Reena’s Xploration Challenge #456

Welcome back! PROMPT #456 Here is an image by Theo Laflamme borrowed from Unsplash, to inspire your creative thinking. The image shows the white silhouette or outline of a person (overexposed person) watching the city's skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. The shape of a person can also be termed negative space. Let us guess whether … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #456

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #455

Welcome back to the journey, as we approach the end of an eventful year! PROMPT #455 Include the following line either at the beginning or end of your piece. The chapter will close with applause, regret, and unanswered questions , exactly as it should close. There is no restriction on the length of the piece. … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #455

Once again

submerged sunflowersdo call me at nightsuffocated within apartment wallsbreathless in air-conditioning my child learns to drawbutterflies and flowerswe go to the parkon a study excursionand suddenly sunflowers bloom againfrom mind’s deep recessesinto sunlight-my childhoodcomes back to life Revisiting O'Keeffe II dVerse

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #450

Welcome again and I will keep welcoming you... PROMPT #450 Here are two images for you to ponder on. Choose any one or both to inspire you. It will strike a chord with women, but I would like to see male perspectives on these images 🙂 There is no restriction on the length of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #450

Here we come

The other side hostsa civilisationthat calls itself civilisedwithout us Weprotestheld hostage by historybecause they distrustalien capabilityas threats tosecurityactuallypower every whispercarries painevery screamsounds like a whimperas we struggle todisengage from handcuffsimposed by tradition Watch exploding timelinesWatch inflamed social feedsWatch processions on the streetHere we comenot to dislodge youbut to claim our rightful place Watch the boats … Continue reading Here we come

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #449

Welcome back! PROMPT #449 I have chosen two lines from an essay on Shakespeare by James Baldwin No time can be easy if one is living through it.  That is why he is called a poet Include one or both the lines in your piece, with no reference to Shakespeare. The line of thought needs … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #449

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #448

Welcome back! PROMPT #448 The theme for today's prompt is ECHO I'm giving you a few sentences to fire your imagination. These are completely optional. The echo that lingers longer than the voice itself. The echo that bends truth into memory. Let the echo speak of what silence conceals. An echo is a ghost that … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #448

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #447

Welcome back! PROMPT #447 I was reading a quote by Albert Camus and stopped at a sentence. Communication is impossible with slaves Source: The Marginalian AI generated this image to match the line with certain inputs from me. The image shows a man whose mouth is sealed by a padlock called "Ideology", but he is … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #447

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #446

Welcome back! PROMPT #446 Here are some quotes with a twist. Choose one or more to inspire your piece. We are all made of stardust, trying to remember the sky. Reality is a mirror polished by imagination. To know yourself is to meet a stranger everyday. There is no restriction on the length of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #446

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #445

Welcome back! PROMPT #445 The theme for this week's creative endeavours is FICTION The format need not necessarily be fiction, though there is no bar on using the form. What constitutes fiction in the post-truth era? How thin or distinct are the lines between fact and fiction? Do the disclaimers that all characters are fictional … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #445