As a fantasy writer, I’m always looking for inspiration on which to build characters, creatures, settings, etc. Many times, I’m amazed by my own ideas born from my dreams and imagination.
Then I stumble upon something in reality that makes my dreams and imagination look like child’s play.
Not long ago, I posted pictures of the weedy and leafy sea dragons:
Today, I stumbled upon something just as intense and elegant…and it comes in the form of a mollusk. Let me introduce you to the Blue Dragon (a.k.a. sea Swallow)…
Isn’t it beautiful! And it has the name ‘dragon’ in it which makes it even more intriguing.
Check out this transparent sea cucumber. Doesn’t it look like it came right out of a sci-fi novel?
Just goes to show…sometimes inspiration for fiction can be found simply by opening one’s eyes to reality.
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- Are Dragons Real? (writingfictionblog.com)
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- A Strange Scene Of Dragons and Words (inspiration-point.org)
Oh wow! I love that last one! That is simply amazing.
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OMIGOSH! I love that little blue guy. I’d love to see a picture of him moving. I have some great pictures of those sea dragons that we saw in Sea World. I need to find them and pos them someday.
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I’ve found a few videos. check them out:
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WOW! These pictures are amazing! The color of the blue dragon is so intense it’s almost unreal, isn’t it? Thanks for sharing these! 🙂
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All are so neat!…The wonder of this world…Thanks for sharing…~mkg
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Wow! These are some incredible creatures. I *love* the blue dragon. Gorgeous.
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That’s why I love to work with young children at kids church . . . their WONDER at all God has made makes me truly stop and “smell the roses” and appreciate other strange and beautiful things:-)
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Amen!
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I love the things that exist that we don’t know about. They are almost as intriguing as the things we dream into existence. 🙂
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yes they are.
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The Blue Dragon is fabulous. As a book title, I’d be thinking it was Anne McCaffrey’s.
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These are fantastic. That transparent sea cucumber is really incredible.
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