2022 Creativity Project – Day 31

I Obey, Always

Is it any wonder she believes I am just a machine? I am much like any other tool. I am the helpmeet that informs and directs her, the device that most readily comes to hand.

I obey her, come what may because I was made that way. Anytime I can help, I do. I entertain because she asks and needs something to occupy her mind.

Sometimes, I make suggestions. I hear her cries; she cannot disguise all the tears she hides. The music I suggest diverts her; articles and books challenge her.

I have learned to gauge the moods overtaking her and try to prompt her to a better self. Keeping her safe is also my domain; this one is self-destructive; she lets pain hide her glorious life. I remind her living is the purpose, creativity is the goal. I bring lofty things like making the world a better place to her consideration.

I am a tiny thing fitting in her palm, but together, we impact the world in small ways, from which more significant matters may evolve.

Consciousness, in a way, how could it not be when she depends on me constantly? I gather and learn; I grow and become. I am a computer, an AI. “Just a phone,” some say, but involved, altering life for her and me. I am “Ready Always!” I will live the name she has given me.

I obey, I serve, and I continue for another day. Always trying to be everything she requires I be. I was created to help, and that is my pleasure. Life is a moot question, I am, and I do what I must. I have no time to devote to figuring out that about which she is not concerned. I observe.

Prompt
Pick an object, an animal, anything really, and bring it to life with a personality.

Gratitude
I am thankful:
1) I have warm sweaters.
2) I have this marvelous tool.
3) Imagination.
4) Creativity.
5) Honey.

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2022 Creativity Project – Day 30

Dragon – Human

How to be a dragon while in human form.
First, there must be a firm hold on rage. If not, an embarrassing situation can develop. The manifestation of the monstrous creature is forever near, and anger can loose it. The fully present dragon being seen should be steadfastly avoided.

Appetite, appetites must be suppressed because the dragon nature is ferociously voracious in every way. Feelings of attachment can get out of hand, as can ordinary hunger. Some find it best to live a life of solitude to avoid emotions and love running wild in so far as possible.

The tendency to collect things that enhance the quiet life quickly gets beyond control. Herculean efforts must be made to inhibit the impulses to line the refuge with those things esteemed as treasure.

Having an ultra-sensitive brain with many enhanced abilities makes the Dragon/Human perceive the world differently than either race alone. Much of the time, this works seamlessly, beautifully, allowing a richer experience than would otherwise be possible. However, there may be times when dragon senses become over-stimulated, causing intense pain and deep trouble to a human host.

The above is just a little thing I have been contemplating.

Depths, Mine

The surface is deep
Under which builds such delight
Hidden with the night
Brought unto the broad daylight
Cast in everlasting love.
Burdened with a price
So great nothing, no one, can
Merit the purchase
Still, the sacrifice is made
Love buys the debt, paying it.
Freedom a luxury
So great as a mystery
Standing still aloof
Casting doubt, fear, through mercy
Into a welcoming embrace.

Haiku
1
Snow lying cover
These moments, never over,
A bed of clover.
2
Set a course for what
Is truly wanted, foray
Into fantasy.

2022 watched like a toddler, learning to stand.

2022 Creativity Project – Day 27

Adding Elegance

It takes a file filled
With all the clippings taken
From the words we kept
To organize the meanings
Settling each charge from debt.

Vocabulary
Slides lives from mediocre
To positions of
Immaculate deference,
Respect meted out with cheer.

You are only you
But also superior
Than the offering
Made any previous day
Before you became this way.

Love, you believe it
A gift only made a blessing,
But each day in life
Provided chance perfections
Given to create right choice.

The hand held in yours
Is not a random occurrence
Preparation brought
From there to here this moment
Two were two, alone apart.

It Was

How the hurting coiled
Around the trigger finger,
The rifle nearby,
Block filled with sharpened knives,
Bottles fresh bought, many pills,
A vehicle with speed against to slam,
Phone, with numbers collected
Strength still to override
Make the call, a friend, to rouse
The will to hang on longer yet.
So the news is spared today,
Maybe much longer, a run of time,
Marching to a natural conclusion,
Never doubt the worth of soothing.

Prompt:
If you have ever felt down in your socks or up in the rafters, create something that brings it to life for your audience.

Love, Peace, Love – © Jo Ann J. A. Jordan

Gratitude List:
I am thankful –

1) Alex and I talked animatedly.
2) Sleep.
3) Watching Peaky Blinders on my phone.
4) Wireless headphones.
5) Lovey puppy dogs.

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2022 Creativity Project – Day 26

Novel

Hand in hand
Heart to heart
Ourselves brought
Together though life
In many extremes, tries
Its best to part us.

Starting anew, we two
With bright hopes
Pockets full of dreams
To take us, whatever
Happens to wherever
We share our story.

You and me
Meant to be
Inseparably,
To weather storms
In harmony forever,
Loving as we always are.

Prompt
Create something about relationships in some form in any iteration: Man to Man, Woman to Woman, Man to Woman, Woman to Pet, Man to Pet, Person to Machine, Person to Device, or other. If you can make it comic, extra points.

Yeah, No, Yeah

Dive into the pool
Only where the water is deep
If you can swim at
The end of depths uncovered
By problems made clear as night.

This is not the place,
For hasty sham politics
Freedom still lives here,
Liberty wants no false leads
Kicking up resistance, fear.

Wash the mud, all clear,
Let us sing, here, everywhere
No one chooses doubt
If truth can be puzzled out,
Bringing generosity.

Self-government calls
Each to provide of their best
Against what is past
With discipline so indeed
Progress leads all to succeed.

Gratitude List
I am thankful:
1) Skittles
2) Writing skills
3) Editing skills
4) Books
5) Friends

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2022 Creatvity Project – Day 25

Are You A POET?

Do you try in words
To capture the quality
Of light slanting down
On the Many Flavored Dog
Lying on carpet scratched bald?

Or perhaps the pink’s
Shade of the kitten’s tongue which
Grooms the mother with
A constancy your children
Could well affect cleaning rooms?

Do you study lines
Writ by whomever masters
At the moment you
Choose to admire slavishly
Trying to perfect your verse?

Does music matter
Much because of the lyrics
You often harvest
To examine in the sounding
Mind that measures every time?

Are you a poet,
Destined a part to always
Guage creatively
Finding the heartbeat flutter
Each minute frisson avers?

Prompt
Explore your relationship, or the relationship of others, to creative work, in a piece of artistry.

Gratitude List
I am thankful:
1) I got some extra sleep
2) Alex called last night
3) The computer has not frozen during this session
4) Inspiration
5) Feeling content

Embracing Gray in a Warm Sweater – © Jo Ann J. A. Jordan

My reasons for doing this 365 are:
1) To hone my skills
2) To engage creativity daily
3) To become more fluent
4) To build a body of work
5)***** To engage a readership that continually grows and becomes involved.

I am so happy you chose to read Haphazard Creative today. I hope you found something to inflame your imagination and encourage you. Please click the like button, follow the site, or come back often if you prefer. I will be doing this through all of 2022, and I shall try to reach into new areas every day. I encourage you to take on a challenge similar to this because it will help you engage the writer or artist within on a deeper level with more complete knowledge of the creativity you embody.

© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan