Elspin Murkedly
Elspin is the main character in Green. She has no nervous system. Her mind lives within an infinite inner world with no connection to the external universe. Her senses are not connected. Her universe is inside her head.
Writing about a character of this nature was quite a challenge.
An extract from ‘Green’
Elspin was gradually becoming more aware. Her feeble mind was reaching out to probe the endless night in which she was suspended. Indeed it was proving not to be quite so dark and endless. Within the darkness was a grainy mass of colour. Pattern. Pinpoints of red. Geometrical shapes in yellows and brilliant blue. Pools of maroon. Explosions of electric brightness that flashed through her. Waves of colour that flooded over her.
Elspin began what was really a rudimentary study of the world she lived in. She watched. It wasn’t so much that she struggled to understand what she saw. Her thoughts were not clear. Her sense of self was not developed. Her awareness was primitive. Around her the darkness swirled as a deep endless night in which colours played in endless variation. In the centre of it all Elspin lay suspended in wonder.
She was not afraid ….. never afraid. Her emotions had not yet been born.
Nothing intruded into her peace. Nothing ever hurt. Nothing solid bumped into her. She knew no hunger and had not discovered pain.
Just peace.