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A Weekly Honing: Comfort
The given word to ponder for the week from Hone Life was Comfort. What makes me comfortable? Surprisingly, what has persisted in my mind is a paradox. It seems that what makes me most comfortable is being uncomfortable. Does this make me a masochist? No, not really, because it’s about the place in which I most like to be. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dreams, Inspiration, spirituality, Writing
Tagged art and death, Body, comfort, Consciousness, creativity, Dream symbolism, Existentialism, Flower of Life, Mind, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Poetics, Spirit, Spiritual, Theme, Vesica Piscis
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Art in Progress: Carrier
Posted in Art, Photography, spirituality
Tagged 3D art, Collage & Assemblage, digital photography, encaustic, fine art printmaking, mould-making, Philosophy, printmaking, sculpture, spirituality
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Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Story Challenge: The Greatest Gift
Every Friday authors from around the world gather at the virtual fireside of fellow blogger Rochelle Wisoff to share flash fiction stories of 100 words, all prompted by a common photograph, and exchange constructive criticism. Readers’ comments are also welcome. … Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Short Story Writing, Writing
Tagged Bill Wendt, Dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Frankenstein, Friday Fictioneers, hot rod, Online Writing, Philosophy, Ray Charles, Ronnie Milsap, Short Story Writing, Siberian Throat Singing, Stevie Wonder, The Ozarks, Writing
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Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Story Challenge: The Last Road Trip
The Last Road Trip
Sure she breathes! Though it sounds like Siberian throat singing.
She’s just your everyday girl, though the boy next door avoids her.
Built her with my own hands, though I had to pay two men at night for some of her parts.
“I’m yours, baby,” sang Ray.
“Hotter than July,” sang Stevie.
“Let’s take the long way around the world,” sang Ronnie.
“Love at first sight,” they joked.
She fitted right in with those hot rods in Bonneville.
She took to disappearing. There’s news of a hit’n run.
We’re heading for the mountains: me, her, Ray, Ronnie and Stevie.
(c) Ann Isik 2013
100 words Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Short Story Writing, Writing
Tagged Bill Wendt, Comedy Writing, Dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Frankenstein, Friday Fictioneers, hot rod, Online Writing, Philosophy, Ray Charles, Ronnie Milsap, Short Story Writing, Siberian Throat Singing, Stevie Wonder, The Ozarks, Writing
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Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Story Challenge: Philosophy
Philosophy
“Homework! What’s missing from this photo. “
“How’re we supposed to figure that?” said Jake, flicking his copy to the floor.
“Clue: it’s abstract.” Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Short Story Writing, Writing
Tagged Dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Philosophy, Short Story Writing, Writing, YA Fiction
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A Collision of Chemicals
Time speeds up even more and the flow of birds becomes “like an enormous plain sown with feathers;…” and “…along this plain, flickering through the bodies themselves, there now passed a sort of white flame, trembling, dancing, then hurrying on,…” As soon as he sees this, he knows the flame to be, “…life itself, the very essence of being.” Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Inspiration
Tagged Book Reviews, Breath, Heinemann, J B Priestley, Meaning of life, Philosophy, Rain Upon Godshill
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Be a pig!
“Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees”. E. F Schumacher
I agree with the principle Schumacher is expressing. I can’t be quite happy with the analogy with pigs. We humans, the only creatures on the planet capable of growing in ‘consciousness’ should become aware that our ‘job’ is to grow into greater consciousness and in doing so, nurture the planet and its natural abundances.
Posted in Vegetarianism
Tagged Acorn, Consciousness, Consciousness Studies, E F Schumacher, Human, New Age, Philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Pig, Vegetarianism
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