Reply 1-14-2019 – Reena’s Exploration Challenge – Week 68

Uniqueness redefined ….. by athling2001

athling2001's avatarA Writer's Life

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 it all depends on how you define your normal. or choose to redefine it. The quotes are tricky, not what they appear to be on the surface. What is really normal?

But well … that’s my take. I am eager to read yours.


What does it mean to be normal?

Most of my life I believed normal was something which I was not. Normal were those people around me who seemed to be able to negate the world in a relatively (to me) sane and regular manner. The kids with circles of friends and seemed to…

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Enriched

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

क्या देखता हूँ मैं

English translation of the poem in Comments section…

hecblogger's avatarPlaying with words

तुझ तक पहुँच नहीं सकता
जहाँ तू रहती है
इमारत देखता हूँ मैं

हर ज़र्रे में वुजूद तेरा
कहीं तस्वीर तेरी कहीं
इबारत देखता हूँ मैं

गए वो प्यार में मरने वाले
अब इश्क़ के बाज़ार में
तिज़ारत देखता हूँ मैं

सारी रात जागी है तू भी
तेरी आँखों में खुमार
हरारत देखता हूँ मैं

दे और एक ज़ख्म अमित
ख़ून-ए-जिग़र करने का तुझमें
महारत देखता हूँ मैं

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #69 – The Hiccup.

The Hiccup … by Michael

Michael's avatarMorpethroad

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They called it the hiccup. It was all because the artist was interrupted mid-work. He was going to go back and finish it but the gap proved to be a major point of discussion and when turned sideways seemed to reflect the current political situation, a divided country.

They thought he was inspired, but in reality, he caught a cold and then had an issue with the scaffolding and so started from the bottom but in fact when he reached the part where he’d left off in the first place he couldn’t stretch to fill in the gap.

So he decided he could turn it into some sort of statement. What that statement was he wasn’t sure he was happy to leave that up to the punters who came to speculate on what it might be all about.

It became a great marketing tool. A suggestion box was placed at…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #68

Reflections on the comfort zone…. by Indira

Indira's avatarSharing Thoughts

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #68

normal2 normal 1Normal life

daily normal routine
of getting up with the sunrise
completing all the chores
going to bed at night
following the same routine daily
is so tiresome
but deviate from it for some time,
and, you yarn to go back to the same routine
long to settle in your comfort zone   
that’s also impossible 
nature is sly
loves routine on one hand
disturbs routine on the other hand
you accept and play along
no guarantee of rewards
you ignore
go against the rules
then be ready to pay the price

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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