Welcome back, folks! Thanks for the wonderful response to last week’s Xploration Challenge! I made a small booklet from all the contributions, to express my gratitude. I hope it is downloadable from this space. If it is not, you can write to me at reinventions.reena@gmail.com, for a copy. Covers and StoriesDownload PROMPT #177 The visuals … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #177
Welcome to yet another week! PROMPT #176 Our prompt this week has the potential to cover more than the written word. Think images, computer art, paints and brushes or a camera lens. Words are not going anywhere though, because that is what we are talking about. If you are a book, what will the cover … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #176
PROMPT #175 A year back, the prompt on Exploration Challenge was “Woman”. I decided to reverse it. In this week, write a story/anecdote/non-fiction piece which does not involve a woman. There is no restriction on length of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #175
Welcome back! PROMPT #174 @avogado6 on Twitter Image credit: @avogado6 on Twitter FOR NEWCOMERS There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. Technically, language too, is not a barrier, as we have posts in Hindi. But it … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #174
PROMPT #173 We have a one-word prompt this week. FLOW Flow is a state of mind where one is fully immersed in the task involved, and delivers a lot with minimum effort. Flow is a software by Microsoft, which facilitates team functioning. Flow is poetic, as in the flow of words, water, winds - taking … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #173
alphabets on keyboards transform into faces asking for expression, gather on the face of a clock rotating…… It’s tough… catching them at right moments -my naps become gaps in storylines -like interrupted wi-fi -like stations where trains do not stop -like air I punch and it becomes a fistful of emptiness but of course…. there’s … Continue reading Un-expressions
PROMPT #172 The theme is Components of Time Your take can be poetic or sci-fi or fiction or a piece of art , whatever catches your fancy. To whet your imagination a little (actually, it’s more than a little), find 6 minutes to watch the video below. https://aeon.co/videos/there-was-nothing-quick-about-how-we-arrived-at-the-standardised-second WEEKLY WRAP Sadje at http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/02/04/reenas-exploration-challenge-171/ relaxitsallwrite at … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #172
PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week .... with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171
Michael asks us to explore deserted lanes in mind spaces - finding something forgotten. I think about Lost keys and other items found while moving house My husband scanning through his parents’ personal belongings years after they passed away, and revisiting memories associated with those articles Widows telling me stories about how they asked their … Continue reading Finding something forgotten
Reena's Exploration Challenge #170 Welcome to yet another week! I don't see the scenario changing as expected. I see faint glimmers of hope, not the bright sun. Will 2021 be another transitional year, or a pathbreaking year? Let's go off at a tangent, and conquer ---- our mindsets, if nothing else. Control the controllable! PROMPT … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #170
