Welcome to a week of transition! The weather is changing. A cyclone that was expected to rock our Diwali festivities took a detour and moved elsewhere. A terror regime has ended, hopefully bringing peace to Syria. The Western world celebrates Halloween (parts of other worlds too), compelling a rethink on what certain masks or symbols … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #111
Wishing all my Indian friends across the world, a very Happy Diwali! Diwali or Deepavali (Festival of Lights) will be celebrated on the New Moon of October 27. We light up our houses and public spaces with earthen oil lamps, candles or electric lights. It is a metaphor for conquering darkness with light. Darkness and … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #110
holding dreams in unstable hands you melt my heart with your touching innocence God bless – May they all turn true! https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/reenas-exploration-challenge-109/
Welcome to Week 109! My thoughts go back to a stark neighbourhood – identical yellow buildings with numbers painted on them. I enter 109, the building where my uncle lives. It is a rainy day, trains are stuck on water-logged tracks, college is closed and I have walked on the tracks to reach there. My … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #109
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave unable to fight complex, corrupt webs burdened with guilt feeling inadequate they withdraw into lonely shells which the world calls intellectual ivory towers I believe in a force to make them bounce back with vigour re-establishing kingdoms of fairness and lost identities I … Continue reading Complexity
Welcome to a poetic week! Poetry touches the soul, and has the power to impact thoughts and lives. Only a writer can appreciate the craft of making poetry whatever it is – be it a game of rhyme, syllables, structure, choice of words or a free flow of thoughts. I’ve chosen two short pieces of … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #108
others-centredness desire to communicate need for approval internal compass astray gaps with self -- unbridgeable can I take a break? a space to be just myself touch deep truths within then find a ground to connect with you- but on my own terms I look for your core untouched by imposed wisdom … Continue reading Unbridgeable
Most of us are crossing over from one season to another, in different parts of the world. Some may travel to other parts of the globe to escape the harshness in one. It is nice and predictable. It keeps us busy preparing for the next course of action, and yet another. What happens when we … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #107
Newcomb’s Pradox A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other. My take I sought sanctuary in silence to escape predictiveness of your words -ringing like an outdated cassette on auto-replay mode I sought solace in becoming a stranger once again to escape the burden of knowing … Continue reading Paradoxical
Welcome to a space beyond the Equinox, where equality becomes a myth again! If the Sun and Moon are not equal, can day and night be? The strength of the stars and power of perception gain importance here. It is all a matter of underlying meaning and perspectives. PROMPT 106 Our theme this week is … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #106
Creative Experiments and More 