Hypersensitivosaurus sat down in the shade of an old fig tree. He didn't know it by that name though. He didn't even know about the existence of fruit. Raptors ate meat and fish after all.
And let's be honest, it felt far from a vic-t'ry to him. He was at a loss, about to give up.
This night he had not been able to make his last hunt - a highly important one - a success. And now he was literally starving. He felt so very tired that the only thing he could think of was sleep, even though he had to eat.
He was still young and didn't really grasp the gravity of the situation, the fact that he was getting weaker and weaker. He wasn't aware yet that he was slowly changing from the hunter into the hunted.
But, then again, all this took place long before ( the law of ) gravity was discovered, so he couldn't really help it.
And then, when he had laid himself down and was about to doze off in a dreamless sleep, it suddenly hit him.
POK
What was that?
He opened his raptor eyes, equipped with automatic night vision, scratched his head where the thing had struck him and focused on the earth next to him.
There was a small round thing that hadn't been there before.
He sniffed at the clearly ripe, sweet smelling fruit and swept it towards his mouth with his long tail. His short, funny looking arms weren't of much help with grabbing stuff.
He popped the fig into his beastly mouth and let it lay there for a while on his huge tongue, as would someone treasuring his last piece of candy do.
It didn't taste meaty, nor did it taste fishy ( the latter was a good thing. In fact, it wasn't too bad at all.
That night, he got himself a stomach full of ripe figs. Something that he would regret in the next couple of days, as it lead to severe bouts of diarrhea.
But, all in all, you could say that this was the moment where what seemed to be a defeat, got turned around into a victory. All thanks to the fig tree.
Some Notes on the Process
Although I mentioned recently that I'm working on changing my 50 thousand Nanowrimo words ( that were meant to be a novel ) into a children's book, I have had some more ideas lately. One of those ideas, that got more detailed today, is to see if I can come up with 52 little stories ( like today's ) on Hypersensitivosaurus, who I also like to call Little Hyper or Li'l Hyper.
I know it sounds like a lot but I have my nove material to forage from, so that helps a little bit.
For those of you who haven't been following my creative process so far,
the main character of my yet to be finished novel is hypersensitivosaurus ( that is, besides the writer figure who's working on his novel called 'The Story of Hypersensitivosaurus' ).
In other words, the 'dino world' is the story inside the story. This overly sensitive velociraptor, kind of started to live his own life and outgrew the book. And now he's trying to steal the show.
It's a story about hypersensitivity, mindfulness and transformation. The little lizard goes through a change from hyper- towards supersensitivosaurus. The latter is almost like a superhero / -dino.
Today - while going on a little hike and sitting down in the Portuguese nature ( or should I say 'natureza' ), I pictured stories like the one with the fig tree ( where li'l hyper is still kind of a loser ) to be alternated with those where he's changing into Li'l Super.
I imagined the Supersensitivosaurus part to be on the other side of the page.
The reason I came up with the number 52 is because I picture this to possible be a year calendar or some kind of mix between a notebook and a calendar and there's 52 weeks in a year.
In Conclusion
My creative process is unique ( we are all unique ) and inpredictable and - although I could be more focused - this is how I am. I honestly have no doubt that just going with the flow and following my gut feeling - while taking the time - will lead to the best result.
Meanwhile , I hope you enjoy the bits and pieces of my journey that I throw to you.
Signed,
Hypersensitivosaurus
For those who even read my footnotes... The image on top of this post was drawn by me, an hour or two ago. For the color black, I used small pieces of burnt wood, that I picked up days ago, on a walk. These chunks of charcoal are remnants of the devastating wild fires that took place here - and in other parts of Portugal - in October 2017.
In case you have to and want to catch up on the journey of my favorite lizard, here's a recent Hypersensitivosaurus post, where I'm linking to a couple of even older write ups, dating back to September:
Hypersensitivosaurus - From Computer Game to Novel to Children's Book
This was sooooooooooooo lovely! I was laughing the whole time!!!
I just adore this character. It reminds me of my 10 months old baby!!! His name is Sayri Santiago and he has a dinosaur beanie and, when he wears it, we call him Dinosayri. He also is super hyper!!! He spends the day crawling super fast and screaming and playing with the cats so, when he is quiet, it is such a surprise for us so we call him Zentiago. And we always pray for that Zentiago Mood to appear when he gets too crazy hahahah.
And the way you describe your dino in this one is like such a baby! It makes my hear melt! And the short, funny looking hands killed me ❤️
I'm beggining to grow a affection for this little dino and his transformation journey. I already took a look at your profile and saw all of the stories so, definitely, I'm a new reader!
Oh, and this was posted on my birthday!
Awesome! Probably no coincidence ;<)
Nice to hear that it made you laugh and awesome to get a reply on a two month old post. I actually gave it another read myself to see if it could lead to new ideas. Thanks for reminding me of this story!
Awesome to hear that story about your baby boy and the parallels with this story.
I believe that we all have a little kid inside ourselves and often that kid is way more fun than the adult that we try to show to the world.
Very nice to hear this. It's people like you and these type of comments that show me that I'm on the right path and motivate me to go on.
Much love,
Vincent
I believe that too! He often reminds me that. When I see him laughing for minutes without stopping and playing with everything in his way. When I play with him, I start like an adult -thinking in how can I make him laugh or how can I play with him quickly and then go to do my stuff- and slowly turn into a kid myself, just flowing and laughing and changing games and singing everything.
We definitely need to be more kids. I think that is, specially, the key to artists.
I first thought 'law of gravy', then it got me wondering what the law of gravy might be. If you don't give things enough attention, they might get lumpy?
Vic'tree - ah!!!!
One of my most treasured memories is picking figs in Portugal with my 5 year old boy, perched on edge of the Atlantic near Sintra, dripping with juice and shooing ants, and my little one scurrying up the inside of the tree and laughing as the afternoon light turned everything gold and precious.
@riverflows xx
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Law of gravy! That's hilarious :>)
That Portuguese fig'tree memory that you have sounds precious. I wonder if your son remembers it too?
My twin sister has an awesome old fig tree in her garden, close to her little house. The fruit tastes awesome and comes in abundance and it makes for perfect shade in the warm months.
xx
Victree figtree. Word play cracks me up. When one knows you personally, this feels like an even better read. You have such an intricately intelligent sense of Humor my friend!
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Darn, I think I might be Hypersensitivosaurus lol!! Those drawings at the end, I feel as if they were a recording of these last days in my life.
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