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Tag Archives: imagination
Tips for Writers: Write What You Know?
A successful writer friend once went tiradical on me when I mentioned the literary admonition, “Write what you know.” “I hate that!” she shouted. “Why?” “It restricts you! What if you want to write about something you’ve never experienced?” Interestingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Story Power, Writing
Tagged characters, experience, imagination, life, quirks, success, technique, tips for writers
48 Comments
Creativity
Thought for the Week Creativity is scary, confusing, messy, fraught with mistakes…and what you were made for. “Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.” ~T. S. Eliot “Creativity takes courage.” ~Henri Matisse “Creativity–like human life itself–begins in darkness. Creativity is always … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged anxiety, courage, creativity, Genesis 1:27, imagination, inspiration, motivation, Shakespeare, thought for the week
23 Comments
If It Can’t be Explained, It Didn’t Happen
Art by AnAngryScottsman The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack Dore lived for the fantastic, for adventure, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Story Power, The Wishing Map, Writing
Tagged adventure, fantasy, imagination, impossible, young adult
18 Comments
What Happens While You’re Lost in Thought
‘Bicycle Boy’ by Mateusz Urbanowicz The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Chapter One “Zachary Zinn rode like … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Story Power, The Wishing Map
Tagged adventure, dreamer, fantasy, imagination, pretend, realist, young adult
29 Comments
Faces, Faces Everywhere!
Is anything more human than to see shapes, especially faces, in nature, in everyday objects, in shadows? They fascinate us, amuse us, and occasionally scare us. Why? Because, well, we’re human. Click on any image to enlarge it, to read … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged faces, fascinating, funny, imagination, photoblog, photography, shapes, surprising, unexpected
23 Comments
50 Wildly Imaginative Sculptures
It’s no secret that I like art. But what I particularly love are works of unexpected creativity and imagination, which, it must be admitted, are sometimes the creations of slightly crazy people, or at least those who are willing to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged art, creativity, imagination, Lady Gaga, photoblog, sculpture, unexpected, unusual
28 Comments
Cute? Don’t Let the Picture Fool You!
My Real Memoir I’ve always lived in my head. And, although it’s undoubtedly in my nature to be that way, nurture also played a role. Or rather a certain lack of nurture, which is not to say that my parents … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged amuck, childhood, funny, imagination, My Real Memoir, nostalgia, preschool, storytelling
39 Comments
Of WandaVision and More
Originally posted on Becoming The Muse:
We have passed the halfway mark for WandaVision for those who were waiting until the were at least five episodes so they binge-watch. In the meantime, I am counting the hours till the next…
Posted in Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged blogging, creativity, Featured Blogger, imagination, Marvel, South Africa, television, WandaVision
7 Comments
The Most Imaginative Halloween Ever
Forget zombies and vampires. If there was ever a year we needed our imaginations, it’s this one. The people below have, and the results are amazing! I loved creating crazy Halloween decorations and costumes as a kid. But nowadays I … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged amazing, costumes, creative, funny, Halloween, imagination, pandemic, photoblog
22 Comments