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Wednesday, June 4, 2013 “A total Monet” is an expression used to someone or something that looks good from far away, but up close is a total mess. •This expression comes from the movie, Clueless. •It refers to the impressionistic styling of Claude Monet Suggested Prompts: •Write a story featuring a Monet •Defend impressionistic art... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 A vision board is a collage or collection of images of tangible and intangible things you want in your life. Some more thoughts and how-tos on vision boards: •http://www.oprah.com/spirit/How-to-Make-a-Vision-Board-Find-Your-Life-Ambition-Martha-Beck •http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Vision-Board •http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-blame-game/201205/throw-away-your-vision-board-0 •http://www.makeavisionboard.com/what-is-a-vision-board.html Suggested Prompts: •Make a vision board and share it (Compile images and explain what they represent to you) My... Continue Reading →
DWednesday, May 8, 2013 https://rarasaur.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/forthepromptless-ep12-silver-lining/ “Silver Lining” is a prospect of hope or comfort in a gloomy situation. [1870-75; from the proverb "Every cloud has a silver lining"] * * Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Suggested Prompts: •Share... Continue Reading →
http://rarasaur.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/forthepromptless-ep11-remake/ To remake is to make anew or in a different form. Suggested Prompts: •Share a picture of something/someone remade •Share a project that remakes something into something else •… or make up your own prompt related to the theme I remember sitting, watching, and helping my grandmother's make quilts. My job was usually cutting... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Saudade is a Portuguese word that describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something/someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return. Saudade was once described as “the love that remains” after someone is gone. Saudade is... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Gallows Humor is humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation (Definition from m-w.com) More information at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallows_humor This week’s prompt was suggested by the extraordinary SortaGinger! http://sortaginger.com/ Comic courtesy of http://www.gallowshumorcomics.com via Yahoo Images Death by D. B. Mauldin One gorgeous day in midsummer, Lucy found... Continue Reading →
Give some love to three blog posts you’ve read and loved in the past week, and tell us why they’re worth reading. I love all the blog posts I read and would love to give a shout-out to all, but I have managed to taper it down to three of my favorites. 1. 'Be Leery... Continue Reading →
True Cost is a term for the often-overlooked, comprehensive expense of something, including the time-related and emotional costs. Suggested Prompts: •Consider how taking the time to consider True Costs would be beneficial, or not, to you I am about to have my 6th grandchild. Already having 5, (4 girls, 1 boy), I can tell you... Continue Reading →
Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 6 – Counterintuition by rarasaur “Prompts for the Promptless” was created to expand minds, share ideas, and — equally importantly — find something about which to blog. Every episode will run for a week and feature a “concept”, complete with a super-simplified definition and suggested prompts. Then it’s your... Continue Reading →
Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 5 – Meraki Posted on 03/19/2013 by rarasaur http://rarasaur.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/forthepromptless-s1-ep/ “Prompts for the Promptless” was created to expand minds, share ideas, and — equally importantly — find something about which to blog. Every episode will run for a week and feature a “concept”, complete with a super-simplified definition and suggested... Continue Reading →
