For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, moon, I returned to the full moon created in my hearth scene the other day and played with some color gels and bokeh creatures I didn’t get to yesterday. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt, “Expecting,” ties in well with this morning’s efforts: nothing went as expected, reminding me that expectations lead toContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 27: So Many Moon Songs”
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#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, creature, I experimented with an effect I noticed when I started to play with bokeh in the mirror: it’s possible to take a photo of a filter both right side up and upside down. These are my first experiments with the effect, but I got some fun results. OctPoWriMo Today’sContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down”
#OctPoWriMo Day 25: Fueling the Spirits
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, haunted, I took my single ghost filter to see what’s haunted in my world. OctPoWriMo Here we are starting our last week. I’ve decided to continue my daily poem practice through November by participating in Writer’s Digest’s November PAD Chapbook Challenge. After I finished my poem revision series last spring,Continue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 25: Fueling the Spirits”
#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, forest, I got up early and went out to see what the forest had to offer. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is “millstone.” The 2018 prompt was “opening.” She opens in winter as the darkness heavieslike a weighted blanketcomforting her in calmsettling solace soughtswirling silence surroundsthe thick gray cloud coverweeping upon herContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming”
#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “grave,” I recreated the ghost forest as the witches’ graveyard. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is how we honor our loved ones. The 2018 prompt was “See Me.” A Grave Regard praying for patienceto find forgivenesslisteningreally listeningrespondingeraserephraseshowing interestbeing interestedgraceno traceredefinebrave aloneuphold the idealwhile not feelingits appealwhile praying for forgivenessfinding patience NaNoWriMo PrepContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard”
#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “leaves,” I left the creating to nature and she came through. It stopped raining and the lake was still and reflective. The soft light through the clouds was beautiful. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is imagining the lives of previous occupants. The 2018 prompt was “Betrayed.” The Lake Betrays Every year theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays”
#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “drink,” I bought yummy, colorful juices and repurposed my candy mold as an ice tray. The drink photos did not go well. I made a terrible mess and I’m going to have to deal with a drunk alligator and zombie later, but I like how the candy pumpkin shots turnedContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater”
#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “decor,” I thought it would be a great inspiration to put up my decorations early, but it’s supposed to rain for a week, so I thought I might make some decor inside instead. Decor makes me think of lamps and wallpaper and carpets, but once I got started appreciating theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor”
#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “desserts,” I looked at some fun Halloween desserts and found a vegan “white chocolate” recipe. I also loved the idea of putting raspberry filling in the center of my chocolates as blood, so I gave both ideas a try with my Halloween candy mold. The photos tell a Halloween horrorContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story”
#OctPoWriMo Day 18:Once Upon a Bloodsucker
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “vampire,” I created a fang filter and found the monsters in my world. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is an empty pot. The suggested form is Double Exposure. I like this type of poem-within-a-poem form. It provides the opportunity for more than one speaker, or combining two different related images (like vampiresContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 18:Once Upon a Bloodsucker”
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