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.

Thank you for spending time here at Haphazard Creative. Please hit the like button, follow, and visit the site often. I hope you find creativity, success, and joy in the new year. If not, get yourself busy chasing it down. You are the only one with the power to change your life.

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 29

Tanka

1]
Even though I took
Pills, sleep was temporary,
Stranger to my bed
Taking me for some trouble
Disturbing blankets cover.
2]
Someone other needs
To take all these things over,
Creativity
Is more vibrant a demand
Than any competency.
3]
Tunnels brisk ended
Further moves cannot be made,
Impossible is
Given upon blocking up
Paths beyond this here today.

Prompt
Your life is full-bore those things you need to create. Catch it; take the shot.

Gratitude List
1. Reading
2. Choosing to do this no matter how I feel.
3. Central heat.

I thank you for visiting Haphazard Creative. Yesterday’s entry was grand though I posted it early. Click the like button, follow the site, come back when you care to do so. Recommend the site to those you think might like it. Blessings.

©Jo Ann J. A. Jordan

2022 Creativity Project – Day 28

Never Stop

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.

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.

Thank you for visiting Haphazard Creative while you are here; hit the like button, follow the site, and make plans to return often. Comments, suggestions, and ideas are encouraged. Lots of love and blessings sent your way. Be careful and kind.