Over at Your Cre8tivity, there’s a Quick Step exercise that revolves around everyday items. I have plenty of those sitting around my desk at work, so I thought I’d give it a try. The idea is to describe the item in such a way that other people can guess what it is, and to do it with out using “like” or “it is.” Another suggestion is to try to write the description as if you were the object. I’m not going to go that route, but I thought I’d give the exercise a try.

This should be fairly easy to guess - feel free to comment if you know what I’m describing. :)

The silvery, smooth metal post, as long as my fingernail is wide, is unseen until it is pulled from the wall. Its point is sharp - sharp enough to draw blood with just a bit of pressure, so I’m careful with where I put it until I need it again. The other end of the metallic post is embedded in a brightly colored plastic cylinder. Other versions, still attached to the wall, have pea-sized plastic spheres or squares, and some are clear plastic instead of colored. The sharp point pierces a thin sheet of woodpulp before being safely sheathed in the fabric covered wall once again - a bright spot against the blandness of my cubicle.