I recall the time I learnt stained glass painting. It was the age of solvent-based colours, and we had to keep stirring the pigment slowly with the solvent with a wooden toothpick. Any mistake at this stage would cause the paint to crack later. The lead liner used to hold the paints in till they dried was also made by hand.
smiling blooms
on my windowpanes
look easy
Soon after, ready-to-use kits on Amazon took away the pleasure of creating stained glass masterpieces. And I’m not talking about the advent of AI. All this happened much before that.
creativity
robbed by assembling scattered
imagination

I remember doing this as a child as well. Great poem, Reena!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you so much!
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So true! Things supposedly made simpler have taken away creativity, and imagination. Superb take on the prompt, Reena.
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Thanks, Eugi!
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Most welcome!
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So true. Your take is always so different.
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Thank you so much!
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The originality of creating something has indeed been compromised by these kits.
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True. Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome
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What a nice way to create a masterpiece! Too bad the invention of kits took the fun out of it!
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Thank you so much, Carol!
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