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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 at whatever I do in the next 2-3 days.

Spend 6 minutes on watching this video

https://aeon.co/videos/as-above-so-below-an-artist-finds-the-cosmos-in-a-microscopic-chemical-reaction

After that, just write whatever comes to mind in free flow. Let some time elapse in between, if you so desire.

We use more of strategic and lateral thinking when the thought process is fettered by a theme. True creativity emerges when it is not confined.

We never have restrictions on length and format. This week, there are no restrictions of theme or subject – no picture, no words –…

Finally! free from the drudgery

of cleaning, sweeping, swabbing,

doing utensils in four households

her heart exhilarated!

but loss of monetary independence

now dependence on dwindling doles

perturbations pained her mind!

The thing that bothered her most

a housemaid for the menial chores

lockdown gave her the chance

to break this last shackle of injustice!

but mired in all the chores from morn till night

she wonders

where her “own” independence has disappeared!

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #140

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

― Toni Morrison,Beloved

I read a very scary statistic. While two thirds of Seniors, like myself, believe that democracy is the only viable form of government, only one third of millennial’s believe in democracy and are willing to try other forms of government. Have they been studying Hobbes’ Leviathan in university? Do we need a strong ruler, beyond challenge, that makes us behave ourselves, keep us from destroying each other. Do we need our Putin, Erdogan, JinPing.

Here’s another thought. What will be the expectation level of future generations…