Footsteps like snowflakes Track along slender edges Of a welcome dream Where though long over, a love, Survives the mists hiding time. Clinging to sentences Maybe voiced or perhaps dreamed, They create a smile In innocent forever There is happiness again. Somethings sweetest hold Onto semiconsciousness And in bleak moments Arrive within to carry Pleasure and hope continuing; Augmenting belief In the goodness of living So one steps forward Not forsaking the future But attempting to obtain Such love as is possible.
Music, the heart of All we belong ever to Be, now, futurity. A blessing given us each For oceans, smiles, trees, outreach. Love, a dream, elemental, Fogging into simple clarity Samples stolen to taste – Teaching capitalism with need, Democracy allows means. Freedom, chosen couple, Traveling hand in hand, knowing Life, a treasure together, Seeking harmony to continue Home, dreams, love – now, forever.
Light falls Shadows Raining Into souls Captivated By whispers Leaves titter In breezes Competing With thoughts Unsought Poorly Reflecting Colors frame Memory Doubting Is there time, Time enough To stretch Reaching Toward a sky Bleached With doubt Fear, fading Fast another Chance Opportunity To find Whatever Dreams provide Decide might Add livability Bring joy Where broken Is the heart Spilled out Like blood From wounds Only love Can stitch To heal Make real.
The dogs Tying trying Round feet Stumbling As if Balance Left behind In fairer Climes Where time Was seconds Of days Sunned On skis Rivers Lakes Wherever Never Expecting Future to Steal away Dauntless Strength Endurance Growing was Pleasure Then became Older, Never Let go.
Prompt Shadows, whispers, the passage of days, pick one or all, create.
Everyone feels defeated at times; the world and its problems overwhelm the mind and emotions. Personal setbacks also seem insurmountable, but creativity, positivity, and prayer help everyone overcome.
Prayer can settle the mind and help ideas arise, which upset can cloud. Having a possibility outlook, where positive material is brought into the intellect regularly, also adds confidence to a person’s toolbox. Creativity may supply unusual solutions or unique rationales that incite action and bring courage.
Asking others to share a burden or soliciting advice can be helpful, but these can also confuse. Many things require individual attention. There are deep wells of ability in each person when accompanied by a belief in oneself.
Treating others and ourselves with love is advised by the Bible, and it has many benefits. It gives the right impetus to allow us to conquer impossibility and rids us of many negativities which seize control and convince us of inadequacies.
Remember, sometimes goals are not accomplished immediately; great things may require a commensurate investment of time.
Dragon’s in Love – Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
Happy Valentine’s Day! – May love always find you and fill your life with encouragement and inspiration.
Prompt Smile, look at yourself in a mirror, and say, ‘I believe in myself. I can fulfill my dreams. I am loved, and I love who I am and am becoming.’ After these affirmations, work on a creative project formerly neglected because it is a considerable challenge.
Gratitude List I am thankful: For central heat. For warm clothes. For things my Mom taught me. For hope. For God’s love holding me even when I do not notice.
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While the body breathes Make sure to choose and believe Those things with meaning In depths of soul, center heart, What moves spirit to rejoice. Do not follow all Heard, seen, let the living lead, Reach always for high Things, the most precious, gracious, Neither cheap nor most costly. Rise into the best Of things to acquire, achieve, Count life so priceless No moment is allowed waste; Happiness, hope, joy, love, peace Become guiding principles. Home is never so much a place As a state of being enjoyed with Others who also live such truth.
First, confessions: I like my photos overexposed because I am a fan of super bright colors; my son says it is not right to overexpose; I was a photo purist for years, liking only photos straight out of the camera; I have over the past two years begun playing with programs and apps to edit photos a lot.
I use Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe Express, formerly known as Adobe Spark, on PC and Android. I am new to no Adobe offerings, and I have used them hit or miss since 1991.
I have an app called Photo Studio Pro from the Google Play Store, which is incredible. I have Play Pass, so it comes under that, but it is worth purchasing. The photo above was edited in the Samsung camera app, taken into the Photoshop app on mobile, and then tinted and framed in the Photo Studio Pro app.
Some photographers hide their tools under a hood. I do not mind sharing; if there is ever anything you find curious, ask.
Since 1991, I have been a computer nerd. Right now, I am taking most photographs on my phone. I will probably go back to my DSLRs at some point, but I love this phone. I write posts, edit, and format them on the phone. I watch Peaky Blinders and the Expanse on the cell. It took over Kindling from my tablet too.
Alex told me that I would use it for everything digital when I got the right phone. I guess I finally did. It took long enough. Oh, this phone is large; I have small hands and continually drop it. My $8 case seems to be keeping it safe enough.
Prompt What do you want this year to be? Can you create something that gives evidence of where you want to be when 2023 gets here? I am not suggesting resolutions, more ideas toward which to reach.
Gratitude List I am thankful: 1) Change is an equal opportunity earthquake; it shakes all worlds equally. 2) The meds my psychiatrist gave me for pain, sometimes I sleep now. 3) People who love me, even when I am most unlovely. 4) Indoor plumbing. 5) Walls to keep in the things desired and keep out the things abhorred.
I am so glad you visited Haphazard Creative today. I hope you found things that inspired you; if so, please click the like button, follow the site, and come back often. This Creativity Project is a 365, so it will continue all year. I will try very hard to bring new things each day. I will also try to stretch beyond my preferred forms, especially poetry. We will see how that works out. Change, you know, is not a favorite thing of humans.
God bless you! I hope you make your dreams come true.
Haphazard Creative 
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