PROMPT RESPONSE It’s not about flaunting a higher intellect. It’s not about skipping the bits and bytes of a story. It is just about simplifying a complex network of thoughts, sounds and deeds into an easily digestible, small capsule. Then, why does abstraction put me off? Am I too lazy to make an effort to … Continue reading Backgrounds
Welcome to Week 44! Prompt The format can be a a story/poem/rant/anecdotes/journalistic coverage of events/ reflections as usual. Pour out, and let it flow …. LAST WEEK’S ROUND UP Jim Adams at https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/the-grim-reaper-is-waiting/ Eugenia at http://amanpan.com/2018/06/29/the-conclusion/ hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) at http://playingwithwords.blog/2018/06/30/%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b8/ Jane Basil at https://janebasilblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/30/38123/ Michael at http://summerstommy.com/2018/07/01/reenas-exploration-challenge-week-43-in-death/ Bladud Fleas at https://moonisrising.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/spark/ Indira at https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2018/07/03/reenas-exploration-challenge-week-43-honour-killing … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 44
Prompt Death does not scare me. I am prepared for it anytime, any moment. But …. I wish it is not painful. I wish that a long-drawn illness does not strip my family of all resources. I wish that I do not meet the people I’ve hated on the other end. Death, allow me to … Continue reading Be Not Vain
Welcome once again! I am keeping it simple this week with a picture prompt. Image Credit: Mary Shelley The format can be a a story/poem/rant/anecdotes/journalistic coverage of events/ reflections as usual. Please give due credit to the image. Pour out, and let it flow …. LAST WEEK’S ROUND-UP Reena Saxena at https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/myth-of-equality/ hecblogger (Amit Agrawal) … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43
Equality is a myth, a mirage to keep people busy chasing something. Equality assumes sameness, which is invisible to normal human or vision. We are similar at the atomic or molecular level, but we do not carry the visual aids and devices to see that all the time. Outwardly, we have different forms, shapes and … Continue reading Myth of Equality
I came across an interesting piece and style of writing by Rob Brezsny. The art of expanding a word or idea or concept into more, performing a surgery on it and expressing it only as a writer can – is not only commendable, but something I bow in reverence to. DEFINITION: THE FEAR The fear … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 42
edges and depths of the spectrum disperses molecules of the air scatters in water. The sky is blue is a deeper, dreamier, melancholy blue gets lost gives us the beauty of the world color of distance color of emotion color of solitude color of where you are not color of where you … Continue reading Erasure Poetry – Blues
Welcome to Week 41! We are dabbling with Erasure Poetry this week – call it White Out or Black Out as you please. Erasure is a form of found poetry or found object art created by erasing words from an existing text in prose or verse and framing the result on the page as a poem.[1] The results can be allowed to stand in situ or they can … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 41
I was taught that it takes minimum 40 days to internalize a new habit, or for a change to get rooted in the system. Maybe it is an approximation, but what happens when I need changes in different directions. Which one do I focus on first? Is there something like a debt consolidation program to … Continue reading Watch your thoughts…
Welcome to Week 40! Certain numbers arouse curiosity. I have always wondered about the special significance of the number 40, across different cultures and geographies. Why 40 days of mourning in Islam? Why 40 days of fasting and prayer in Lent? Why 40 winks of sleep? Why 40 minutes of walking? Why 40 days of … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 40
