Welcome to another week in a space to be yourself! Hats off to all those who responded to last week’s prompt, despite the gut-wrenching nature of the provocation! Evil is never an easy subject to talk about. Real evil is different from the caricatures we see on screen stories. I like the streak of strength … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #115
Welcome to another soul-searching week! PROMPT I will come straight to the point, because the topic cannot be cushioned in flowery words and smart expressions. I choose the poem “Questionnaire” by Wendell Berry as a prompt. It is hard hitting, it is cold, it is dark, it is stark. QUESTIONNAIRE by Wendell Berry How much … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #114
Welcome to yet another brilliant week! I’m still reeling under the magic of multiple responses to multiple prompt words. I’m more than happy to see the creativity that flowed in, encompassing the prompt words, and intermittent spaces being filled up with brilliance. I can’t resist the temptation to repeat it at least once. So, here … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #113
A soul I scrubbed so hard – it glowed vaporized … it found its place in the sky The empty shell that walks this earth in search of moons, but finds none I know it ….. but no one believes that shining star up there is me… https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/its-six-sentence-story-thursday-link-up-81/
bridging the gap with illusions…. fake structures or wispy shadows play connectors I find strength to cross over because I see… what does not exist and yet… it inspires creating reality with imagination… https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/photo-challenge-289/
Welcome to another week of inspiration and options! WRITING PROMPT 112 This week you can choose one or more from a set of 10 words/phrases, to kickstart your thought process. Let us see where the journey takes you. The comments often offer different perspectives and start another thread of creativity. Find time to read those … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #112
Welcome to a week of transition! The weather is changing. A cyclone that was expected to rock our Diwali festivities took a detour and moved elsewhere. A terror regime has ended, hopefully bringing peace to Syria. The Western world celebrates Halloween (parts of other worlds too), compelling a rethink on what certain masks or symbols … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #111
I strive to find the ground I left behind – then wonder if it ever existed. Psychic perceptions have left me dangling between two worlds. belonging – neither here nor there accepted – neither here nor there Can I blame them for not knowing what I do? They are happy in their un-knowing state, while … Continue reading Dangling
Wishing all my Indian friends across the world, a very Happy Diwali! Diwali or Deepavali (Festival of Lights) will be celebrated on the New Moon of October 27. We light up our houses and public spaces with earthen oil lamps, candles or electric lights. It is a metaphor for conquering darkness with light. Darkness and … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #110
Welcome to Week 109! My thoughts go back to a stark neighbourhood – identical yellow buildings with numbers painted on them. I enter 109, the building where my uncle lives. It is a rainy day, trains are stuck on water-logged tracks, college is closed and I have walked on the tracks to reach there. My … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #109
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