses share the psychology of circles, but to a lesser extent depending on the how close they are to a true circle.”

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