Metaphors of Writing

Everyone has their own version of what writing is. I recently heard about a certain metaphor that really should be shared with everyone.
Writing is like dancing.
She said to me, "Writing is like dancing because you take a few minutes to get warmed up, but when you do get warmed up the words just come flying out and you just float across the page like it were a dance floor" (Shanna Goffinet).
I had never thought about this before, but she has a fantastic point. She used an active metaphor to describe the writing style. Instead of a natural occurance like a river which I used earlier, she actually used a style that is not constant. It stops when the feet are tired, or in this case, when the hands are tired.

Shakespeare is everywhere

The movie "O" is very interesting. I like how it plays on Othello in a modern way. When we started it I was thinking of the new version of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo Dicaprio. I liked the modern twist of Romeo and Juliet by using guns instead of swords, but in that version they kept the Shakespeare words.
"O" is very different in that it does not keep the old Shakespeare words and in fact changes some things around just to create a more dramatic story. Although, like Shakespeare needed help with creating drama? I don't think so.
There are many new movies that have remnants of Shakespeare in them. I think that's why people love them is because even though some may not enjoy reading him or trying to pick up on every double edge word he writes they actually enjoy the drama of the story. If you try to pinpoint other works where there are other details of Shakespeare you can see that there are many places where he comes up. One of my personal favorites where I immediately thought of Romeo and Juliet was with Taylor Swift's new music video, "Love Story". It definitely has that Shakespeare feel to it.
I included a picture of that captures the basic feeling of the video. She has an old dress on and in the background is a painting that has a medieval look to it with a peasant holding a lamb. This was just the first thing that popped into my head when we talked about Shakespeare in every day life.