https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des Interpretation of a story by Ashley Landwerlen en-us 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC 2024-06-06 01:18:36 UTC hello@padlet.com amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670021 "My merman husband, hidden under a large seal-skin meets me, and speaking in the language of our ancestors, he comforts me in my anguish of not being able to return to him."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670021 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670022 "...but I still desperately long to return to my native people and first love. I often steal away in the middle of the night, to the ocean shore where I was first exiled." ]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670022 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670023 "Many years have now passed, and the islander and I have had many children together. I love my earthly husband and our children,..."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670023 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670024 "Feeling vulnerable and in need of protection I returned to the islander's home, and reluctantly agreed to become his wife."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670024 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670025 "...but worst of all separating me from my husband."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670025 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670026 The islander is captivated by and falls in love with the mermaid's beauty.  "Much to my despair he took my seal-skin covering and hid it from me, not allowing me to transport back to my ocean home,..."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670026 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670027 "One night however, a local islander man came across my people and I on the beach...the islander hidden by a dark cliff-side, was able to approach us undetected."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670027 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670028 "...ultimately allowing us to transport ourselves between the two earthly kingdoms of land and sea."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670028 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670029 "Our seal-skin covers allow us to hide as seals from the native people that walk the lands of the upper world;..." ]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670029 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670030 "My people and I often journey to the upper world from our native ocean home, to play and gaze at the stars that light the beautiful night sky."  ]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670030 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670031 "It was a beautiful night as my people and I laughed, played and danced in the surf of the upper world."]]> 2019-04-18 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352670031 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352677942 "Today, as my children were playing, my daughter found and returned to me my dearest and most longed for possession, my seal-skin."]]> 2019-04-18 21:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352677942 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678029 "The joy of this moment and what it means for my future is overwhelming..."]]> 2019-04-18 21:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678029 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678090 "...part of me is saddened by having to say goodbye to my earthly children." She is torn and divided in her emotions, and it goes deep to her core. ]]> 2019-04-18 21:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678090 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678160 "I love them all very much, and I hope they grow into earthly men and women that will protect my hidden world under the waves." ]]> 2019-04-18 21:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678160 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678246 "Nonetheless, I must say goodbye and return to my rightful home."]]> 2019-04-18 21:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678246 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678309 "I have now returned to the seashore, and with the transformative power of my seal-skin covering I can now return to my rightful home and family."]]> 2019-04-18 21:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678309 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678414 The mermaid transforms into her "intended mermaid shape" and her legs transfigure into her "beautifully iridescent mermaid tail". ]]> 2019-04-18 21:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678414 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678575 "...I see my islander husband approaching. I feel pity for him for I know he loves me, yet I must return to the ocean world I am intended to dwell in." ]]> 2019-04-18 21:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678575 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678664 "Farewell, and may all good attend you. I loved you very well when I resided upon earth, but I always loved my first husband more." ]]> 2019-04-18 21:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678664 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678761 "I now dive below the waves, and the ecstasy of my returning home, to my beautiful ocean world and husband, has healed my broken and longing heart." ]]> 2019-04-18 21:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352678761 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352688454 Ocean Shore
Island of Unst, Scotland
Around 600 AD ]]> 2019-04-18 23:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352688454 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352688709 Color: ocean=blues, grays, whites, iridescent colors shoreline=sand tones, greens, browns, stone gray. 
Mood: night/ocean scenes are ethereal, mystical, mystery and intrigue, other-worldly. Islanders' home scenes: flat, everyday routines, mundane. 
Lighting: blue/moonlight for night scenes vs bright overhead lighting for daytime/islanders' home scenes. ]]> 2019-04-19 00:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352688709 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689235 Islander, islander children and mermaid dress: plain mono-tone Celtic attire]]> 2019-04-19 00:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689235 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689399 Mermaids are adorned with precious jewels and gold. Their tails have a wide spectrum of colors.]]> 2019-04-19 00:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689399 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689531 Primary conflict: mermaids' longing for her true love. 
Emotions: loss, longing, sadness, pity, joy, passion, excitement.]]> 2019-04-19 00:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689531 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689995 The islander husband and the mermaid have children together. ]]> 2019-04-19 00:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352689995 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352690305 Young Islander is a fisherman and lives alone on the coast of Unst, not far from a small fishing village.]]> 2019-04-19 00:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352690305 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352691143 The main character has long dark hair, white/iridescent tail, and skin as white as porcelain ]]> 2019-04-19 00:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352691143 amille51 https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352691369 A very beautiful, strong and warrior-like character.  He has long hair, muscular and wears a large seal-skin covering. ]]> 2019-04-19 00:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amille51/9aie2wic0des/wish/352691369