Beginning note: I don't own Spirited Away, I'm not making any money off it, and this is all for the funzys.
Ablution - A ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers
Representation
Taking a deep, steeling breath, Chihiro moved to sit before the stone, arranging the pots around her and completely unsure of how to progress. But as she dipped timid fingers into the container of red clay, curiously intent on picking up a piece, it turned to paint at her touch, covering her fingertips in thick red fluid.
She marveled at the discovery for a moment, thrilled with her find, before again loosing herself in contemplation. Turning from her red stained fingers to stare at her canvas, she considering what it was she was to do. What she could create.
Because really it all boiled down to one question: What was, to her, a representation of life?
Its answers where infinite, each as beautiful and colorful as the next. Children playing in the surf, a bird twittering in a tree, a conversation over coffee, the fluttering of a butterflies wings. So many to chose from, but none good enough.
Closing her eyes, Chihiro fought to relax, to bring herself to a meditative state. She tried to just be for a moment, and forget that she was separate from the images in her head.
And all at once, she knew what she was going to do.
Note: Plot. Its happening. Probably.