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The Cube
Let's play together!
The game:
Imagine a desert.
How big is it?
What is it filled with?
What do the surroundings look like?
In the desert is a cube.
How big is the cube?
What is it made of?
What does it feel like?
What color is it?
How far away are you from the cube?
Can you see through it?
Is it solid or hollow?
Where is it in relation to the ground?
What is its orientation?
Also in the desert is a ladder.
Where is the ladder located in the desert?
What's its position in relation to the cube?
What is the ladder made of?
What type of ladder is it?
How large is the ladder?
How many rungs does it have?
What is its age?
A horse comes into the desert.
What color is the horse?
How big is the horse?
Do you know what kind of horse it is?
What is the horse doing?
Where is it in relation to the cube?
There is a storm in the desert.
What is the size of the storm?
What is the distance between the storm and the cube?
Is the storm passing by or staying in place?
Is the storm violent or calm or somewhere in between?
Flowers bloom in the desert.
How many flowers are there?
Where are the flowers in the dessert?
How close are the flowers to the cube?
What kind of flowers are they?
What color(s) are the flowers?
My answers:
The desert is vast and flat: no dunes, no rock, just sand from horizon to horizon.
The cube floats several inches above the sand, with a point facing down. It slowly rotates, but it's off center and looks wobbly. If it's hollow, it's too small for most people to stand up inside of it. It's made of three different materials: a bright pink plastic, some sort of gray metal, and wood that's brown but hasn't been stained or painted. The pink plastic is very shiny, but the rest of the cube is dull. It's all very smooth, but the three materials feel different from each other. I can't see through the cube. I think it's solid, but it's also coming apart at the edges.
The ladder is close-ish to the cube, but not touching the cube. It's about the same size of the cube, maybe a little taller. It's an old aluminum extension ladder, spattered with paint. Oddly, I don't see any rungs, just bare rails.
If there's a horse in the dessert, I don't see it. Maybe it's over the horizon? Maybe it doesn't exist at all?
The storm is as large as the desert. It's everywhere. Very dark clouds. It's not really storming, though. Rain occasionally spits down from the sky and gusts of wind come and go, but the storm doesn't break. It's staying in place and when it does break, the Earth will shake.
Many flowers are scattered around near the cube and ladder. They're dead, though. Brown, dry stems sticking out of the ground.
Meaning:
The desert represents your world view; your idea of the world you live in.
The cube represents you and how you see yourself in the world.
The ladder represents your friends.
The horse represents the partner you are subconsciously seeking.
The storm represents the obstacles or problems in your life.
The flowers are your (metaphorical) children. (Like the things you create and nurture and care for.)
Accuracy?
It feels pretty accurate. Not in a good way in many places. *sigh*
How did yours come out?
I first came across The Cube way back in high school through The Cube: Keep the Secret by Annie Gottlieb and Slobodan D. Pesic. I find the book every seven or eight years on my bookshelf and re-imagine my cube. I thought it would be fun to re-imagine it with you, this time.
You can find deeper analysis in the book and online. They break down colors and materials and species and whatnots. However, I've never come across an analysis that talks about a cube made of multiple materials. I wonder how often that happens?
The game:
Imagine a desert.
How big is it?
What is it filled with?
What do the surroundings look like?
In the desert is a cube.
How big is the cube?
What is it made of?
What does it feel like?
What color is it?
How far away are you from the cube?
Can you see through it?
Is it solid or hollow?
Where is it in relation to the ground?
What is its orientation?
Also in the desert is a ladder.
Where is the ladder located in the desert?
What's its position in relation to the cube?
What is the ladder made of?
What type of ladder is it?
How large is the ladder?
How many rungs does it have?
What is its age?
A horse comes into the desert.
What color is the horse?
How big is the horse?
Do you know what kind of horse it is?
What is the horse doing?
Where is it in relation to the cube?
There is a storm in the desert.
What is the size of the storm?
What is the distance between the storm and the cube?
Is the storm passing by or staying in place?
Is the storm violent or calm or somewhere in between?
Flowers bloom in the desert.
How many flowers are there?
Where are the flowers in the dessert?
How close are the flowers to the cube?
What kind of flowers are they?
What color(s) are the flowers?
My answers:
The desert is vast and flat: no dunes, no rock, just sand from horizon to horizon.
The cube floats several inches above the sand, with a point facing down. It slowly rotates, but it's off center and looks wobbly. If it's hollow, it's too small for most people to stand up inside of it. It's made of three different materials: a bright pink plastic, some sort of gray metal, and wood that's brown but hasn't been stained or painted. The pink plastic is very shiny, but the rest of the cube is dull. It's all very smooth, but the three materials feel different from each other. I can't see through the cube. I think it's solid, but it's also coming apart at the edges.
The ladder is close-ish to the cube, but not touching the cube. It's about the same size of the cube, maybe a little taller. It's an old aluminum extension ladder, spattered with paint. Oddly, I don't see any rungs, just bare rails.
If there's a horse in the dessert, I don't see it. Maybe it's over the horizon? Maybe it doesn't exist at all?
The storm is as large as the desert. It's everywhere. Very dark clouds. It's not really storming, though. Rain occasionally spits down from the sky and gusts of wind come and go, but the storm doesn't break. It's staying in place and when it does break, the Earth will shake.
Many flowers are scattered around near the cube and ladder. They're dead, though. Brown, dry stems sticking out of the ground.
Meaning:
The desert represents your world view; your idea of the world you live in.
The cube represents you and how you see yourself in the world.
The ladder represents your friends.
The horse represents the partner you are subconsciously seeking.
The storm represents the obstacles or problems in your life.
The flowers are your (metaphorical) children. (Like the things you create and nurture and care for.)
Accuracy?
It feels pretty accurate. Not in a good way in many places. *sigh*
How did yours come out?
I first came across The Cube way back in high school through The Cube: Keep the Secret by Annie Gottlieb and Slobodan D. Pesic. I find the book every seven or eight years on my bookshelf and re-imagine my cube. I thought it would be fun to re-imagine it with you, this time.
You can find deeper analysis in the book and online. They break down colors and materials and species and whatnots. However, I've never come across an analysis that talks about a cube made of multiple materials. I wonder how often that happens?
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