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”
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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”
#SoCS & Day Thirty: Moving On with Zealousness
Zealousness Ardent activity, devotion, or diligence. What is ardent? With great conviction or zeal. I have no idea why I follow circular definitions with such intense emotion; passionately and fervently; such zealousness; I guess that’s something more for me to explore. Here we are at the last day of April: the last day of NationalContinue reading “#SoCS & Day Thirty: Moving On with Zealousness”
Day Twenty-Nine: The Birth of Yearning
Yearning Yearning is a deep longing: a strong, persistent craving or desire accompanied by tenderness or sadness for something unattainable or distant. Thinking about how to represent yearning, I thought about how the other abstract nouns I’ve explored this month are entangled with yearning: Ambition, Goals, Ideas, Needs and Hopes can induce yearning; people yearnContinue reading “Day Twenty-Nine: The Birth of Yearning”
Day Twenty-Eight: Exploring Xanadu
Xanadu I had to stretch a little bit to find something that starts with X. Xanadu is a proper noun for a mythical place, but it can serve as a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, and that is how I intend it today for our abstraction. It is described as a “stately pleasure-dome”Continue reading “Day Twenty-Eight: Exploring Xanadu”
Day Twenty-Seven: Words of the Wise
Wisdom By definition, having wisdom is to possess a power, the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; also scholarly knowledge or learning. Many people relate wisdom to age, believing that it is accumulated over time, thus the symbol of the wise old owl. Some relate it to spiritualContinue reading “Day Twenty-Seven: Words of the Wise”
Day Twenty-Six: The Value of Love
Value Value is a concept I find intriguing. Does anything have intrinsic value, or is it only through exchange that value comes into existence? Value has so many definitions, many of which have to do with worth: “relative worth, merit, or importance: monetary or material worth: the worth of something in terms of the amountContinue reading “Day Twenty-Six: The Value of Love”
Day Twenty-Five: The Delightful Excitement of Uncertainty
Uncertainty The fun of exploring abstract nouns is the area of uncertainty. They are not “ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality; not clearly or precisely determined.” They are “vague; indistinct; not perfectly apprehended: subject to change; variable; capricious; unstable: ambiguous; unreliable; undependable (definition of uncertain from dictionary.com).” Uncertainty canContinue reading “Day Twenty-Five: The Delightful Excitement of Uncertainty”
Day Twenty-Three: Everybody Needs a Thrill
Thrill The abstract noun “thrill” makes me think of the Prince song “Pop Life.” The chorus is: Pop lifeEverybody needs a thrillPop lifeWe’ve all got a space to fillPop LifeEverybody can’t be on topLife it ain’t real funkyunless it’s got that pop! So what makes life pop? What does a thrill look like? I thinkContinue reading “Day Twenty-Three: Everybody Needs a Thrill”
Day Eighteen: Everybody Has One
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”
Experience Writing 