Week Nine: Preplanning

Preplanning for Week Nine can be found at flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateswoboda/2295183958/

Week Nine: Themes

Energy, unseen forces, spirit.

Week Eight: Life. Photo.

This is a plant that I had killed and then one day noticed a little bud was coming up again--the root had not been destroyed. It was getting a second chance at life.

Week Eight: Life. Visual.

I didn't mean to make her hair so Medusa-like, but she will do. Also--if I had the lotus to redo again I would have opted for more of a light pink with hints of purple than going for such deep tones of green and purple.

Week Eight: Life. Writing.

I could turn off the television and never turn it on again.
It seems to me that what we're told is living should be easy.
The self-help market has a corner on it
and everyone else is in to make their buck.
But I wonder about those people
whose livelihood is peddling 1-2-3, Look at Me,
I Did It
So Can You
Now Everything is Perfect.
I know they do not go home at night
with a deep feeling of inner calm.
So how do they sleep?
"Very well, thank you,"
I can imagine them saying
their clean-lipped smiles.
So I keep my distance
not really willing any longer
to feed myself their lies
I could grow fat on them
when the truth--the messy soil of life, the stuff that roots push down into
and leaves push up out of
is so much more nutritious
even if it will leave
its mark on me.

Week Eight: Preplanning

Week Eight Preplanning can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateswoboda/2295183780/

Week Eight: Themes

Life. Metaphors for life, beginnings, literal interpretations--but the theme is life and living.