Entry Twelve – 2023 Creativity Project
I explored it all in my journal, but there remains so much to say. I am fighting to stand today.
I am at home on journal pages, but even so, there are things I never bring myself to say. How would I keep you? You would turn away.
Always & Ever,
Jo Ann
Entry Ten – 2023 Creativity Project
You know when you go to place an order on Amazon, and you realize you want THE ITEM placed in your presence immediately, only yesterday. This sort of occurrence happens to, I suppose, everyone at one time or another.
Happening is evermore infinite, occurring in place and time – past, present, and future.
There is, somewhere, something, an intangibility to our reality, which is almost always on the edge of what we grasp. Maybe poets are extraordinarily aware that reaching the ethereal is an opportune possibility. Of Creativity, perhaps Poetry sits on a plane, sphere, somewhat of its own making. The visions conjured in a way incomprehensible and unique but calling out to be written. A wordly wizardry juggled like bubbles blown by a unicorn.
Nothing is impossible because everything is variable. Artistry caught on a cellphone like a castle composed of air articulated by An Agent of Spiralling Chaos captured on a string not quite relative in theory.
Like this scrap from long ago:
Somewhere on the edge of tomorrow,
Somewhere on the verge of yesterday,
Somewhere in the past, we don’t remember,
Somewhere not of Earth, far away.
Somewhere there are songs we were singing,
Somewhere there are rhymes that we made,
Somewhere on the edge of tomorrow,
Somewhere on the verge of yesterday.
The verses are like a found artifact that never entirely becomes but is nonetheless something recognizable.
Ah, what teenage girls dream in quickly vanishing moments. Something of beauty not to be caught in amber. Yet, now existent in the material, making meaning to sentient beings doing what we glean as living.
PROMPT: Use some found article in your environment as a catalyst for creation. You are a creature able to manifest greatness.
Gratitude:
1. Possibility
2. Opportunity
3. Creativity
4. Agency
5. Imagination
My fondest thanks for your presence here today. May something have enlightening potential for you. If it suits your fancy comment, follow, like, and share with others who you believe might realize some compatibility with the compositions and complications here.
May living enrich your being infinitely. Blessed be in each exploration, momentarily.
Always & Ever,
Jo Ann
Entry Nine – 2023 Creativity Project
Creativity is the motor, imagination the spark, and motivation the drive; randomness is sometimes the result.
Each poem today comprises conjoined tanka, five lines with syllables, 5-7-5-7-5. They are intended to be a bit jarring.
Gratitude:
1. Rain
2. Rest
3. Newsboys
4. Wookie, Tribble, Maui
5. Electric Blanket
Thank you for taking the time to visit Haphazard Creative. May encouragement and inspiration find you. Follow, like, comment, and share if you wish. These help keep me agile in the brain; creativity likes an audience.
May God richly bless you in all your times and endeavors.
Always & Ever,
Jo Ann
Entry Seven – 2023 Creativity Project
Today, I came with nothing, no content, no plan, and without words. I decided to write from there. At that moment, something magical happened. The page reached out and I grabbed hold. Now, history unspools from the past, my writing; the present, your reading; the future, something seeded in you, me. Forever is changed, legacy, destiny.
Thankfulness:
1. Paper
2. Pen
3. Technology
4. Learning
5. Literacy
Prompt: Create from the point of view of a tool you use.
I take this opportunity to say a fond thanks to you for spending your time with me on Haphazard Creative. I realize each moment is precious, so you do honor me. I ask that you express your feelings in a like, comment, or follow. Should you be inclined, please share what you found here with someone you believe might appreciate it. I hope you find inspiration and encouragement in this missive. God Bless You and Yours, Eternally!
Always & Ever,
Jo Ann
Entry Six – 2023 Creativity Project
When life gets difficult, sometimes creativity becomes harder to reach. The urge to quit becomes paramount. Quitting is not a feasible option, because I survive in my imagination.
Prompt: Push yourself to continue beyond the will to quit. See what exists in the region of impossibility.
Everything I have done here this year has been accomplished on my phone. I am not using computers much anymore. I like it because I can work anywhere.
There is light outside the darkness. Fighting for life and a future is commendable. The struggle is not always beautiful, but ashes can be washed away. Even scars have a purpose; they are evidence of strength. Grasping the will to go forward is a challenge for all of us at times. Keep going, and never give up.
I am grateful for the challenge, for being willing to live for another day.
Always & Ever,
Jo Ann
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