The word for our blog posts today is “dazzle.” So, of course I couldn’t just stop there. I had to go the whole nine yards, well, OK, five words – razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah!
When in doubt look it up – “razzle dazzle” means
1 : a state of confusion or hilarity. 2 : a complex maneuver (as in sports) designed to confuse an opponent. 3 : a confusing or colorful often gaudy action or display.
Yes, I could write about any of these. Well maybe not the sports so much, but there are other maneuvers out there designed to confuse an opponent and I have examples of colourful, gaudy displays, in spades – maybe not the best metaphor!!
Breaking it down, we have:
razzle – on the razzle or on the razz British informal out enjoying oneself or celebrating, esp while drinking freely.
dazzle –
Now to be perfectly honest, I gave the word “dazzle” so I should stick to that, even though I have always had trouble focusing and tend to bring in all the possibilities all at once, which is usually at the start.
I need to focus – back to dazzle – to arouse admiration by an impressive display!! Well, that would be my garden, although I did not set out to –
1. Create an impressive display or to arouse admiration. It, like life, happened. I wanted a modest tasteful rock garden. WHAT HAPPENED!! Things got out of hand fairly early and it went from there.
2. Lose clear vision. Obviously, I have lost the vision of a small tasteful rock garden.
It is now an orgy of colour and texture in a gaudy display. It is, however, me
Now, I do admire tastefully planted gardens. I love their form, their order, their control over nature and the elements. I love these gardens in the way I love good writers – I marvel at the precision of their words, the exquisite flow of their sentences, their levels of meaning and their subtle nuances.
Will I ever be able to tame my wild ramblings into the finely honed structure of a book? Can I trick myself with a complex maneuver designed to confine myself to a more controlled version of myself? Meh, maybe I should just write free verse 🙂
The pictures – My garden summer 2018.
Have a colourful day!!