Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub inspired me to try two animal shape filters I haven’t made before. The penguin and the kangaroo. The poetry prompt is to write from the perspective of animals that have been linked with Christmas but don’t really have anything to do with it. This Kangaroo’s Christmas Hullabaloo HeContinue reading “The Thoughts of Christmas Animals Around the World”
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Snow is Beautiful Danger
Today is Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub and the prompt word is “snow.” Snow is beautiful danger like a sleeping cat’s claws. It masks the world soft, hiding sharp objects.It entices us into the blinding white to freeze. A snowflake confuses the eye, appearing to float, barely falling as it holds our attentionwhile thousandsContinue reading “Snow is Beautiful Danger”
The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the patience in impatience and the impatience in patience. I reviewed its synonyms on the fifth: endurance and shortness; the tenth: hastinessContinue reading “The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience”
The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the value in worthlessness and the worthlessness in value. I reviewed its synonyms on the fourth: significance and insignificance; the ninth: appraisalContinue reading “The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value”
The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the creativity in actuality and the actuality in creativity. I reviewed its synonyms on the third: artistry and incapacity; the eighth: imaginationContinue reading “The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality”
The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the determination in reluctance and the reluctance in determination. I reviewed its synonyms on the second: perseverance and indolence; the seventh: resolveContinue reading “The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance”
The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture certainty in doubt and doubt in certainty. I reviewed its synonyms on the first: inevitability and ambiguity; the sixth: conviction and disbelief;Continue reading “The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty”
The Twenty-fifth Day of Sufferance in Irritability
Today I’m out to capture sufferance in irritability and irritability in sufferance. I continued to explore my new foil “windows.” I colored four clear plastic filters, two with jagged lines and two with spots to represent Irritability then I tried four different foil shapes. I liked the results with the jagged lines better than theContinue reading “The Twenty-fifth Day of Sufferance in Irritability”
The Twenty-fourth Day of Repulsion in Desirability
Today I’m out to capture repulsion in desirability and desirability in repulsion. Desirability is complicated: it includes worth, wanting, pleasure, excellence, and arousal. And what has desirability to one person may fill another with repulsion. My morning started out with going outside to try my new “window” discovery with the outside lights a desirability, butContinue reading “The Twenty-fourth Day of Repulsion in Desirability”
The Twenty-third Day of Fact in Originality
Today I’m out to capture fact in originality and originality in fact. Thinking of the cool effect I got with the iridescent plastic disc, I wondered what would happen with a small piece of aluminum foil on the colored clear plastic filters. I thought it would maybe black out the shape of the aluminum foilContinue reading “The Twenty-third Day of Fact in Originality”
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