Reena’s Exploration Challenge #147 — “the earth was without form, and void”

When I think of a colorless world, I think of The Bible verse from Genesis that says, “and the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep.” In most (all?) religions there is a creationist story. Once there was one, an indistinguishable void that became more. This’es and…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #145 — Cryptic

  in artesian spring water washing with gentle hands, rubbing rubbing the dust off until you’re red and gleaming tongue runs from bow to stem teeth grow impatient then pounce sinking into your juicy flesh   Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says: The subject is totally your choice. It can…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #144 — What will it take?

  What will it take to breach the wall? Allow yourself a diff’rent view? Consider I’m the same as you? You must or else we all will fall. A virus scourge that beats them all Is out to slay and hack and hew What will it take to breach the wall? Allow yourself a diff’rent…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge 143 — cool grey slate and dVerse OLN

Surveying cool grey slate, Shapes form, then colors Rainbowed characters drawn Shade shift, flavors pique Sensory extravaganza But only in our minds What is is a unidimensional Flat map of what could be How do we inflate the dream Into three dimensions? Winds, planets, satellites Water pools, veins, capillaries Mountains, valleys, caves The greenleafs and…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #142 — 12 Monkeys Chattering

The genii is COVID-19, which goes without saying. Allowing myself a moment to think of the genii not getting back into the bottle reminds me of the plot of the movie, “Twelve Monkeys.” The movie starts with the world as a lifeless wasteland for the most part, where humans live in cubicles not quite big…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #141 — The Milk of Creation

microfication magnification the lens twists eyes shift flame passion igniting combustion consumption heart shifts to calm water smoke dark eclipses light light dissipates into the milk of creation Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says: Spend 6 minutes on watching this video https://aeon.co/videos/as-above-so-below-an-artist-finds-the-cosmos-in-a-microscopic-chemical-reaction After that, just write whatever comes to mind…