How was your week? Did you try reading like a writer? I really enjoyed applying the things I learned from The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny to my short story. This week I’ll be talking about The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. I’m enjoying my coursera.org course “The Modern and the Postmodern”Continue reading “The Week in Review: Reading, Writing, and Abstraction”
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Juxtaposing Last Year’s Lines
After We Said Goodnight We have said goodnight butbuckle up and hold on as hearts buckle The rope hangs from the reaching branchHead held high, enjoying the sun on my shoulders,I begin my journey At my magical realism hotel wherethe air is thick with itagitation nags, it’s tickling The fan whirs in the windowIn theContinue reading “Juxtaposing Last Year’s Lines”
Dream Imagery
The poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to “write a poem inspired by a vision, dream, or both.” I tried to do the spoon in the bowl trick to induce a dream state, but all I saw was a big orange square of color with a read shadow moving around, so I decided toContinue reading “Dream Imagery”
Quadrille Monday: A Bold New Poem
Today at dVerse Poets Pub it’s quadrille Monday which means we are writing poems of exactly 44 words and today, De Jackson has offered the word “bold” to inspire and be included in the poem. “Bold” is also a great word to inspire today’s images. Life of the Party I want to be bolda grandContinue reading “Quadrille Monday: A Bold New Poem”
The Warm-up Week: Creating New Systems
How was your first week of the year? Mine was busy and fun. I love how writing down what I want to do, here at Experience Writing, motivates me to do it. With all of the new things I’m trying, I have to remind myself that I’m just getting started. I need to be patientContinue reading “The Warm-up Week: Creating New Systems”
Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day
I woke up in a winter wonderland. It started snowing yesterday evening, and the snow stuck. There was about a half foot of snow when the sun came out. I was so excited to try my reflection balls in the snow. What a great way to celebrate finishing my draft. I Did It! I wroteContinue reading “Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day”
And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the failure in success and the success in failure. It is finally here, the final day of November: the last day of NaNoWriMo; the last day of prompts for the NovPAD challenge; and the last day of this extended study of the big five abstractContinue reading “And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End”
The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the disinterest in infatuation and infatuation in disinterest. Today’s study of infatuation brought me to foolish passion and and another look at that great word “unreason,” which made me think of the obsessive works in Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa SlominskiContinue reading “The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation”
Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the indifference in excitement and excitement in indifference.Everything about my work is excitement to me, the lights the shapes, the discovery, so how do I show indifference in that excitement. A second person might be indifferent to the excitement. The world might be indifferent toContinue reading “Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge”
The Enhanced Diminution Resolution
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the enhancement in diminution and the diminution in enhancement. Today’s study definitely starts with the dictionary. enhancement noun the state or quality of being elevated, heightened, or increased, as in quality, degree, intensity, or value diminution noun the act, fact or process of diminishing, lessening;Continue reading “The Enhanced Diminution Resolution”
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