Respect When thinking about “respect,” I was so focused on an attitude of deference, admiration, or esteem; regard, that I was surprised to read its definition as: A particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect. To me, this definition connects respect to quality. Relation or reference: inquiries with respectContinue reading “Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect”
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Day Twenty: Searching for Quality
Quality What essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute belonging to or What will make today’s images high grade; superior; and excellent? What qualities in my images will produce or provide merit: a claim to respect and praise; a claim of worth? And here’s another circular definition: What is quality? As an adjective it meansContinue reading “Day Twenty: Searching for Quality”
Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient
Patience The bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like; an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. Patience and perseverance are important when working on large projects and when trying something new, but also during daily interactions, and growth and self-discovery.Continue reading “Day Nineteen: Trying to be Patient”
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”
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”
Experience Writing 