Not All Monsters Are Villains

If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from What Makes a Villain. For today’s images I revisited the classic monster transparencies I created at the beginning of the month. Thinking about the difference between monsters and villains, I realized I would only consider some of the monsters villains—the onesContinue reading “Not All Monsters Are Villains”

Lost in the Forest

If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Deep in the Forest. Today was a the first frost of the season. I took a nice walk hunting for small leaves and fronds to use as filters on clear plastic to create forests in the mirrorworld. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our FearsContinue reading “Lost in the Forest”

Facing What Haunts Me

If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Haunted. For today’s images I wanted to create that feeling when you’re alone at night and you think you see someone out of the corner of your eye, or you hear doors creak and cupboards bang. Today’s photo shoot was aContinue reading “Facing What Haunts Me”

Strange Superstitions

For today’s images I cut some new filters to play with superstitions in the mirrorworld. I thought it would be fun to see if I could “break” the mirrors with my filters to avoid the bad luck. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears I think this is the first time I’ve tried the Mirror Sestet. I likeContinue reading “Strange Superstitions”

A Bloody Tuesday

For today’s images I had fun with paint and markers. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Don’t Say Anything At All Mama said, if I can’t say anything nicedon’t say anything at allso my not nice thoughtsthey have been building upand I’ve bit my tongue to bleeding Mama said, never talk to strangersI think she’s afraid ofContinue reading “A Bloody Tuesday”

The Night Sky

For today’s images, I made pin point filters of constellations: Orion and the Big Dipper, then I pretended the mirrorworld was the night sky. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears The Music of My Night after Muriel Rukeyser When I who can never sleep without a video on my laptop,waking often to keep the nightmares away, canContinue reading “The Night Sky”

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Turns out today is my Ten Year Anniversary on WordPress, and also my One Year anniversary on 4theWords. I guess I like to start things today. Ten Years feels so monumental. Thank you all for following along on my creative journey. Thank you for reading, liking, commenting and participating in the slightly over 1,000 postsContinue reading “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Swamp Creatures

If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Hiding in the Swamp. For today’s images I cut an alligator filter and a turtle filter. I also used the cut-outs in the jagged outline filter. Stream of Consciousness Saturday Today, Linda G. Hill’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “material.” I thought itContinue reading “Swamp Creatures”

Lost in the Fog

This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader again and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to In a Thick Fog. For today’s images I tried a few things. First I took pictures outside with the plastic filter from last year, then I tried a piece ofContinue reading “Lost in the Fog”

Always Screaming Inside

This morning I searched “Halloween” in my WordPress reader and found some fun posts. If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I’m responding to Fear of the Screams in the Night. For today’s images to mix things up a bit, I had fun folding origami jack-o-lanterns and took pictures of them screaming. Then I playedContinue reading “Always Screaming Inside”