What Is That Thing? p.2

As a hobby writer, and somebody who took playwriting/ story writing classes in college, one thing I learned is filtering. Do you really need that? Is that description really necessary? It was also around this time that I started getting interested in material design and started seeing how beautiful things around me really are. Some things we take for granted and never really notice the time and dedication went into making something we use every day without a second thought. And so, something I want to try out is to combine these two hobbies while also creating something that is engaging and interested. Every so often I want to create writing that is not only for my benefit, but is engaging to the audience. How much filtering can I do so that a description can be minimal, and possible abstract, yet still give a clear representation of what the object is. Every week I will try to release a small blurb/ description of an object based on one or multiple of our senses, and it will be up to the reader to figure out what it is. Results will be released the following week, attached to the next description.

It is a clear cylinder like object. However, one side is much smaller than the other, almost as if it had been heated and pulled like taffy to create a cone like object with a much smaller diameter end. The larger side has small grooves on it that allow the object to easily standing on almost any surface. Along the side of the cylinder, the bottom half has many shallow grooves cut into the object, mimicking unsynchronized waves at the beach. While the groves give the object texture, the majority of the cylinder is primarily smooth. When you squeeze the object, it collapses very easily, creating a grating high-pitched sound that is annoying at least, and painful at most. When you let go of the object, it instantly bounces back; giving no indication that it has been pressured only seconds before.

The smaller end of the cylinder is covered by an opaque white top, preventing anything from getting in or out of the object. The opaque top is smooth on the top, but the sides are rough and rigid, giving it a much different texture than the rest of the object.

The object is very clear, allowing you to easily see liquid inside, which is also clear. When you hold the object up to the light you can focus the light to a burning point, and if you hold it up to different objects, it creates a distorted, magnifying effect. 

A link to last week's post can be found here. And the answer to last week's post can be found here. Post before if you got it correct, or what this week’s item could be.