55 Words - "Cries of Desperation"

The challenge 

"Write a 55-word fictional story on any subject. Use exactly 55 words. The title does not count towards the 55 character count."

I had been looking for a writing contest and figured I could do this - 55 words, how hard could that be? Harder than you think.

Picasso's Blue Period

Pablo Picasso is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was born in Spain but fell in love with France when he first visited Paris the end of 1900 and spent much of the rest of his life there.

1901 was the beginning of Picasso's "Blue Period", so called because the paintings he created during this time (1901 to 1904) had a blue or green tone to them. They have a somber tone that some attribute to the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas which triggered a depressive period in Picasso's life that year. 

The Blind Man's Meal

Frugal Repast