Let's play The Cube, the (famous?) mysterious identity game

Large, 3 pronged, cactus, standing alone, in the far off distance, back right hand corner of the picture. Chain links hanging down from the right arm of the cactus. The 2 ends of the chain coalesce together into a cube that looks like a lantern hanging down.

left side foreground there is small pit dug. The tree branch/vine ladder lays horizontal covering the pit.

A lean, fit yet tired horse ... halfway back on the left side. He is facing to the right, his neck hanging down ... not to eat or graze the grass. not in preparation to lie down in exhaustion. Merely in a momentary stance of collecting oneself, a pause to breathe, the eyes alert, readying himself for the greater fight to come.

Far back left a dust up. Could be the onset of a tornado. Could just be what's on the dirty ground back there being tossed up in the air, and around by the swirling winds. Its magnitude yet to be determined.

In amongst the swirling dirt are dry dead flowers. tossed around higher and higher up into the sky. The more they ascend the more they are ripped apart and spit upwards and outwards.

The cube is made of wooden planks. It is 3x3x3 feet. It is sitting slightly sunken in the sand.

The ladder is made of bamboo, it extends infinitely towards the heavens. It is at least half a mile away from the cube. The ladder is in perfect condition, and it seems almost fixed permanently.

My horse is an old pony. About 4 ft high. I had to look up the color, it's grullo or tan-grey. It's velvity. It's equally far away from the ladder and cube. It's looking down at the ground.

My storm is just a massive cloud, situated above the box. It is a deep black, with thunder booming from within it, no rain. The things are unaffected.

My flowers are irises. White and blue. There is a small field surrounding the horse, in good condition. It does not reach the other objects.

OMG, I used to do this all the time in high school! Think I still have the same image I always did, but I wonder how it would be different if I did for the first time.

The cube is extremely large and hovers and rotates. It is made of white marble and carved in an extremely baroque/rococco fashion, with elaborate openwork and statuary.

The ladder is just a ladder, but small and not particularly secure.

The horse is an awesome, beautiful horse, running towards the cube in a epic, majestic fashion.

The storm surrounded the box, and is an all-enveloping hurricane, but never quite reaches it. It is something near, but still distant.

The flower are a huge, multicolored field, encircling the box but not directly under it.

The cube is white and medium sized, positioned in the middle distance on the right. It is unclear what it is made of but is too bright to be concrete and is not plastic.

The ladder is a wooden ladder, propped up against the right hand side of the cube, angling to the left. The ladder is used but not frail.

The horse is on the left, facing left, doing nothing. It is pale, maybe straw coloured but possibly a bit darker - there is glare from the sun that is obscuring the view. The horse has a large blaze on its face.

The storm covers the entire horizon, roiling dark purple clouds with a couple of lightning flashes. They do not affect the lighting of the rest of the scene, but are more of an added extra for foreboding mood.

The flowers are vibrant pansies, purple and mauve, loads of them, all along the foreground of the landscape. There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that they are in a desert.

I'll play! Imma gonna write my answers without looking at the answer key or other people's answers to avoid being influenced by what are bound to be some cool landscapes.

Cube - made of clear crystal. Smooth sides. The size of a house. Floating about 20-30 feet in the air. If there were trees, it would be brushing their tops. The sand has wavy lines and you can see these through the cube.

Ladder- plain wood, new and clean looking. Rounded ends and round rungs that look like pieces of wooden broomsticks. Leaning against the cube and just long enough to let someone climb up and sit on the cube if they wanted, but no people around.

Horse- a paint - brown and white splotches. Maybe a mustang. Under the cube and seems to get shade from it, even though the cube is clear. Even though it's a sand desert, it's at ease and grazing, so I guess there's a patch of grass I can't see.

Storm- it's a thunderstorm with black clouds that turn day into night and spectacular lightning. One of those desert monsoons I saw growing up in the U.S. southwest. The ladder is wet. The horse is unfazed and dry, chilling under the cube.

Flowers- little tiny plants covering the desert like an ankle-deep carpet. Mostly yellow and white with some other colors here and there. Blue, red, purple. They smell lovely. They sprouted up because of the rainstorm and won't last long, but they're amazing while they last.

All done! Now to check the answer key and see what it says!

Hmm, time to dissect and see how weird my life is…

Me as the cube: someone who is happy to stand to one side so as not to attract notice.

The ladder as my friends: do my friends lean to the left with their views? Mostly. Though I would not say I prop any of them up.

The horse as my s/o: she seems to be ignoring me Big Time in my pic! Well. It might be time to have a sit down together?

The storm as life problems: spectacular and spanning the entire horizon but far enough away to ignore for the time being. LOL, the story of my life.

Flowers as life contribution: depending on which contribution specifically, I’ll go with my writing seeing as how AW kinda has that as a theme. So I have all of these ideas that are front and centre in the desert of my life, i.e. finding representation, though for some reason my flowers are flourishing which is certainly not the case IRL. Maybe I need to bring those storms closer? Not a happy prospect.

Man, there would be so many ways to interpret this exercise, so long as we don’t take it too seriously. But a fun way to pass a bit of time.