in box or album collections of memories fading photographs captured by technology tokens of mortality © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1076 camera Today’s prompt is ‘camera’, another creative tool. Some of us use photos to create haiga (poetry + image) or to make our posts more attractive to read, and they […]
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Bible Stories
antiquated words gilded rites and rituals metaphor of life © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by Paul Militaru https://photopaulm.com My response to Carpe Diem Imagination With Paul Militaru #3 the Holy Bible Today Chèvrefeuille has presented us with a photograph by Paul Militaru of a Holy Bible to inspire us to create haiku or tanka.
Beads and Wishes
drops from a rainbow strung into stars and fishes collage of wishes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1075 beads (in honor of Jane) Today’s prompt is beads in honor of Jane, as one of her creative activities was creating pieces of art with beads. Chèvrefeuille has shared examples from a calendar for […]
Quilt
trees, moss and lichen merge into a patchwork quilt of brown and scarlet keeping warm the young girl’s heart until her lover returns © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #2 the moon rises each night (tanka) This week Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with a few […]
The Magic of Knitting
nimble fingers knit looping and slipping rainbows – needlework haiku © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image of yarn bombing in London found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1074 knitting wool Today Chèvrefeuille has given us another nice tool for art: knitting wool, from which we can create wonderful woollen clothes, puppets, spider web artwork, […]
Haiku Round the Clock
a rusting rainbow autumn’s bronze and copper hues splashed by seagull grey cranes fly overhead feathers like cherry blossom love glows in sunset sunflower petals radiant in a blue sky helianthus clouds autumn butterfly in search of summer nectar floats in a beer glass © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Full Circle […]
Three Dimensional
three dimensional words and imagery emerge sculpture on a page © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Images found on www.independent.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1073 3D print(er) Today Chèvrefeuille has presented us with an episode about one of the modern ways to create art, 3D printing, and told us about The Unseen Art Project, an initiative to make […]
Lavender Oxymoron
gentle spikiness a perfumed oxymoron of lavender clouds bees buzzing in the garden memories of happiness © Kim M. Russell, 2016 gentle scent of lavender My response to Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru #2 “gentle scent of lavender” I’ve been looking forward to this new episode of Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru (URL: https://photopaulm.com) […]
Illustrating Haiku
watercolour words seep out of light and shadow animated scenes © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Haiga by Buson part of Narrow Road to the Deep North (source: wikiart) My response to Carpe Diem #1072 paint In this new episode of Carpe Diem, Chèvrefeuille has presented us with a regular prompt, another art tool: paint. He has […]
Airy Melody
harnessing the wind in the hollow of bamboo airy melody coaxed by tips of fleet fingers and kiss of flute player’s lips © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on jpninfo.com My response to Carpe Diem’s Universal Jane #1 Introduction “all my years” Chèvrefeuille has brought us the first episode of a new tribute special feature for […]
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