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”
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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 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 Eight: They Never Tell You Goals Are Squirrelly
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”
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 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”
#SoCS: Resolve to Dissolve
Today, in response to Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge prompt “A New Year,” I tried something I’ve been thinking about. Using the same clear plastic that I used for my “snowglobes,” I created a filter with written words and put them in the world. This opens up so many possibilities, an exciting discoveryContinue reading “#SoCS: Resolve to Dissolve”
2021 Review & Planning for the New Year
A Review of Experience Writing 2021 This fall has been intense: jumping out of bed every day to explore new photography ideas and write a poem. I know exactly what I’ve been doing since October first, but what was I up to last January? I’m glad I took a look because I don’t want thisContinue reading “2021 Review & Planning for the New Year”
A New Palette for Looking Forward
New Poem Enraptured What joy to play with lightto join it frolickingblue flashing whiteorange blushing pinkor smiling yellowI slow the shutterand move the lensthinking I can control the dancebut the ecstacyis in the unexpectedwhen what I’ve capturedis a delicious panoplyno longer of its partsbut a melded mutationin motion and now singularto be copied, resized, orContinue reading “A New Palette for Looking Forward”
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