#iArtDaily Challenge Day 26 The prompt: "The most powerful force on earth is the human soul on fire." ~ Ferdinand Foch, French general and military theorist, 1851 – 1929For today's challenge I searched Wikimedia Commons for an image of a flame. Then I ran it through the PicsArt application a number of ways just to …
Out with normal
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 25 I'm at a decided disadvantage with today's prompt: "'Normal' doesn't live here anymore."I don't have any idea what normal looks like. I've spent much of my 63 years trying to identify "normal" when I see it. So I created this meme: The white picket fence is representative of normalcy ... it's …
What saves us
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 24 CS Lewis, British writer, professor and lay theologian, 1898-1963, brings us today's prompt. "What saves a man [woman] is to take a step. And then to take another step."For a procrastinator, the first step is the most difficult. Often impossible. As I wrote about in Day 22 of the challenge, so …
The light of love
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 23 "Shine the light of love upon that which would hide in the shadows of your life. Forgive. We are all humans growing into our divinity." ~ LeAura Alderson, author, entrepreneur, cofounder-iCreateDaily For this prompt I used a photo of me at Christmas several years ago to start. I ran it through …
Success … vision … then …
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 22 Today's prompt for the challenge was a quote by Thom King, serial entrepreneur, founder of Steviva Brands, iCon Foods and GuyGoneKeto. “Think it and ink it.”Thom is a promoter of planning. Here's another quote of his: “I really think writing things down and getting your goals on paper ... there's something …
‘The first wind’
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 21 The prompt for Day 21 -- the day following the full super blood wolf moon -- was a video featuring John O'Donohue. He is wonderful: his observations, his poetry, his voice; and in the video the footage of the seas in Ireland was spectacular. You can view it here. What came …
Creating your vision
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 20 Today's prompt: “Visualization consciously sets energy in motion. When your actions match your intent, the laws of physics align and magic happens.” ~ LeAura Alderson, author, entrepreneur, cofounder-iCreateDaily I’m exhausted, depleted. As I finished my lunch, thinking about that emptiness I feel, this photo came ... along with this thought: I …
Nothing is impossible in the kitchen
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 19 “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” ~ Deepak ChopraFor me the one place where I totally trust myself is in front of the stove. I love cooking from scratch and without a recipe. I feel comfortable experimenting and making adjustments. There is no failure in the …
Returning to you
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 18 Today's prompt is: “Return to yourself, before you were put upon.” ~ LeAura Alderson, author, entrepreneur, cofounder-iCreateDaily The challenge facilitators are quick to point out that the prompt isn't about being a victim; it's about who we were before social messages and conditioning took hold. Here are my thoughts. A friend …
You … the potter of your life
#iArtDaily Challenge Day 17 Last August I pulled a couple of stray milkweed plants growing in a crack between cement blocks that form the patio, and threw them on a pile of brush to compost. A few days later I noticed these two Monarch caterpillars munching away on the cracked-open pods. Today's prompt is: “You …
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