I am thrilled again!
This month I received an invitation to participate to this interesting Anthology of Art and Words on VisualVerse.org I found it to be very interesting and challenging to write something inspired by a picture as starting point to a creative, timed, writing process. The antique image that you see here was the starting point to write in a limited time and words a poem or story.
Visual Verse gave these instructions:
Visual Verse An Anthology of Art and Words
One image, one hour, 50-500 words.
The picture is the starting point, the text is up to you.
“we present an image will surely prompt some challenging responses. Taken from a 17th Century text, it is an illustration by French artist Alain Manesson Malett of two women in Syria. The image invites questions about identity, perception and the assumptions we make about those who are different from ourselves. And being over 400 years old, this image also reminds us that our quest to understand each other, to accept and to be accepted is nothing new”
I have been staring at this image and I let my imagination fly for awhile. I wrote and submitted a short story of 65 words “Poignant Pondering” is the title.
This short story is not published here on my Blog yet. I am very happy to share it with you as a nice archivement of my creativity that now is part of this interesting Anthology and published on:
Visual Verse Anthology – Vol. 03 Chapter 07 – Poignant Pondering #75 .
I link the Archive with all the images and writings published until now!
I hope that you like my short story please let me know what you think
I love your comments!
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Congratulations, Carolina! I like the short story you created. It is cool how an image can inspire our imaginations to create something original.
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Thank you Syl nice to know that you like the story! Yes it is very cool it challenged me to try! I often write my poems or haiku just from one word 🙂
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You did great! Something you should consider doing more of, perhaps? 😊
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Yes right? It is a great idea ! 😉
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How wonderful Carolina, lovely short story which brought the picture to life even more. Congratulations to you. 🙂
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I am happy that you like it! Thank you it was challenging and fun to write it! ❤
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Your short story fits perfectly with the illustration. Nicely done, Carolina.
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Thank you Sharon is great that you like it! Thank you so much for your feedback and kind comment! ❤
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Wow, you seemed to be highly inspired by the picture! Great story, Carolina! Congratulations for being published!
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Thank you Erika actually I wasn’t much inspired by the picture! lol at first I thought what I am going to write… I had no idea! Then I started to look at the clouds, but what really inspired the whole story was the veiled face! A detail that helped me to imagine situations behind it and write! I am glad you like it! ❤
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That is what I thought, you started somewhere and the clouds caught your attention first. Once you start writing things just happen. It is mostly only about the beginning!
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Yes Erika the beginning is always the most difficult like the first brush stroke on a watercolor painting! Is the same 🙂
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It is all about the creative flow…. no matter what outlet we use 😊
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Yes you right Erika! Today I posted your necklace! 😉 ❤
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Already enthusiastically seen 😃 😍
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Hi Carolina I was hoping you would read this and tell me what you think of it.
https://uniqueharmoney.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/white-horse-dark-skies/
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Great interpretation! I love looking at ancient paintings in search of what the painting represents. Really gets the imagination running,
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Thank you yes it is very stimulating and creative having the prompt of an image! My little story was published on VisualVerse.org a Literary Press that use this to challenge writers. I am glad that you like it!
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