Thrill The abstract noun “thrill” makes me think of the Prince song “Pop Life.” The chorus is: Pop lifeEverybody needs a thrillPop lifeWe’ve all got a space to fillPop LifeEverybody can’t be on topLife it ain’t real funkyunless it’s got that pop! So what makes life pop? What does a thrill look like? I thinkContinue reading “Day Twenty-Three: Everybody Needs a Thrill”
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Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success
Success If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. I thought this morning’s images would be easy. I received some new lights I ordered yesterday, so I figured anything that came from playing with them would be a success. Like any experiment, the results, whether proving the hypothesis or not, are a success becauseContinue reading “Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success”
Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect
Respect When thinking about “respect,” I was so focused on an attitude of deference, admiration, or esteem; regard, that I was surprised to read its definition as: A particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect. To me, this definition connects respect to quality. Relation or reference: inquiries with respectContinue reading “Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect”
Day Twenty: Searching for Quality
Quality What essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute belonging to or What will make today’s images high grade; superior; and excellent? What qualities in my images will produce or provide merit: a claim to respect and praise; a claim of worth? And here’s another circular definition: What is quality? As an adjective it meansContinue reading “Day Twenty: Searching for Quality”
Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient
Patience The bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like; an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. Patience and perseverance are important when working on large projects and when trying something new, but also during daily interactions, and growth and self-discovery.Continue reading “Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient”
Day Eighteen: Everybody Has One
Opinion “I’m going to become wild, and eccentric, and full of opinion.” ~Amanda Kendall (Grantchester Episode Six) An opinion is a view or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty; not necessarily based on fact or knowledge; a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. Opinions are made of so many connections: perceptions, histories,Continue reading “Day Eighteen: Everybody Has One”
Day Seventeen: Mysteries of the Mind
This is the third Sunday of the of the month, and there is no A to Z on Sundays, so today’s photo-challenge is a little different. I’ll be using the photos I took this week to create visual poems guided by a homograph. Mind Looking back at this week’s abstract nouns, my mind has beenContinue reading “Day Seventeen: Mysteries of the Mind”
Day Sixteen: Touching Need
Need When thinking about need, the easiest to define are physical needs: hunger, thirst, sleep, shelter, etc. American psychologist Abraham Maslow presented the theory that human actions are motivated by certain physiological needs in his paper “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Maslow presented a hierarchy of needs and postulated that when a lower level ofContinue reading “Day Sixteen: Touching Need”
Day Fifteen: Motivated to Patiently Explore Motivation
Motivation Today we had a very special guest post by Jacob M. Appel about prioritizing writing. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend reading it for a dose of writing motivation. It is human nature to be drawn to pleasure and avoid pain. All motivations can be put into these two categories, but someContinue reading “Day Fifteen: Motivated to Patiently Explore Motivation”
Day Fourteen: A Bit of Luck
Luck Luck is a tricky thing. It can reverse like the flip of a coin. It’s no surprise that people attempt to control it, to wield it through imbuing it into objects. Lucky charms hanging on a chain to kiss, or pocketed to squeeze and rub give one a sense of control when the worldContinue reading “Day Fourteen: A Bit of Luck”
Experience Writing 