A close friend sent it and asked me to fwd it to all of my favorite people. Didn't know it would be such a thoughtful exercise!
If I were a beginning, I would be: " The floating board on blue waters, beneath a red moon
the dice rolled three ..."
If I were a tree, I would be: Banyan
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: bongo
If I were an animal, I would be: The white shark
If I were a sound, I would be: Thud or Phatak or Owwww
If I were a scent, I would be: Raat Rani or the White Lily
If I were a religion, I would be: peace
If I were a facial expression, I would be: Smile
If I were a subject in college, I would be: Philosophy
If I were a color, I would be: white
If I were a thing, I would be: Diamonds
If I were a book, I would be: Like water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
If I were a monument, I would be: The Colossus of Rhodes
If I were an artist, I would be: A photographer / craftsman
If I were a collection of poems, I would be: The Four Quatrets- by Eliot
If I were an element, I would be: Water
If I were a Word, I would be: Phantasmagoria, Chutnefication
If I were a watch, I would be: Dead
If I were a theory, I would be: Re-construction or one of Iser's
If I were a cartoon, I would be: Hobbs from Calvin and Hobbs
If I were a technology, I would be: The mind-chip or the time machine
If I were a super hero, I would be : Superman
If I were a Shakespearean Character, I would be: the Fool from all his plays!
If I were alone, I would be: Free