The Conch
By Christopher M. Randles
PSST. I recommend reading slowly, visualization and sharing this message by attachment

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics and cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask, why not?"
-JFK

She couldn't be more then seven years old when she found it. An old picture with what looked like family getting off ships inland to the states. In this fraying picture crouched in the corner is a woman that holds the conch. You ask her now what made the conch so special she probably couldn't tell ya. I'm here today to explain this quite unique conch and its properties.
Underneath the surface of most people lies the same worries. It boils down to what drives a person, and there quite unique way of viewing the world around them. To her family its always been a more ...how would you say... untraditional means.
Before we delve into the properties of this conch you do need just a small refresher on "drives." For a lot of people it's simple fear. Fear of just about everything. Safety, security, self improvement, self analysis, and how do "they" view me. Fewer are drived by the petty needs, money and things. Fewer still are the ones who try to understand the world around them. Smaller even then them would be the artist of the world; always trying to capture something profound for the rest of the world to be aware of how profound the world around them is. Well... that's most artist anyway. Her family has a pretty unique drive that outweighs all of them combined, it goes to the core of all there drives. I can say with some certainty you'll learn something here

So... heads up.
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The lesson is this

When you hold a conch to your ear to dream of the sea ever wonder what other dreams it may hold?
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Getting lost in your own dreams, now there's an interesting topic.

Oh !?!? Thought I'd make it easy on you didn't you.

Well if you answer the above question, you have start categorizing dreams. Then go ahead and add details in those dream scapes. Essentially getting lost in your own dreams. Getting it yet? I'm betting ya need a clearer picture?
Ask your self, if you hold a conch to "dream of the sea" What other dreams can a dream conch muster?
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Hold it... got it yet? Well here it is then.

It's a Real Question that has an infinite number of answers. If you had a dream conch. You hold it to your ear and instead of dreaming of the sea when closing your eyes you are transfered to a dream of your making. After realizing your there you ask, what other dreams can I make?

Start answering that question and you have the key to why this conch is so unique.
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Lost in your own dreams.
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My mom was a bit lucky to find such a prize in her casual toy hunt in the attic.
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Can I ask? What drives you?



CREDITS

Thanks to Piers Anthony world of Xanth, and the ever popular otherworldly puns we have this heirloom conch. Recommended reading: "A Spell for Chameleon"

The actual picture and conch is held by the Randles family. [/CENTER]

Oh.. and this was my Birthday present to my mom.
Though I think it goes a bit above the conventional to one person ideal.
Please. Feel free to give input.
Note... if it isn't clear it's formatted in an email attachment. Though C&V and edit work here... well I may be new but I can account for style out of a forum. As to the clarity part, its meant to read as a forward email.

I recommend editing it.

She couldn't be more then seven years old when she found it
Smaller even then them would be the artist of the world

You use 'then' instead of 'than.'

Well... that's most artist anyway.

I think you can see the problem here.

After realizing your there you ask, what other dreams can I make?

You're.

Her family has a pretty unique drive that outweighs all of them combined, it goes to the core of all there drives.

Their.

It's a Real Question that has an infinite number of answers.

Is there any reason for the capitalisation here?

When you hold a conch to your ear to dream of the sea ever wonder what other dreams it may hold?

This sentence doesn't make sense.

If you had a dream conch.

If I had a dream conch what?

Well if you answer the above question, you have start categorizing dreams.

Pretty obvious.

I'd recommend putting the fact that it's meant to be a forward email at the top of your post next time. Then we'd sort of have a better idea of what it is. It probably needs more editing still, but I outlined the obvious errors. It's an email though, so most of the time people expect poor spelling/punctuation. It's really up to you I guess.

I don't really understand what you're trying to say. Here's what I got from it:

Conch's conjure images/memories of the sea when you listen to them.
If you had a dream conch, you could get images/memories of things apart from the sea.

You hold it to your ear and instead of dreaming of the sea when closing your eyes you are transfered to a dream of your making.

Start answering that question and you have the key to why this conch is so unique.

The dream conch or your family's conch? It's a bit vague through a lot of it. I don't know, I suppose it fits the genre of chain emails, but you don't have anything about sending it to 4000 people before ten minutes is up or war planes will start dive-bombing your house. You should probably include something like that.

I don't know, I'm just unsure of the whole thing. What exactly was it you were trying to say?

Thanks for the critique. But the message and forward to 10 was implied in the message to friends, ie. the question....

For the lamen;
What drives you?

Your myriad Dreams or the above stated drives.
"A" dream conch.
The family thing was just for what good fantasy stories are about a sense of the Otherworldly. Other view could be not in my back yard cool.

Yet, the above stated this is the case for this story... it applies wholly to a persons drive which is why the story is a bit unique. It's An inspiration story in the spirit of Piers Anthony & Charles De Lint.

Other view could be not in my back yard cool.

Yet, the above stated this is the case for this story...

Could you try to write sentences that actually make sense? I mean, I get a vague sense of what you're trying to say, but then when I re-read your sentences to find out if I'm right, I can't because they don't make sense as sentences. It just doesn't help for comprehension.

Drives. Okay then. The dream conch thing was the bit that confused me.