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”
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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”
Day Thirteen: The Amazing Joy of Kindness
Kindness Kindness is another of those abstract nouns with a circular definition. It means to act with benevolence. What does benevolence mean? An act of kindness. It also means a desire to do good to others, but good is a whole bunch of vague and abstract. This morning I read that yesterday, April 12th, wasContinue reading “Day Thirteen: The Amazing Joy of Kindness”
Day Twelve: Finding Joy Making the Small Things Count
Joy Thinking of the light and bright feeling of joy, and the effect created from over-exposure for “hope,” I tried something completely new today. Usually when I create bokeh images in the mirrorworld, I shut off all of the lights except for the string lights, and close the door to make it dark. Today, IContinue reading “Day Twelve: Finding Joy Making the Small Things Count”
Day Eleven: A Great Big Powerful Idea
Idea A new thought, conception, or notion may occur when looking at something in a new way. Today’s idea for my photographs came from the bulbs in my overhead light burning out. Because the overhead light didn’t work, I turned on the lamp on my bookshelf. Looking up at the glass over the dead bulbsContinue reading “Day Eleven: A Great Big Powerful Idea”
Day Ten: Elaborate Tastes
This is the second 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. Elaborate Elaborate is a homograph with two pronunciations and meanings: adjective (ih-lab-er-it)Continue reading “Day Ten: Elaborate Tastes”
Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through
Hope Hope is “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best; a feeling of desire for something and confidence in the possibility of its fulfillment; a thing, situation, or event that is desired.” For today’s images I thought of hope as a bud opening, orContinue reading “Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through”
Experience Writing 