Goal A goal can be a concrete noun, if you’re playing soccer (football in most of the world), but as an abstract noun–“the result or achievement toward which effort is directed”–it is a squirrelly concept. Since the beginning of the year, I have read a pile of books on the concept of goal setting, creatingContinue reading “Day Eight: They Never Tell You Goals Are Squirrelly”
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Day Seven: An Aubade to An Abundance of Failures
Failure Today’s post on Blogging from A to Z has some quotes to help us focus on a successful future. Two of them are about failure: “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really:Continue reading “Day Seven: An Aubade to An Abundance of Failures”
Day Six: Expressions of Things That Go Bump in the Night
Expression From dictionary.com I learned that “expression” is about transformation, manifestation, and communication. 1. the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words 2. a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words 3. communication of emotion through music, painting, etc. Visually, that leaves the possibilities wide open. I could express absolutely anything. ButContinue reading “Day Six: Expressions of Things That Go Bump in the Night”
Day Five: Weaving the Allotted Lengths
Destiny Destiny is a fascinating concept: “a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency” (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary tenth edition). It is human nature to want to have a purpose, to search and strive to find the why of existence. But why try if the course of events isContinue reading “Day Five: Weaving the Allotted Lengths”
Day Four: Reexamining Comfort
It’s storming today, so I put some comfort on it. Thinking about the definition of comfort as relief in affliction, I used blue dots for prickling sorrows, and contrasting orange as its consolation. I’m glad I had an umbrella handy. Comfort When I think of comfort, I think of physical calm, lack of irritation, thingsContinue reading “Day Four: Reexamining Comfort”
Day Three: The Cleaving Smell of Beauty’s Ambition
This is the first 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 for Ambition and Beauty to create visual poems guided by a homograph. Cleave Cleave is an enticing word because it is bothContinue reading “Day Three: The Cleaving Smell of Beauty’s Ambition”
Day Two: Beauty Tips
Beauty Dictionary.com defines beauty as “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).” Notice that it saysContinue reading “Day Two: Beauty Tips”
Day One: Foolish Ambition
Happy April Fool’s Day. I’m not a fan of pranks or practical jokes, so this in not one of my favorite days, but today being the beginning of a poetic journey, I thought of the Fool of the tarot: head in the clouds, not looking where he is going, about to step off a cliff.Continue reading “Day One: Foolish Ambition”
Blogging From A to Z Challenge Theme
The Master List for the A to Z Challenge opened today. This year I’m going to explore abstract nouns through photography and poetry. Abstract nouns are nouns for ideas, qualities or states rather than concrete objects. I’ve chosen an abstract noun for each letter of the alphabet. The A to Z challenge skips Sundays, soContinue reading “Blogging From A to Z Challenge Theme”
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