9/1
My organic object is a passionfruit. I assumed passionfruit would be pretty and vibrant due to the beautiful name. However, I was wrong. My passionfruit consists of very dull colors and is speckled with brown spots. This does not influence the smell, however. The passion fruit smells sweet and refreshing; almost like a breath of beachy air. My passionfruit is very lightweight. It feels like I am holding something that is hollow. It is also a squishy object, which is an indicator that it might be ripe soon. The surface is very smooth and shiny. It is a very satisfying object to hold. It also fits easily in my backpack whenever I have to transport it. When I carried it to class, it felt like I might as well be carrying a feather. I am so glad I chose a passionfruit because its features seem very exotic.
9/3
My passionfruit is beginning to ripen. The fruit has definitely changed over the course of two days. Its once smooth skin is beginning to develop into a wrinkled surface. The fruit also seems denser, almost like a tennis ball. I wonder if Patricia the passionfruit is almost ready to be eaten. The fruit smells refreshing; the scent transports me to a quiet beach in the Caribbean. I can just imagine eating this fruit in a hammock on a tropical island. What once looked like a perfect fruit is now beginning to look weary and old. I hope this means that it is almost time to taste it!
“My organic object is a passionfruit. I assumed passionfruit would be pretty and vibrant due to the beautiful name. However, I was wrong. My passionfruit consists of very dull colors and is speckled with brown spots.”
Building up the imagery of something with passion was a great choice. The contrast between the two images creates a clear picture and breaks assumptions immediately. Putting it first creates a yearning to find out what the object is actually like.
I really enjoyed how you described the passion fruit. I relate to thinking it would be bright and colorful; why give such an exciting name to such a dull object? I loved how you described the scent as well. It really made me feel like I was smelling it too… I have never smelled a passion fruit before.
Very intresting how we decevie certain exoit fruits to be super colorful and well I guess, exoit from the ordinary ones we observe on a day to day basis. But in reality they might be a little more ordinary than we think. I certainly can relate to this because I did the same thing with my fruit. Reading a unique name of a fruit and expecting it to be somthing vibrant. I learned somthing new from this blog, that Passion fruits aren’t as passionate looking as they seem.
Such detail about your passion fruit! All of the following leads up to a well-earned conclusion you draw about it’s exotic nature: “The surface is very smooth and shiny. It is a very satisfying object to hold. It also fits easily in my backpack whenever I have to transport it. When I carried it to class, it felt like I might as well be carrying a feather.” We see it in four contexts: its surface, in your hand, in your backpack, and when carried to class. The four contexts suggest the movement it makes throughout its life with you. It’s like “description-plus.”