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Everyday Canvas

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2003843

Second blog -- answers to an ocean of prompts

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.

David Whyte

This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Schnujo is Late to Lannister

about 8 hours ago
In response to "Spring"

I agree that "all things" wasn't intended to be negative, but that it could be taken that way, especially by someone with trauma in their recent past.

But good job quickly redirecting back to the positive things.

Here in the Falkland Islands, we're in fall/autumn and I was confused the other day when a friend showed me a picture of her among blooming bushes. Then I remembered it was spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

One of my favorite spring memories is my horse, Nick, bucking and running around in the field in spring. I had several horses, but besides the filly, only Nick seemed to truly relish spring. And the funniest part is that he was the most quiet, gentle horse I had. I think that's why I so loved watching him cut loose in a warm, spring field.

Thank you for sharing!

Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox

about 15 hours ago
In response to "Spring"

Fresh starts are nice and May and spring does that. This is creative and lovely. Enjoy spring.

JACE - House Targaryen

a day ago
In response to "On Silence Day"

I agree, speaking up would be better. But with today's society often yelling over anyone's comment, speaking up gets a bad rap. I tend toward the saying espoused by my mother: "Don't talk unless you have something good to say." But that requires the hear-ee to listen.

JACE - House Targaryen

a day ago
In response to "TV or Computing?"

TV. That could easily go by the wayside. I'm on my laptop as soon as I wake up. Well, an iced coffee first, then WDC. I would be checking in with WDC even without the daily Achievement badges. [Note to wife: any travel stops must have Wi-Fi.]

The older I get, the more I want to leave something for my kids and grand-kids. Can't do that watching TV.

JACE - House Targaryen

a day ago
In response to "On Creative Reading"

Hello again, Joy. You may wonder why I'm spending so much time in your Blog. I'm currently fully immersed in my first ever "Game of Thrones"

event. And it is kicking my butt ... though in a good way.

I've never been much of a blogger, but I've enjoyed the thought-provoking entries you've penned, especially this one. I've never thought about creative reading. Great concept. I'll think about this.

JACE - House Targaryen

a day ago
In response to "My Journals"

I'm amazed that anyone would keep a daily journal. Or, even a regular journal (four or five times a week). As a student of history, I know how important journals and diaries are to discovering that history.

I'm glad you keep yours going. My once concession is I keep a small notebook with me at all times for thoughts that occur to me. To paraphrase one of my writing library books, "Write it down, or you'll forget it." My memory is the pits ... which is why I have so many notes.

Keep journaling, Joy.

JACE - House Targaryen

a day ago
In response to "Summer 2024"

I recently retired from my dream job at the request of my wife. She wants us to enjoy ourselves now with plans of traveling--day trips, long weekend trips, and of course, a long trip (cruising or RVing). I'm all for that because I get to re-acquaint myself with my love of photography doing that. Except for the long trip, most of the others are not fully planned.

I hope you get to do the fun things you want, planned or otherwise, Miss Joy.

Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox

a day ago
In response to "Summer 2024"

I have no plans. Lake Michigan and shopping. I get what you mean. You get old, you just live each day as it comes and hope for good things. I enjoyed reading your entry.

Joy

Apr 20, 2024 at 10:25am
In response to "On Creative Reading"

Lyn's a sly fox

This shows you are a true writer.

Lyn's a sly fox

Apr 20, 2024 at 12:52am
In response to "On Creative Reading"

Every book I've read I've created the scene, the characters, and often where the story will go before I've reached the author's actual words take me. So in my thinking creative reading distorts the authors work but the door would not have opened in my mind without the guidance of the author. So hence the balance.

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June 6, 2020 at 10:42am

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For the Good Times

Prompt: What song tells the story of your life? It's up to you, pick a song yourself or check out the link and see what it picks.
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=what-song-tells-story-your-...

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Well, there’s no exact song that I thought would tell of my life or a slight reflection of it. Maybe there is, but I haven't heard it, yet. Fact is, I have so many different twists in the plot of my life that I wonder if any song can be the reflection of it.

So I took the quiz on the link, which said:

“You have absolutely no qualms about the way you live your life. You will do anything. Try anything because you know you are only going to live once. To you, the rules are made to be broken. You realize you have to loosen up a bit to enjoy life, and you do, every day of your life. Bungee jumping, on your to-do list. Sky-diving, either you have done or it is on your to-do list. It's not that you hate authority, or that you have no responsibility, you just want to experience everything you can and don't like people getting in your way. After all, only the good die young.”

What the quiz came up with couldn’t be farther from the truth. First, I try not to break any rules and I respect authority more than the most. Then, Bungee jumping? Sky diving? Me?

In the same vein, the quiz gave me “Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel. Although I like Billy Joel, this song’s music and rhythm is not my thing, let alone its words.

Then it came to me. Elvis, of course.
Crying in the Chapel and For the Good Times kind of tell the way I feel nowadays.

“Don't look so sad
I know it's over
But life goes on
And this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad
We had some time to spend together…”

And so on and so forth...

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