I found this illustration rather quaint and curious. It is an illustration done for Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I don’t know the story, but why is the tree male and the human female? Is the mobility or immobility an illusion? Is it a scene of love, magic or revenge? What do the projections denote? I invite … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #72
I see fast changing norms getting it all right becomes well-nigh impossible Hold it! all I can do remain true to yourself my personal truth will go with me Grab it! Reena's Exploration Challenge #71
Welcome to another week of the Exploration Challenge! We move forward with a thought that troubles all of us. So, without any ado, here’s the prompt PROMPT FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no restriction on the format or the length of the piece. It just has to be your reflection on the prompt … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #71
Did I see My shadow there? It does not look like me. disfigured, disconnected, mutilated by objects in between Mirrors have different ‘effects’ cameras have filters and lenses. How do I recognize my own ‘self’’? devices have so dulled my senses. I seek a mirror which to mould to my shape realtime, … Continue reading Shadows
This is inspired by a Hindi poem, written by Amit Agrawal (hecblogger) here, for Reena's Exploration Challenge #70 perspectives draw me into a convoluted logic I see you in mirrors, not prisms in a lab your crowning glory clouds my existence but I see you glow in fading sunlight brilliance of your countenance blinds … Continue reading Submerged
Writing takes me to nooks and corners I’ve never been before, and yet, I am unable to escape myself. The characters I paint are as I see them. I wonder if I will be forgiven to change their reality to suit me perspective. Cutting it short, here’s the prompt for this week. FOR THE NEW … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #70
squeezing into wormholes story-hunting peeling off layers to reach the core turning it around for right characterisation A passerby says Lol It’s only graffiti…. Yet, I emerge – enriched with the art and what I saw I know a little more than those who said Lol Reena's Exploration Challenge #69
Welcome to the reality of 2019, as we get entrenched deeper in it! The prompt for this week is short and simple, and yet not so. Does this picture intrigue you, or spark a creative output? Wait a minute, before you start typing. Have a look at these pics. I’ve rotated the picture. Does this … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #69
It is our concept of normal, which restricts and constricts us. And there are so many versions of ‘being normal’, that one never gets around to being totally acceptable. Yet, parents, teachers and priests keep struggling to propagate their own concepts of acceptable behavior. Excellence is deemed to lie in reproducing published answers from a scripture … Continue reading The New Normal or No Normal
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! It feels good to be back again, and the words that ring in my mind are “Back to Normal”. Well, I give you two quotes here, related to the words. Pick one, pick both or spin your own take on ‘Back to Normal’. Contradictory, yes .... but … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #68
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