“It seemed like some endless nightmare of blind flight.”
There is a sense of security that vision gives us. When we can see who and what is around us, a person can feel comfortable and at peace. Yet, when you turn off the lights or shield your eyes, people immediately feel like someone is going to attack them. The above quote has very frantic connotations. You can sense the urge to escape and the franticness through the author’s use of “blind flight.” When reading the sentence, I put myself in the characters position and felt the fear and vulnerability that the author was trying to describe. The painting I chose demonstrates the same quality that the author was trying to describe in the sentence. The lines seem almost uncomfortable in their randomness and the way they are positioned, it seems as if they go on for infinity. The black background provides for the lack of vision and the random assortment of colors seem unorganized and frantically put together. Although I do not particularly like the painting, I believe the colors and arrangements replicate the franticness and negativity perfectly.
David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 72
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