Art is the triumph over chaos. In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. Calm & Chaos Calm is defined as freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness. Chaos is a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. Calm is found through feeling safe whichContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 4: Calm and Chaos”
Tag Archives: PAD Challenge
Poetry Month Challenges Day 3: Beauty and Barbarism
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death. ELIE WIESEL Beauty & Barbarism It was fun to see that “Beauty” was alsoContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 3: Beauty and Barbarism”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 2: A Surreal B-Movie
Fight or Flight As I mentioned yesterday, one of my ideas for my contradictory abstraction is that they are all part of the fight or flight response. The fight or flight response is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threat activates the sympathetic nervousContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 2: A Surreal B-Movie”
Poetry Month Challenges Day 1: Aggression and Apathy
Welcome to the first day of National Poetry Month! April is a busy month here at Experience Writing. There’s a lot to experience: the cherry plum trees are covered in their happy pink and white blossoms; daffodils bow their frilly heads in the flowerbeds; and I enjoy combining the daily writing challenges of blogging AContinue reading “Poetry Month Challenges Day 1: Aggression and Apathy”
2023 A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal
Last year’s A to Z Challenge became a year long focus that changed how I approach art, poetry, and writing fiction. I like to combine the A to Z Challenge with the daily poetry prompts from NaPoWriMo and Poem-a-Day, so last year I picked the simple topic of “Abstract Nouns.” Abstract nouns are nouns thatContinue reading “2023 A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal”
And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the failure in success and the success in failure. It is finally here, the final day of November: the last day of NaNoWriMo; the last day of prompts for the NovPAD challenge; and the last day of this extended study of the big five abstractContinue reading “And a Successful NaNoWriMo Comes to an End”
The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the disinterest in infatuation and infatuation in disinterest. Today’s study of infatuation brought me to foolish passion and and another look at that great word “unreason,” which made me think of the obsessive works in Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists by Lisa SlominskiContinue reading “The Glow of Daring Disinterested Infatuation”
Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the indifference in excitement and excitement in indifference.Everything about my work is excitement to me, the lights the shapes, the discovery, so how do I show indifference in that excitement. A second person might be indifferent to the excitement. The world might be indifferent toContinue reading “Excited to Realize Indifference is a Challenge”
The Enhanced Diminution Resolution
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at finding the enhancement in diminution and the diminution in enhancement. Today’s study definitely starts with the dictionary. enhancement noun the state or quality of being elevated, heightened, or increased, as in quality, degree, intensity, or value diminution noun the act, fact or process of diminishing, lessening;Continue reading “The Enhanced Diminution Resolution”
#SoCS: The Reality of a Half-full Plate of Dreams: On Second Thought It’s Half-empty
Contradictory Abstract Nouns (Photography Challenge) Today I’m looking at the dream in reality and reality in a dream. I found a fun quote for today in The Aspiring Poet’s Journal by Bernard Friot: “Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.” ~Georges Braque Georges Braque was a Fauvist and CubistContinue reading “#SoCS: The Reality of a Half-full Plate of Dreams: On Second Thought It’s Half-empty”
Experience Writing 