111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 36: Ancestral Conversations The Creativity Prompt posted on Friday (Day 33 of the pledge) was as follows: Continuing with the theme from yesterday’s post, imagine two of your ancestors (one from your paternal side and the other from the maternal branch of your tree) areContinue reading “Day 36 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
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Day 35 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 35: Word Association I struggled quite a bit with a topic for today’s blog post. When I get stuck, I tend to free-write, playing word association until I get a result that makes some semblance of sense. So, I used the photo above asContinue reading “Day 35 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 34 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 34: A Home Unresided A place I’ve never lived Yet a piece of my spirit resides within Gorgeous gardens, historic estates Villages absorbed in art and culture How can it be that I know it well Despite a lack of presence and visionContinue reading “Day 34 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 33 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 33: CREATIVITY PROMPT #5 (Ancestral Conversations) Continuing with the theme from yesterday’s post, imagine two of your ancestors (one from your paternal side and the other from the maternal branch of your tree) are standing on the beach. Now, write a conversation between the two ofContinue reading “Day 33 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 32 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 32: Do Artistic Spirits Rest Here? 115 years ago today, my great-great grandfather was laid to rest at the age of 45. He emigrated from Ireland around the mid-1880’s, got married (once he arrived in Philly, I believe), and had five children by theContinue reading “Day 32 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 31 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 31: Dramatic Writing Working as a writer on a dramatic series was a dream that belonged to a teenage girl who hoped and wished. I now know without hesitation that the dream is not only possible but probable. It’ll take hard work – workContinue reading “Day 31 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 30 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 30: What You Leave Behind Journeying down a straightened path Focused on each step You could easily veer off course If you lose sight of your goal Racing towards the focal point You breeze by options left and right You must reach theContinue reading “Day 30 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 29 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 29: Creativity Prompt #4 Result On Day 27, the prompt was to use the words “talent”, “spirit”, and “guide” as inspiration to create a piece of art. I got creative with both the image and the brief story. Graceful as a swan on aContinue reading “Day 29 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 28 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 28: Autumn’s Shelter Covered by the russet-colored ceiling, the injured blue jay moves not an inch. She’s camouflaged within Autumn’s shelter but must return to her nest before nightfall. She’d barely escaped the predator’s chase, weaving and darting to safety. She must take flightContinue reading “Day 28 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Day 27 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge
111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 27: Creativity Prompt #4 TALENT…SPIRIT…GUIDE Create a piece of art (writing, sculpting, painting, music composition, etc.), using the three words above as inspiration. I’ll post mine on Monday. Please stop back and tell me about your experience. Happy creating! **I am anContinue reading “Day 27 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”
Kelly Deeny 