Oh, What Two Little Letters Can Do

Happiness This morning I was wondering, how is happiness different from other abstract nouns I’ve explored: comfort, joy, or delight? Then I looked up the definition and there they all were: good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy: delighted, pleased, or glad. So luck was in there too. Though one can be happy about a singular result–aContinue reading “Oh, What Two Little Letters Can Do”

Making Delight

Delight This study of abstract nouns through abstract photography brings me extreme pleasure and satisfaction. To capture that delight today, I used my favorite fuzzy fabric as a backdrop, my favorite spiral filter, and used the camera flash in the mirrorworld. Some of the results were surprising and delightful. For Cinco de Mayo at dVerseContinue reading “Making Delight”

Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief

Bravery What is bravery? Courage. What is courage? Bravery. I love this stuff. It is a quality of mind or spirit that allows a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. Other than military imagery of facing the enemy and facing death, what does bravery look like? How do I capture a qualityContinue reading “Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief”

Reflecting on How to Continue the Abstract Adventure

My Theme For my theme this year, I chose abstract nouns which are words for things that aren’t perceived by the senses, and can’t be physically measured. They are ideas, qualities, or states rather than concrete objects. I chose this theme because I combine the A to Z Challenge with National Poetry Writing Month andContinue reading “Reflecting on How to Continue the Abstract Adventure”

Naked Trees

Thank you readers! Experience Writing has over 1,000 Followers! During my break, Experience Writing reached an exciting milestone. Over a thousand people have chosen to experience writing with me. Thank you. I’m so glad you are here. Please let me know how I can bring value to the time you spend here. Also during myContinue reading “Naked Trees”

#SoCS: Celebrating 100 Days

If you’re curious and want to look back over what I created every day for 100 days, you can click on October 2021 in the column on the right under Archives, and hit “older posts” at the bottom of each page until you get to October 1st when this posting streak started. Stream of ConsciousnessContinue reading “#SoCS: Celebrating 100 Days”

Blackout Poetry Art Day

This is it, the penultimate post of my daily photos and poetry. It’s fun that I will reach day 100 on a Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Yesterday, I got a rainbow of both chisel tip and thin Sharpies for putting words on the world, so I thought I would continue my found poetry project withContinue reading “Blackout Poetry Art Day”

A Fun Found Poetry Project

New Poetry Today is Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub. Head on over to read a diverse selection of poetry and share a poem of your own. Yesterday, while looking at New Pages and planning submissions, I happened upon a call for found poetry from Heron Tree. The call is to create found poetryContinue reading “A Fun Found Poetry Project”

Poetic Bookshelves

Today I thought I would have some fun and combine my photography and poetry for Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge prompt “On the Shelf.” I rearranged my bookshelves to create poems from the book titles. Here is how I read the first bookshelf poem: From the Outside to the Center The outsiderin theContinue reading “Poetic Bookshelves”

Winter Comforts

I had a pretty visitor. New Poem Scheduled And some days are about comfortlike furry cuddles and pizzaand foreheads full of purrs that leave the big questions unpondered or wrestled and wrangled by other mindswhile I wrestle warm blanketsand purloin petsnot strivingfor more These images fit with Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge promptContinue reading “Winter Comforts”