Daily Prompt Love <3 Create, Again & Again
22 June 2019
“Curving back within myself I create again and again.” ―The Bhagavad Gita
Make art about that curving back, about recreating yourself.
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Daily Prompt Love <3 Midsummer!
21 June 2019
Happy Litha! Midsummer! Summer Solstice!
Make art about the solstice, about a solstice ritual, about the long light.
Daily Prompt Love <3 The Best Revenge
19 June 2019
When I was twelve or thirteen, a friend’s father, a somewhat pompous college professor, the kind who insisted on being addressed as Doctor…. told me I would never amount to anything.
As I say my gratitude prayers for today, I include him, that adult who was obviously so damaged or insecure that he felt compelled to strike out at a child. I took what he said as a challenge, a dare, a call to my Aries spirit to not only succeed, but to also surpass not only his poor expectations, but the much greater ones I already had for myself then.
Make art about success being the best revenge.
Image by Jonny Lindner from Pixabay
Monday Must Read! Callings, edited by Dave Isay
At a time when we need inspiration and belief in the power of one person more than ever, this collection is definitely a must-read.
Stories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay
In Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at a very young age, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. Many of their stories have never been broadcast or published by StoryCorps until now.
We meet a man from the barrios of Texas whose harrowing experiences in a family of migrant farmers inspired him to become a public defender. We meet a longtime waitress who takes pride in making regulars and newcomers alike feel at home in her Nashville diner. We meet a young man on the South Side of Chicago who became a teacher in order to help at-risk teenagers like the ones who killed his father get on the right track. We meet a woman from Little Rock who helps former inmates gain the skills and confidence they need to rejoin the workforce. Together they demonstrate how work can be about much more than just making a living, that chasing dreams and finding inspiration in unexpected places can transform a vocation into a calling. Their shared sense of passion, honor, and commitment brings deeper meaning and satisfaction to every aspect of their lives.
An essential contribution to the beloved StoryCorps collection, Callings is an inspiring tribute to rewarding work and the American pursuit of happiness.
Daily Prompt Love <3 Fire & Ice
15 June 2019
“I was born in a forked-tongued story,/Raised up by merchants and drugstore liars./Now I walk on the paths of glory,/One foot in ice, one in fire.”–from “The Mountain” by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
Make art about fire and ice.
Image by Jonny Lindner from Pixabay
New Reading Series for Virginia Womxn Writers! Please Share!
Please share with your Virginia writing community! Thanks!
Womxn at Red Door 104: Words and Art
a new reading series created to celebrate Virginia womxn writers, is a partnership between Creative Writing at Longwood University and Red Door 104, a unique gallery and art learning center owned and operated by the tireless and talented Audrey Sullivan, in historic downtown Farmville,Virginia.
The series will consist of two events annually:
A reading and reception in April 2020, with two featured readers and five cameo readers.
All selected readers will then also have the unique and exciting experience of having visual art created by central Virginia artists in response to their submitted work. This art will be revealed in a second event, an art opening at Red Door 104 the following October.
The first Womxn at Red Door 104 reading will take place from 2-4 pm on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The art opening will take place in October 2020, date tba.
Selected writers must be available to read in person, and should be willing to attend both events. Submissions are limited to current Virginia residents.
Daily Prompt Love <3 YFBD
14 June 2019
“Stay true to it, Missy. Don’t doubt it. YFBD, baby. Your first best destiny.” -John Little Bear Eaton
Make art about your first best destiny, about finding and trusting the path you were born for, about believing and following your heart.
Image by Bronisław Dróżka from Pixabay
Daily Prompt Love <3 Refugee
“Like the refugee, poetry’s margin, its zero yield, its nothing, will have an essential role to play in what comes next. It is a “yes” to existence in the time of disaster, an affirmation of possibility when all else seems lost.”–Robert Fernandez
Make art about refugees.
A Special Call for Submissions! A New Reading Series! Womxn at Red Door 104!
A Reading Series Celebrating Virginia Women, Woman-Identifying, Genderfluid, Genderqueer, & Nonbinary-Identifying Writers
Womxn at Red Door 104: Words and Art, a new reading series created to celebrate Virginia womxn writers, is a partnership between Creative Writing at Longwood University and Red Door 104, a unique gallery and art learning center owned and operated by the tireless and talented Audrey Sullivan, in historic downtown Farmville,Virginia.
The series will consist of two events annually:
- A reading and reception in April 2020, with two featured readers and five cameo readers.
- All selected readers will then also have the unique and exciting experience of having visual art created by central Virginia artists in response to their submitted work. This art will be revealed in a second event, an art opening at Red Door 104 the following October.
The first Womxn at Red Door 104 reading will take place from 2-4 pm on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The art opening will take place in October 2020, date tba.
Submissions open 1 July 2019. Submit writing samples and a 50-75 word bio via Submittable. Submissions are limited to current Virginia residents.
For more details, see our website here!
Daily Prompt Love <3 She
11 June 2019
Make art about the wisdom of old women, about the dangerous old woman.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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