Spring and Focus

Hellooooo, Spring!

Come on in.

You are always welcome here.

I'm always intrigued by how a writer chooses to begin a story,

especially with what focus:

will it be far out, giving the lay of the land,

as in movies 

when the camera begins high up 

and gradually moves in closer

and closer 

and closer

until it focuses on

the main character?

Or will it begin close up

immediately putting the focus on

a central person

or image 

and later moving out

to give us the lay of the land?

In paintings and photographs, too,

I like to think about

the artist's choices:

where is he/she directing our focus

and why?

It is spring in North Carolina,

a good time

to think about

beginnings.