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Abstract & Experimental

Abstract & Experimental

By Badhan SenPublished 11 months ago 3 min read
Abstract & Experimental
Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash

In the beginning, there was nothing, yet everything existed. A paradox, a contradiction, a swirling vortex of thoughts collapsing upon themselves, seeking form, yet denying structure. The void breathed, and from its breath came fragments—memories of worlds never conceived, glimpses of futures never foreseen. Here, in this liminal space, time curls upon itself like a serpent devouring its own tail. A cycle, infinite and unknowable.

The first spark was color—vivid, bleeding hues splashed across an unseen canvas. Red dripped like molten wax, bleeding into the abyss, turning black into something else—something unnamed. Blue rippled, a liquid thought spreading through the fabric of existence. Then, yellow—sharp, piercing, slicing through the void like an idea that refuses to be silenced. Together, they collided, danced, and from their chaos, form emerged. A shape, trembling and uncertain, stumbled into being.

It did not know itself, yet it was aware. A paradox once more. The shape shuddered, its edges shifting, never settling, a fluid geometry unbound by laws familiar or foreign. It pulsed with unseen energy, whispering secrets to the silence. The silence responded, not with words but with vibration, a low hum that trembled through the infinite nothing.

From this resonance, motion was born. The shape twisted, fragmented, and multiplied. Each fragment a reflection of the other, yet uniquely distinct. They danced—a ballet of form and formlessness, colliding, merging, dividing, becoming and unbecoming. Time had no dominion here, yet change was inevitable. A perpetual flux, a rhythm beyond comprehension.

Somewhere within this storm of creation, consciousness stirred. It was not singular, nor was it many. It was awareness unshaped, an observer without form. It drifted through the cacophony of being, touching, absorbing, understanding yet never knowing. It reached for meaning, but meaning dissolved like mist upon contact. No matter. The reaching was enough.

Then, sound. A single note, sustained, vibrating through the lattice of existence. It carried weight, significance. The fragments quivered in response, aligning themselves in patterns beyond reason. Structure emerged—not imposed, but discovered, an inherent rhythm within the chaos. The note swelled, became melody, then symphony. Each fragment found its place, a dance synchronized with the unseen conductor of existence itself.

It was beautiful. Terrible. Overwhelming.

And then, rupture.

The sound shattered. The fragments trembled, hesitated. Some held their places, clinging to order, but others spun wildly, embracing entropy once more. The observer was caught between the two—drawn to the stability of structure yet intoxicated by the lure of the unknown. A choice lay before it, though it knew not what the choice was, only that it mattered.

To remain in order was to find harmony, to exist within the cadence of creation. To embrace disorder was to become possibility, untethered, limitless.

It reached.

The moment stretched, elongated beyond meaning, a singular eternity compressed within a breath. The fragments quivered in anticipation, waiting for the inevitable, the conclusion, the answer.

And then—

Light. A burst. A crescendo. A silent scream that resonated across the void, turning everything inside out, rewriting the fabric of existence.

And then—

Nothing.

Silence returned, but it was a different silence. Not absence, but potential. A pause before the first note of a new melody. The observer was no longer separate. It had become the fragments, the light, the sound. It had chosen and was now choosing.

Creation had begun again.

A paradox. A contradiction. A cycle.

And yet, something new.

Then, sound. A single note, sustained, vibrating through the lattice of existence. It carried weight, significance. The fragments quivered in response, aligning themselves in patterns beyond reason. Structure emerged—not imposed, but discovered, an inherent rhythm within the chaos. The note swelled, became melody, then symphony. Each fragment found its place, a dance synchronized with the unseen conductor of existence itself.

It was beautiful. Terrible. Overwhelming.

And then, rupture.

The sound shattered. The fragments trembled, hesitated. Some held their places, clinging to order, but others spun wildly, embracing entropy once more. The observer was caught between the two—drawn to the stability of structure yet intoxicated by the lure of the unknown. A choice lay before it, though it knew not what the choice was, only that it mattered.

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About the Creator

Badhan Sen

Myself Badhan, I am a professional writer.I like to share some stories with my friends.

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