The game, curling, is quite unique. A stone, which looks like it has a snake curled on top and polished on the bottom so the stone glides easily on ice, is the "horseshoe". Stranger enough it is a team sport. At least three people are on a team. For more details, I am sure there is a Wikipedia page on it by now. I am not going to expound on it.
Instead let me write about a time that I went curling with my co-workers (note: former co-workers). I've got a picture of me holding the broom, pretending it was like baseball bat. That might have been fun, but there was no way that stone was a baseball. It was cold in the ice skating rink, as you might suspect.
I really don't want to write about curling. Gosh, it's tough to write about something you don't want to write about. Well, I'm sure if I planned it out and it had a purpose in a piece I am/was/will be doing then yes I could write about my experience of curling more elequently or as a part of a bigger story. What story could come out of curling? meeting people for the first time in a venue that you'd not expect, getting to know how your co-workers feel about ice and cold, seeing the competitive (or lack thereof) nature of certain people, etc. That's more interesting to me. The story behind the story --- backstory if you will. Would you say last year's curling event was the beginning of the end? That would be interesting to explore. I think I could work on that angle of the story.
The curling event is just a seed in a bigger canvas. A picture is worth a thousand words, but those words need to have a backdrop -- a story and relay a feeling a deeper meaning. Context is what I am looking for. Deeper than 2D.
