Tag Archives: mystery

Photo prompt round-up: Setting #writephoto

* Silent wondering Shadows of the Otherworld Sombre silhouettes Golden light illuminates Arcane ancient mysteries * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria as the sun set behind the hills. At this time … Continue reading

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Seeds of Sound…

* Our Words of Truth with their intents… EARTH – to become aesthetically aware… CALM – to affirm in admiration…   Continue reading at The Silent Eye

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Guest author and illustrator: Angel Nichols ~ Communicating ideas

A lot of people ask me how I became both an illustrator and an author, or why I didn’t choose one over the other. To understand that, you have to understand where these interests come from. My father was in … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Setting #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed and I usually share something about the … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Beneath #writephoto

* Fragile heart of glass Surface easily broken Pierced by sword or stone Silent beneath the mirror My depths hold reality * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Ullswater in the Lake District, after our recent workshop … Continue reading

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Being Beyond Seeing…

* One of the ‘hardy perennials’ on many of our workshops is the thorny problem of intent. Thorny because much of what we now see may not have been originally intended by the erstwhile perpetrator or perpetrators, yet some of … Continue reading

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Feeling Beyond Form…

* We certainly hadn’t intended to talk about Arthur, let alone Merlin when we pencilled in Penrith as the starting point for our weekend workshop. But the land has a way of communicating it’s own ‘sweet terror’ and when we … Continue reading

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Moons of Mountain Ana: Never… Stuart France

 * “So when do I get that drink you owe me?” “Soon…” * The warmth of silence as she threads the eye of a needle. * “I like your owl.” “It’s Minoan.” * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Moons of Mountain Ana: Nestle… Stuart France

* Gemma’s warmth as she links my arm and the world stops screaming… * You are an island dark with life; A swan-hatched dream, taking flight; A blue-shot cormorant, nestled in night. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Chief Prince of Pen Rhionydd…

* D: Before Merlin was a soothsayer he was a miraculous child who solved the mystery of Vortigern’s Tower. W: What mystery was that? D: Every time the tower was raised by Vortigern the hill on which it was built … Continue reading

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