Daily Prompt <3
14 July 2016
Make art about finding somewhere to land.
Posts tagged ‘Many Tribes One Family’
Daily Prompt <3 On Work
28 June 2016
“if you’re old enough to read this you know what work is”~Philip Levine
Make art about what work is.
Daily Prompt <3 Are We Prepared?
27 June 2016
This morning, keep thinking about, hearing, a line from a poem by my mentor and friend, the poet Liam Rector, from his poem “This Summer.”
“Our motto: Fight to live; prepare to go.”~Liam Rector
Make art about preparation, about being prepared. Or about fighting to live.
Still listenin, Big Dog. Still miss you.
You can read the full poem “This Summer” here.
Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 Fathers
19 June 2016
“I buried my father/in the sky./Since then, the birds/clean and comb him every morning”~Li-Young Lee
Make art about fathers.
Daily Prompt <3 Yogananda on Opportunity
18 June 2016
“Opportunities in life come by creation, not by chance. You yourself, either now or in the past (including the past of former lives), have created all opportunities that arise in your path. Since you have earned them, use them to the best advantage.” ― Paramahansa Yogananda
Make art about opportunity, about creating your own opportunity.
Daily Prompt <3 The Smallest Masterpiece
15 June 2016
We’ve had a sick kitty cat. Ulli, our twelve-year-old rescue, a tiny delicate graceful gray creature who, because of the trauma she experienced before we got her, even after all these years, still jumps at loud sounds and runs from strangers, who will panic herself into an asthma attack in one minute, then turn and stalk a deer in the next. Ulli is definitely one of those cats who make you feel awed and grateful when she stops for that second to allow you the privilege of petting her, or when she musics the air around you with the low distant train rumble of a contented purr.
My oldest son, a large bearded Viking of a man, is completely devoted to this animal, and as age inevitably creeps into her bones, slowing and thwarting some of the natural processes, he becomes the one anxious, determined to give her the best care and most love he can. We both went to the vet to pick her up from a required hospitalization for twenty-four hours, and he loaded her little bitty crate into the car, saying, “It’s okay, Ulli. You’re all better now. No more tummy trouble. No more doctor. We’re headed back to Mimi’s for a little bit.”
I laughed, at being Mimi to this grand-cat, and in relief that our Ulli is okay, and in gratitude that my own child is so relieved to have his beloved old lady cat back in good health. The blessings of family, y’all. That’s what it is today.
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
Make art about animal family.
Daily Prompt <3 When the Ancestors Are Us
10 June 2016
Your ancestors will surround you as you sleep
keep away ghosts of generals presidents priests
who hunger for your
rare and tender tongue
They will keep away ghosts
so you have strength
to battle the living
from “Tal’-s-go Gal’-quo-gi Di-del’-qua-s-do-di Tsa-la-gi Di-go-whe-li/ Beginning Cherokee” by QWO-LI DRISKILL
Make art about ancestors, about what we can do to be good ancestors.
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