Reena’s Exploration Challenge #167

Welcome to much-awaited 2021! Wish you all a very Happy New Year, brimming with creativity and more freedom than you had in the year that passed away! +1 is always good. 2020+1 seems better. I hope we are able to say Thank You, 2021 — You were the best. Well, we go ahead with the … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #167

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #166

Reena's Exploration Challenge #166 Welcome to the last Exploration Challenge of 2020! Yes, we will take a two week break, while your creativity flows in directions other than blogging. PROMPT #166 I’m employing a reverse strategy for the last prompt in this year. Here are two short pieces for the prompt. inkblots mutate to form … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #166

Tightening grips

vigour and fervour hands that clasp mine hold promises for a future Relaxed, I roam around waiting to be called back there is no sound… I come back to the cosy place an unfamiliar iron grip Rings alarms - it is too late I’m placed under house arrest a public speech, new promises there they … Continue reading Tightening grips

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #165

Welcome to winding up routines for 2020! We have got three more weeks to go. Time does not really wind up, but gives us these calendar breaks to reflect back and assess, analyse and plan ahead. What impacted our lives in 2020? A teeny weeny virus, and this will remain in collective memory for a … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #165

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #164

Reena's Exploration Challenge #164 Welcome to the last month of 2020! We’ve all hoped it ends soon, and I hope all of us are ending it on a note of hope. I throw open a question, before netizens take a break for the holidays. How can we change the format of this Challenge in 2021? … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #164

Death by Excess

I skip the news updates on Corona horrors and vaccine developments, except for the economic impact.  I am not afraid of death. Yet, I think I’ve seen death closely than ever before - lurking in eyes, expressions, behaviour patterns, ostracisation of people considered unsafe ….making me fear it will continue as an obsessive compulsive disorder … Continue reading Death by Excess

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #163

Reena's Exploration Challenge Welcome back to explore the innermost recesses of our mind! PROMPT #163 We are getting ready for a re-lockdown here, after a sharp spike in the number of Covid cases. Here’s a video depicting a let’s interpretation of life in lockdown. https://aeon.co/videos/lean-into-loneliness-like-it-is-holding-you-a-poetic-reflection-on-life-in-lockdown Take us into your inner world., and let us see … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #163

In a place I (don’t) wanna be

Image: Saturday Evening post He remembers a sense of unease in company right from childhood.  He would be full of enthusiasm for a new experience, but find himself at the other end of strange looks. There was something that others could not relate to, and preferred staying away. He attached no great value to relationships … Continue reading In a place I (don’t) wanna be

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #162

Reena's Exploration Challenge - Writing Challenges Welcome back - Regulars and the new entrants that came in last week! PROMPT #162 Here are three sentences for you to build your piece on. His thought process was on so many levels that he gave himself a phobia of heights. Random words in front of other random … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #162

Targeted

Light struggles to disengage  from  absorbent surfaces which swallow luminosity, emit blackness Light gets lost in solar magnificence merges with strength enhances intensity -yet remains invisible Light  reaches its target celebrates life-worth, illuminates spaces  which ask for help existence becomes  worthwhile for both giver and receiver, revelling in  satisfaction https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/11/12/reenas-exploration-challenge-161/