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”
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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-Four: Sheer Villainy
This is the last 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. Sheer Sheer has so many interesting meanings: adjective – perpendicular; very steep;Continue reading “Day Twenty-Four: Sheer Villainy”
Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success
Success If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. I thought this morning’s images would be easy. I received some new lights I ordered yesterday, so I figured anything that came from playing with them would be a success. Like any experiment, the results, whether proving the hypothesis or not, are a success becauseContinue reading “Day Twenty-Two: The Secret of My Success”
Day Twenty-One: With Respect to Respect in Some Respect
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”
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”
Liminal Imagery
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to choose an image from @SpaceLiminalBot to inspire a poem. PAD Challenge: Write an active poem Self-fulfilling All of the shelves are emptythe end is near nothing left to read herethe end is near the light blotches in the blue carpetlead the eye to the liner left in the trash canContinue reading “Liminal Imagery”
Experience Writing 