OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of the Future: Imagine you are at a Halloween party in the future. What are you afraid of before you go? Imagine it’s the best Halloween party you could ever go to and nothing goes wrong, everything is the best Halloween party fun you can imagine. Write a poem describingContinue reading “Oct. 29 Prompts: Halloween Party”
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Not All Monsters Are Villains
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from What Makes a Villain. For today’s images I revisited the classic monster transparencies I created at the beginning of the month. Thinking about the difference between monsters and villains, I realized I would only consider some of the monsters villains—the onesContinue reading “Not All Monsters Are Villains”
Oct. 28 Prompts: What Makes a Villain
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of the Bad Guys: Everyone believes they are the hero of their own story, so how do people who do such evil things still believe they are the good guys? For this poem, try to get into the heads of those you see as pure evil. How do they justifyContinue reading “Oct. 28 Prompts: What Makes a Villain”
Lost in the Forest
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Deep in the Forest. Today was a the first frost of the season. I took a nice walk hunting for small leaves and fronds to use as filters on clear plastic to create forests in the mirrorworld. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our FearsContinue reading “Lost in the Forest”
Oct. 27 Prompts: Deep in the Forest
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Forest for the Trees: It’s easy to get caught up in details and lose the big picture, or be so focused on the big picture that the details get lost. Think about the opening of a film: the camera flying over a big city, then zooming into a location then toContinue reading “Oct. 27 Prompts: Deep in the Forest”
Facing What Haunts Me
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Haunted. For today’s images I wanted to create that feeling when you’re alone at night and you think you see someone out of the corner of your eye, or you hear doors creak and cupboards bang. Today’s photo shoot was aContinue reading “Facing What Haunts Me”
Oct. 26 Prompts: Haunted
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of Not Being Good Enough: Is one of your poems from earlier this month haunting you? Choose one of your poems from the beginning of the month and revise it. Choose the best line and start a new poem with it, or start with the last line and write fromContinue reading “Oct. 26 Prompts: Haunted”
Strange Superstitions
For today’s images I cut some new filters to play with superstitions in the mirrorworld. I thought it would be fun to see if I could “break” the mirrors with my filters to avoid the bad luck. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears I think this is the first time I’ve tried the Mirror Sestet. I likeContinue reading “Strange Superstitions”
Oct. 25 Prompts: Superstitions
OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Fear of the World: Describe what you see out the window. Now, go outside and describe what you see looking in through that window. Write a poem about the similarities and differences. What did you notice first? What most surprised you? The Mirror Sestet might work well with this prompt. WritoberContinue reading “Oct. 25 Prompts: Superstitions”
A Bloody Tuesday
For today’s images I had fun with paint and markers. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Don’t Say Anything At All Mama said, if I can’t say anything nicedon’t say anything at allso my not nice thoughtsthey have been building upand I’ve bit my tongue to bleeding Mama said, never talk to strangersI think she’s afraid ofContinue reading “A Bloody Tuesday”
Experience Writing 