Continue reading “Photo Prompt Friday: Both the Marble and the Sculptor”Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
Alexis Carrel
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Photo Prompt Friday: Where Angels Fear to Tread
Angels – unknowable, powerful, beautiful – they’ve long captivated my and others’ imaginations. They have been depicted in many ways throughout time – from chubby-cheeked cherubim to ageless creatures with long flowing locks and feathered wings. Angels can be messengers or avengers, guardians or monsters. For today’s photo prompt Friday, write a story or a poem about an angel or angelic being.
Continue reading “Photo Prompt Friday: Where Angels Fear to Tread”Photo Prompt Friday: Ethereal
Photos and images can have a weight or a weightlessness, a heaviness or softness. How do you convey weight (or lack thereof) in writing?
Continue reading “Photo Prompt Friday: Ethereal”Photo Prompt Friday: Unbelievable Natural Landscapes
There are some places in the world that seem too beautiful to be true. They’re more like locations in fantasy books than naturally occurring phenomena on our planet! What appeals to you about these photos? Is it the vibrant colors? The desolation? The natural beauty? What do you find surprising? Strange? Other-wordly or surreal? Try to incorporate some of these elements into your next story.
Continue reading “Photo Prompt Friday: Unbelievable Natural Landscapes”Photo Prompt Friday: Through A Glass Darkly
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
– Corinthians Chap 13, verse 12.
Friday Photo Prompts: Doorways
Whenever I’m in a new place in my travels, I love to look at doorways. Doorways can tell you a lot about a place. Are they open or closed? Thin or heavy? Old or new? What colors are they? How tall or short? Are they simple or ornate?
But beyond their physical appearance, I think doorways can serve as metaphors. Doorways represent possibility. They represent potential for change. They could be beginnings or endings. Portals between one world and the next or even dead ends. Doorways can be invitations or, as with some vampire stories, obstacles. Doors can make you feel safe or fill you with dread…
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