MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
All in Flash Fiction
My father taught me. He’d stretch against a tree, paint with berries. He showed me how to live.
The world as he knew it would shift soon, and he had no idea what shift was coming.
They were waiting for the bus, watching the dust roll with the wind. He followed his father’s movements.
The little cries picked up in speed and volume, though the animal was still unseen. “It’s okay, little one. It’s okay.”
My feet moved step by step towards their destination. I couldn’t wait to find out what it was.
I felt my classmates move around me, but I swayed with my heart. I wasn’t quite ready for the patterns.
I was gasping for air. Two puffs of the inhaler and two minutes later, the deeper breaths broke the dam of my tears.