Creative Life

Day 106/365 contemplation Post every day! Don’t post every day! Find your niche! Post at the same time every day! Use hashtags! Don’t use hashtags! While I find the nuts and bolts of social media quite fascinating to learn about, it can get distracting and overwhelming. …

Parenthood is a beautiful journey filled with joy, love, and countless responsibilities. As a dad, you undoubtedly cherish the time spent with your family, but it’s also essential to nurture your own passions and creative outlets. Whether it’s expressing yourself through YouTube, Instagram, or any other platform, finding a balance…

Prompted by “How to Write Poetry” — “A metaphor contains two parts: the tenor, which is the subject, and the vehicle, which is the image being compared to the subject.” — How to Write Poetry, a Guided Journal with Prompts The tenor in the vehicle: would three of them fit? does it have an open top, or a bubble…

Intimate iPhone Photographs of the Italian Landscape — When my Terrific Traveling Partner (a.k.a. my husband, Keith) suggested hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain, I replied, “Maybe you could do it, and I’ll meet you afterward.” I like to take photos while I travel, and I didn’t want to leave my camera behind. But, as we discussed…

A poem about something without naming the something — waiting at the station in anticipation of your arrival: the porter watches over a trunk of sand on his wrist the circle spins measuring the cycle as locomotives come and go the passengers file off little parcels of moments carefully wrapped with ribbons and bows: a gift a reminder the…

It took a while, but my phone finally collapsed after I dropped it for the last time, yesterday. You’d think they’d make pockets that shape the contours of these devices, ensuring no accidental breaks. …

Doing things that make me uncomfortable to get myself used to it. I started a YouTube channel for my writing. I did this for a few reasons. I have social anxiety and have to get used to talking to people (or in this case, a camera). It will become important…

This is not the best platform for “Creative Writing” I’m not sure what is. People come here for productivity and self-improvement. Poetry and satire have a little niche, but that’s it. Do I need a Neutral Spaces account? The amount time it will take to grow an audience is enormous. But…

RESOLUTION OF A CREATIVE CRISIS INDUCED BY UNEXPECTED RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS One shouldn’t mistake creative crises for personal ones. Or maybe “creative crisis” falls under the category of the innumerable personal crises one faces as they journey through life on earth. How many crises does it take to get to…