Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 51 – Vanishing Impossibility

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fireMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

During my working career, I was confronted as many teachers were, with finding ways to engage our students.

During a ten-year period in a very working-class part of town, my fellow teachers and I staged a number of musical programs to stimulate and engage our students.

I was fortunate to have an excellent drama teacher to work with in the late 1980s.

In 1987 we performed a musical I had written when teaching at a bush school and it went well. In 1989 we decided to get ambitious and write a new show that would explore a range of emotions and scenarios. Doing a show each year had become the expectation within the school and writing a show from scratch was considered ambitious, to say the least, considering our musical ability was somewhat limited.

But we were never…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 51

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I feel uneasy today. I hope it is a passing phase. But the prompt I chose reflects it. Let it remain on record like a journal. There is one picture and two quotes. Choose any one, or choose all three, and create whatever you can. I would like to see a simplification – in the … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 51

The same Sun

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It is the same Sun. It gets caught between a tree, or between the metallic extensions of modern construction. I like to imagine that it feels suffocated. But it moves away, smiling with optimism. There is always another day to face. I realize that I have been gripped by claustrophobia, and I projected the same … Continue reading The same Sun

Reasonable Response

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“I know it. I always knew it is a conspiracy. Multiple speak, masks, iron fists in velvet gloves and knives stabbed in the back are all more real ….” “What are you rambling about?” “Pistanthrophobia – it is missing from this list. It is a design to catch people unaware….”   Pistanthrophobia is the fear of trusting people due … Continue reading Reasonable Response

Ropes

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              a ropes cuts my skin and soul shackles hamper movement but keep me glued to life apathetic knots outdated rules bonds unresolved   a pull makes me turn back a nudge spurs me on imagined bonds….. turn out to be wishful thinking   understanding bondage helps me value … Continue reading Ropes

Reunion meet

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Reunions with college mates are great eye openers. The difference between dreams, impressions, expectations and reality all show up in one evening. Condescending looks have changed. Class monitors are no longer the leaders she looked up to. She is happy that she was sowing seeds for the future, while the others enjoyed fruits of their … Continue reading Reunion meet

Anonymous

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“I rarely receive a sealed envelope now, which is not a communication from a company whose shares I hold. Snail mail has long since given way to faster and modern communication platforms…..” I saw a hand being raised in the audience, “Sir, I have been searching for years, for a kind soul which used to … Continue reading Anonymous

Unclaimed Power

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I see small reflections of myself in the world around. You are Fire. Why should that surprise you? Why did I remain suppressed in the core for so long, scared of being extinguished by the water around me?   Three Line Tales

Down-to-Earth

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She has lived in a vacuum all her life. It is more appropriate to call it a darkness laden with non-acceptance. She has all the ideas, enthusiasm, creativity and talent, but the people around her don’t connect to it. Is it a genuine challenge for them, or a deliberate boycott of her personality? “Stop flying … Continue reading Down-to-Earth