Reena’s Exploration Challenge #101

You made my week, friends! A BIG THANK YOU for all the good wishes I received. PROMPT Moving on to this week, here’s an image prompt…. Artist - Anastasia Elias Image Credit: Anastasia Elias The interpretation lies in your imagination. For the device readers which can’t decipher an image, what I see here is a … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #101

Post-truth

“Don’t shoot the messenger!” “Who wants to? But what if they tinker with the truth?” “We live in the post-truth era. What is all this hullaballoo about truth? Whatever the media tells you is right.” “Bought media?” “Who do you think has not been bought? Don’t you do things for your boss that you don’t … Continue reading Post-truth

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #100

1,2,3…… and here we reach 100.. 100 is not a great achievement, when I see the stalwarts on WordPress attracting a horde of writers every week. But, I take immense pride in reaching here. When I started, I had planned 10 challenges. I did not have more ideas at that point of time, and I … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #100

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #99

Welcome to yet another week of creativity! CAPTION PROMPT This is the perhaps the easiest challenge that appears in this space. It is an image prompt, which shows two persons staring at a wall with frames. The frames are either empty, or show silhouettes of people. The difference is you need not write a full-fledged … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #99

Lessons of a lifetime

silhouettes of the soul bent, broken, aching footsteps   stories so inconsequential in the backdrop of the sky   a light within – floating in air on wings of wisdom and love   lessons of a lifetime carrying the universe through https://amanpan.com/2019/08/05/brewnspew-cafe-august-5-2019/

Hiroshima

The destruction was gut-wrenching, undoubtedly. What sets it apart is the will power to survive, regenerate, rebuild and be watched in awe by philanthropists, historians and others. I’m sure the souls who departed then, are back now in the same place – empathizing, commemorating, helping their brethren to live again. They are whole again – … Continue reading Hiroshima

Apathy

Hate, fear, dislike is all so entangled. I just know we are different. My values are being misconstrued as antipathy. I wish it was apathy. I could then live peacefully. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2019/08/03/weekend-writing-prompt-117-antipathy/

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #98

Welcome back to the Exploration Challenge! A favorite theme which reflects in my writing is perspective. I’m totally fascinated with the potential of this – how it creates different realities for each of us, and impacts the world. One wonders what is truth – scientific evidence, what we feel with our senses or a writer’s … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #98

Lingua Franca

There are certain words that sprung up in my late years, and some existing words in the dictionary that became commonplace. Words got abbreviated, and the spirit lost in the carelessness with which these are thrown around. Awesome and Rockstar are two I can recall right away. ‘Amazing’ was the boss’s remark on congratulatory mails … Continue reading Lingua Franca

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #97

Welcome back to the Exploration Challenge! PROMPT This week, we will play around with quotes - preferablY around writing, creativity OR writer's block If you have a brilliant thought about something else, you are most welcome to share it in the form of a quote. The choice of format is yours - text, jpeg, video … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #97