Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the impatience in patience and the patience in impatience. While thinking about what I wanted to say about patience and impatience I thought “It takes time to have patience,” so I thought of my cog-clock filter. It wasn’t raining, so I hurried outside to playContinue reading “#SoCS: Peril of Purloined Patience”
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This Rain is a Cruel Kindness
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the cruelty in kindness and the kindness in cruelty. I woke up planning to turn on the lights outside and admire the kind lights in the cruel demise of the colorful leaves, but it was pouring rain: a kindness for a Nanowrimo writer who enjoysContinue reading “This Rain is a Cruel Kindness”
Misguided Yearning for Contentment Without Agitation
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the agitation in contentment and the contentment in agitation. The last time I looked at Agitation, it was as the contradiction to Calm. It was July and I was playing with my first two reflection balls. Recently I have been feeling quite contented and yesterday,Continue reading “Misguided Yearning for Contentment Without Agitation”
Woke Up Excited to Write
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the indifference in awe and the awe in indifference. I thought about how the cat was blocking the front door staring at the lights, but I imagined the squirrels were indifferent. I also thought about how in awe I am of each new filter idea—theContinue reading “Woke Up Excited to Write”
The First Day of The New Month and the New Novel
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I want to create an image that shows the trust in distrust and the distrust in trust. I took all of the lights that made up October’s color palette outside to decorate the driveway for the trick-or-treaters, so today, since I woke up while it was still dark, IContinue reading “The First Day of The New Month and the New Novel”
#Writober Day 31: Happy Halloween!
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge As I did last year, I found this Halloween challenge inspiring. I made more detailed cuts for my filters this year inspired by PBS’s Monstrum, and came up with the idea to use tiny brads to add movable aspects to my filters. Thank you Tourmaline . Today’s prompt is Costume. IContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Happy Halloween!”
#Writober Day 30: Simple Pumpkin Party
Contradictory Abstract Nouns So here we are near the end of October. This week I looked at Here’s the calendar I came up with for my continued study through November: Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Party. OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Simple Pleasures. Pleasures Never Simple Pain is a thiefstealing simple pleasures the fuzzy,Continue reading “#Writober Day 30: Simple Pumpkin Party”
#Writober Day 29: #SoCS Surprise Halloween Element
I’m so excited to share that I am now a published photographer!! One of my photographs is in the latest issue of Wrongdoing Magazine. You can view it online (pages 98-99). Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS) Today’s prompt for some stream of consciousness writing is “element.” Here’s an excerpt from this morning’s journal pages: TheseContinue reading “#Writober Day 29: #SoCS Surprise Halloween Element”
#Writober Day 28: Courageous Screaming
Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge Today’s prompt is Scream. This morning I’m thinking of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. How will I visualize a piercing, shrill sound? Is the scream the sound outside the body, or the gut-wrenching terror vibrating inside before it escapes through the vocal cords? And how would I visualize that? OctPoWriMo Today’sContinue reading “#Writober Day 28: Courageous Screaming”
#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh
Contradictory Abstract Nouns Today, I start looking at the last of my chosen Halloween themed abstract nouns: finding the weakness in strength and the strength in weakness. This morning’s thoughts took me full circle to watching Hellraiser to start the Halloween season. Those movies are all about carving and weakness of the flesh. I’ve alwaysContinue reading “#Writober Day 27: Carving Pretty Things Into Weak Flesh”
Experience Writing 