Day 39 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge

111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression *Due to unforeseen circumstances, I’m posting Day 39 today in lieu of yesterday.  I had it written but couldn’t get to a computer.* Day 39: ART-IN-TEXTURE Lining the street with color and design History stands waiting for acknowledgement Men, women, and children pass by Focused on theirContinue reading “Day 39 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”

Day 38 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge

111 Day Artistic Spirit Pledge: Spiritual Growth Through Creative Expression Day 38: Un-Bridled Emotion The sun shone bright despite the shadows around her heart Anger, resentment, bitterness inhabited her soul Eating away the joy and hope that once defined her   Not once did she expect to be a jilted bride Yet the realization sunkContinue reading “Day 38 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge”

Day 36 of the Artistic Spirit Pledge

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”

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 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”