Welcome back! PROMPT #299 You have a line here, which can be inserted anywhere in the beginning, middle or end of your piece. You are also free to not include the line but use it as a theme. Memory is all around us, as well as within. There is no restriction on format of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #299
I occupy spacein all dimensions to bewhat I want to beto go where I want to goshapeshifting genius; but youthink I'm twisted out of shape Reena's Xploration Challenge #298 Image credit: Deanna on Pinterest
Welcome back! PROMPT #298 I don't need to say much. Let the image take your pen, pencil or keyboard. There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap. Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #298
Screens ask me to proveI’m humanI’m tempted to say I’m notand see what happensWill the computer be extra friendlyWill I be more acceptableacross boundaries? It’s not only Google Searchhumans complete my sentencesImposing their views on whatI’d just begun to say-predictive intelligencehelps machines create systemsin a vacuumchoice in the time of dictatorship expression in times of … Continue reading Choice in times of dictatorship
Welcome to another week! PROMPT #296 A phrase by Arundhati Roy (winner of the Booker Prize for fiction in 1997) caught my attention – Fiction in the time of fake news. I coined a few of my own inspired by it. Letters in the time of instant messaging Books in the time of apps Lies … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #296
it’s tradition, they saidthen genetics came on the sceneit’s our highest dutyto preserve our cultureand hand over the baton tofuture generations “Transfer your salary to my account, and I’ll give you an allowance. You spend way too much”, said the doctor’s husband. “Isn’t it time to start a family?” opined the doctor’s mother-in-law as she … Continue reading It’s the only truth
Welcome back to your own zones, after crossing twilight zones and dividing lines 🙂 PROMPT #295 We have a word prompt this week. You are free to use the word itself or a synonym or just capture the spirit of it in your piece. EMPIRICAL The dictionary meaning is reproduced below. em·pir·ic·al [ɛmˈpɪrɪk(ə)l, ɪmˈpɪrɪk(ə)l] ADJECTIVE … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #295
Tough choices have never been more obvious than now – in twilight years. She hears of people suffering from terminal diseases, and wonders whom will she call to spend some time with her if she reaches that spot. She watches a patient in an ICU from a distance, and thinks whose hand will be on … Continue reading True Twilight Thoughts
Whatever is called loneliness is actually incompatibility with the environment. Then, we convince ourselves of our strength, independence and sense of completeness. We don’t need any one to complete our thoughts. We read a lot, toy with different view points and then that straying thought comes back – is there a thought process somewhere that … Continue reading Disconnected
Welcome back! PROMPT #293 Do you see something in common between the three images? Or is there a missing link you can insert? Just go with the flow. All three are AI-generated images. The human mind can run faster than this. There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #293
