She quit the family business to start something of her own. It’s not an easy task. She had always worked in a well-defined structure. The absolute freedom she has now, excites as well as unnerves her. “I saw the angel in the marble, and carved till I set him free”, famously said Michelangelo of his … Continue reading Fire within
The elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor with a lurch. It was time to say goodbye to a dream. He would then cook a spartan meal, work on his part-time writing assignments and fall asleep with sheer fatigue on a tattered mattress. He planned to buy clean sheets and a pillow with this extra income next … Continue reading Cinderella
Joe M’s contribution to the Exploration Challenge #104
unfathomable
sacredness would be useless
benedictions vain
Societal Disconnect….. by VJ Knutson
Divergent perspectives
reveal solemn truths
pieced together
snapshots
examine disconnect
individualism
promotes autonomy
only when in balance
with community.
(For Reena’s Exploration Challenge which features an interesting video: click here)
Here’s another week that promises to be full of creativity and fun. PROMPT 104- LONG AND SHORT OF IT Here’s a rather long paragraph by Jiddu Krishnamurthy.. As one sat in the aeroplane amidst all the noise, smoking and loud talking, most unexpectedly, the sense of immensity and that extraordinary benediction which was felt at … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #104
Poem … by Joe M
koyaanisqatsi soul
the planet after humans
invent feet and cars
for Reena’s Exploration Challenge
and https://aeon.co/videos/strap-in-for-a-delightfully-disorienting-dance-of-humans-going-places
bareness stretches to share hollow secrets with stark branches remembering lush green foliage that once adorned golden beams smile knowing – colors will change with every season, every dawn vain reflections know not they are not real the Lord and Master rests with a promise to return handing over batons to its beloved … Continue reading Deception
Get off the turtle, if you want to move ahead in life. I am moving constantly. The speed is imperceptible to you. Moving to where? I’ll be outta here, before the water reaches my neck. Do your arithmetic right. The tank fills up at a faster rate. I start leaking after that, and some of … Continue reading You’re impossible
“You don’t look like someone who has waded through college years. But your grade sheets speak a different language.” “Grade sheets speak the assessor’s language. It is not a measure of my ability.” “Son, you will either be a great scientist or literary genius, or ….” “Or?” “You will trudge your way through corporate life. … Continue reading Experience speaks
“Why can’t you just mind your own business?” “I’m doing exactly that.” “By peeping over the fence?” “I need inputs from the other side to change colors.” Sigh! The business of some people…. https://patriciasplace.me/2019/09/11/in-other-words-spy/
