Reena’s Xploration Challenge #220

PROMPT #220 We have a quote this week as your weekly prompt. "Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top."Maxime Lagace WEEKLY WRAP Jim Adams at https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/fight-or-flight/ Susi Bocks at http://iwriteher.com/2022/02/24/peace-please/ Radhika at https://radhikasreflection.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/another-casualty/ Sadje at http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/02/25/war/ Eugenia at https://amanpan.com/unite-for-peace/ Diana Coombes at https://writerravenclaw.com/ Brigid Faye at … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #220

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219

Welcome back! PROMPT #219 Include the sentence somewhere in your piece. "War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?" There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.  Any post that is found … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #218

Welcome again! PROMPT #218 Image credit: Kelly Ann Tan on Unsplash Well, it's an image prompt. It shows a child looking at his image in a clear glass. No other conditions added. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #218

Truth undefined

“Everything about her was a lie….” His lower lip quivers as he tries to keep his tears in check. I decide to let him embrace his vulnerability for a while, then ask “What was it that you found so disappointing?” “She wants to move abroad and discover newer ways of living. She has no emotional … Continue reading Truth undefined

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #217

Welcome to another week of creativity! PROMPT #217 The line to stoke your imagination this week is "Everything about her was a lie...." You are free to incorporate the line in your piece, or just use it as a theme. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #217

Motherhood

Somy has parted with her second baby today - to another set of parents, who are in fact her baby’s biological parents.  She thinks of the baby’s softness around her bosom  and cries again.  “Forgive me, my child …. it’s the only option I have to escape abject poverty.” She wonders aloud if what she … Continue reading Motherhood

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #216

Welcome back! PROMPT #216 CHARACTER SKETCH We have an image here, but the task is not just to write a story or poem about the picture or spirit of the picture. You need to imagine this as a character in a story plot, and write about her. Give her a name.Mention the geography she lives … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #216

Soul journey

I am so curious but my life journey spans from unknown to unknowable -ends there moving beyond is a nurtured dream of the soul it may take many cycles to unlearn and then be stopped by what is unexplainable lessons I've learnt - give me the right Teacher https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/01/27/reenas-xploration-challenge-215/

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #215

PROMPT #215 The words to lead your piece for this week are unknowableunexplainable Here is a video to stimulate thinking. https://aeon.co/videos/what-zen-buddhist-riddles-reveal-about-knowledge-and-the-unknowable There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.  Any post that is found to be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #215

Iconoclast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I7swaa8qGukGxzTqBP90Y?si=4d267b36a1dc498e I smash the mirror in which they see themselves. The coating behind is not metal. It’s an element that creates illusions.  I switch off the flattering lights around the mirror, and they are horrified by their own ugliness. Fear grips them. I’m the enemy. I’m the force they need to crush. I’m the iconoclast. … Continue reading Iconoclast