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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:

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 31, 2024 at 9:10pm
In response to "By the River's Edge"

Nature does offer thrills in my opinion too. I love the soothsayers predictions.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 30, 2024 at 11:58am
In response to "Others' Faults"

And you have always demonstrated this special form of kindness, here at WDC. Thank you.

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Joy

Aug 29, 2024 at 4:33pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

AnotherDreamer

That is funny although it may be embarrassing and tragic to you. You could elaborate and make a story of it in the comedy genre.
Kåre เลียม Enga

Yes, I can see how rumors can hurt a person. Sorry it happened to you, too.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:57pm
In response to "Corn"

Remember Children of the Corn? Yes, I was spooked by it.
Corn mazes are fun!

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Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:56pm
In response to "That Calm Center!"

I'm not a drama queen nor am I a calm personality. I'm high energy which some people find challenging. That energy level is what keeps me going. I agree calm centers can be quite deceiving.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:53pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

I fell for a rumor recently. WHY I didn't fact check it knowing the source, I can't say. But, my brother, reading from his phone, said...."Now they did it."
Did what?
They put a male in the female boxing ring at the Olympics and he killed a girl."

"WHAT?"

I freaked out and wrote a letter to the board at the Olympics. A rant. After hitting send, I googled it. That never happened! The guy IS a girl.... and ....no one died.

Will I ever learn?

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:43pm
In response to "Imagine? Not Anymore"

The odd thing to me is we already are one but choose to forget it.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:41pm
In response to "That Calm Center!"

No Drama? Ok, I will choose to set out any storm....the trouble gets tough when my umbrella turns inside out and I am pulled into it.

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Princess Megan Snow Rose

Aug 28, 2024 at 4:08pm
In response to "Imagine? Not Anymore"

It is a dream but it would be nice if the world could live as one. This song had hopes and dreams. I thought John Lennon wrote it. Good entry.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 27, 2024 at 11:13pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

Hillary's emails are a good example of unfounded rumors based partially on truth (the emails existed) that made it even harder to debunk... even 8 years later. How much harm did it do? We'll never know.

I've been accused of this-and-that more than once. Folks tried to breakup friendships and labelled me in the process... I left after the third or fourth incident. I didn't go back.

The result? I trust strangers with greater ease than those who should have known me best.

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March 22, 2024 at 12:08pm

#1066725

Life

Prompt: Life

“Life," he realized, "was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.― Nicholas Sparks

Let this quote inspire your writing today.

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Life is something I was thrust into, the way I see it. Not that I'm complaining. I mean who would, if the order for my life came from THAT Higher-Up!

Yet, to me, life is not a la-di-la song either. The quote, however, likens it to a song and if I were to think along the lines of this quote, I would say life is a symphony of moments. "A symphony of moments!" How's that for a phrase! And what about life's ebbs and flows and highs and lows? I guess they are all parts of Sparks' symphony.

On the other hand, Nicholas Sparks has an emotional, idealized, and possibly sloppy impression of just about everything, especially while treating the idea of a tacky romance with his tear-jerking, glitzy pen. Still, this quote by him is much more elevated than most of his love stories.

Getting back to life, the heart of its song lies in its middle, where the emotions crescendo and the story unfolds with depth and intensity. After that, just as a song ends with a final chord, life reaches its conclusion, in which we seek closure, understanding, and resolution.

I guess, a la Sparks, I should conclude this entry by saying that let's dance to the rhythm of our own life stories, embracing both their harmonies and dissonances, but not overemphasize secondary thrashy feelings, so our sight doesn't lose the importance of real life.

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