What a week of raw, unbridled, free-flowing ‘cryptic’ creativity! This has been the best week in the history of Exploration Challenge, and the award goes to …. All of you! Thank you for walking the distance with me, and letting yourself flow in the most magnificent manner. WEEKLY PROMPT #146 I was seeing some works … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #146
Welcome to playing another round of the weekly game! I just googled the words ‘cryptic poem’, and am fascinated by a few interesting specimens. This is the shortest possible poem I can imagine. constantly, consistently, continually, you Source: Perry Poetry PROMPT #145 The prompt is to use the above style of writing as an inspiration. … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #145
The negativity is unmistakable. She attributes it to outside pressures. An outsider could never gauge how monstrous the person is. Some worship him as a great human being. Some are obliged to him, so quietly bear his unending instructions and repeated rambling on the same things. He is devoted to certain people in his family, … Continue reading Breakthrough
Welcome back in a still locked-down world! PROMPT #144 In this week, I invite you to explore a single word BREAKTHROUGH What does it mean to you? Have you experienced it before? How do you expect it to happen? Are you or the world on the verge of a breakthrough, to find new meanings in … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #144
A warm welcome to all of you to this week's Exploration Challenge! It just struck me that we haven't done an image prompt for long. So, here we go ... PROMPT 143 As usual, there is no restriction on length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge 143
Welcome back! I’m happy to see the myriad directions in which floating colours took us, in the last one week. New participants too, got pulled in the whirlpool. Let us see, if we can recreate some of the magic this week. PROMPT #142 The genie is not getting back in the bottle Yes, the line … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #142
Reena's Exploration Challenge #141 Welcome back to the Exploration Challenge! WRITING PROMPT #141 - FREE FLOW The beauty of this week's prompt is that there is no prompt. I often see a medley of colors during meditation. I'm unable to label or classify those, or see definitive ideas emerging. But in general, I perform better … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #141
Welcome back to the Exploration Challenge! PROMPT 140 The theme for this week is Juneteenth Going by the dictionary, it is “a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US.” I would take it ahead to celebrate emancipation or liberation of any kind - physical, mental, emotional or … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #140
Is the “new normal” really new? The ideas and lifestyles have all existed before, maybe for a minority. Conservative Indians are screaming from the rooftops, that leaving footwear outside, washing before eating and following certain rules in the kitchen have been a part of our culture for long, but we had given it up for … Continue reading Stories in quarantine