her skin was kissed by light

[alpacinou]

Hello

Can I use "kiss" in this way? What do you think about this sentence?

Her freshly-showered skin was kissed by the firelight from the hearth.

 

[tedmc]

I think it is fine to use "kiss" that way figuratively.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't like it. (You did ask.)

Kissed by light? No. Kissed by the warmth maybe. The core sense of kissing involves a soft touching. I don't think it works to think of light having substance. Do you?

I quite like freshly-showered skin, though. I'm not sure why.

 

[alpacinou]

I don't like it. (You did ask.)

Kissed by light? No. Kissed by the warmth maybe. The core sense of kissing involves a soft touching. I don't think it works to think of light having substance. Do you?

I quite like freshly-showered skin, though. I'm not sure why.

So, what verb do you suggest I use instead of kiss?

 

[GoesStation]

As you know, I'm no fan of flowery description. Nevertheless, I can't find anything in this one to object to. Sun-kissed is the proper way to spell the old American brand name Sunkist. If it works for citrus growers, why not for you?

 

[jutfrank]

So, what verb do you suggest I use instead of kiss?

How can I give you a suggestion? Aren't you trying to play creatively with new ways of saying things?

We sometimes use bathe with light, with the preposition in. You could use that.

... bathed in the light of the fire ...

 

[Rover_KE]

So, what verb do you suggest I use instead of kiss?

We'll comment on your own efforts in using imaginative writing, but we're not doing your work for you.

 

[alpacinou]

How can I give you a suggestion? Aren't you trying to play creatively with new ways of saying things?

We sometimes use bathe with light, with the preposition in. You could use that.

... bathed in the light of the fire ...

Is "firelight" not okay?

What about this?

Her freshly-showered skin was bathed in the firelight from the hearth.