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
They gagged me because I held a microphone and had an audience. My meagre influence made them feel threatened. What are they trying to conceal? Why do they wish to hide me from the world like a dark secret? They don’t want to be overshadowed by someone who can think independently. They don’t want me … Continue reading Two sides of a gag
Ikigai is the cruellest document in history, being peddled as a self-improvement tool. What you love may not be what you are good at, or what the world needs. What you can be paid for is an entirely different ballgame. The profession or vocation has nothing to do with passion or mission. It is simply … Continue reading Ikigai
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
Shadows on the grass speak of a fence somewhere – boundaries that demand respect. Religion induces discipline, incites wars and sometimes turns sane people into maniacs. I wish it were more of a contract where offer and acceptance are both needed, rather than an accident of birth. Anything that divides humanity is subhuman, bordering on … Continue reading With Care
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
The text emphasizes the importance of balancing personal interests with the well-being of others, arguing that helping the majority shouldn't come at the expense of oneself. It critiques societal and corporate pressures that promote self-sacrifice, highlighting how individuals and institutions often exploit this expectation for their own gain while misleading the public.
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
I happen to be a Number 3, born on the 30th of the month. Somehow, I always found homes and offices on the third floor. In some cases, the house number included 3 or 9. 36 is written in the Devanagari script as follows. ३६ The number is always used to denote two people who … Continue reading The Power of Three
Welcome back to another week of inspired writing! PROMPT #444 We have two images below to serve as inspiration. You may choose one or both. The image by Nellie Adamyan is borrowed from Unsplash. It shows a sculpture of a woman mounted on a wooden block, with her head out and body inside a triangular … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #444
