I chose a cut from this album for Song Lyric Sunday today. While I was researching for the post, I learned that one of the songs’ music videos was filmed at La Reve at Wynn Las Vegas, so I had to choose this song for today’s selection. When I made my one and only trip…
#SLS — Brandon Flowers, “Was it Something I Said?”
Jim Adams is the steadfast host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: I, you, we or they do, only he or she does and the past tense of do takes the form did. Do, does and did each have a negative form which is don’t, doesn’t and didn’t and these are contractions. I didn’t like…
#Haiki Challenge #113 — fallen leaves (ochiba)
Words fall in Autumn like leaves, wet and fading — an old man’s life ends. The haiga was written in honor of Matsuo Basho, whose painting here inspired me, as the characters look like falling leaves. Haiga is a Japanese concept for simple pictures combined with poetry, usually meaning haiku. In Basho’s time, haiga…
#MM — Saturday Mix — The Test
image link In the digital age of too much information, The Test had put so many memes, thoughtbytes, myths, and buzz inside of Timbo’s head that it felt like it was vibrating. Crammed full and crawling, the processor in his frontal cortex seized up. Like a marquee on a theater, LED bubble lights flashed circling…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/16/19
After graduating from Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions and released her first two albums as student projects, Mitski learned to play the guitar and began work on her third studio album. The projects, combined with completing her degree while working outside jobs to pay rent, left Mitski exhausted, a state…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #113 — Once
Once Cocoons Fashioned from Nothing to form We came to exist Nestled and nurtured life Immersed in air, water, earth A living seed, destined to sprout Grace and vision foundation’s blueprint Metamorphosed! Butterflies realized! Liberated wings, tired from wiggling out Open and close slowly, practicing While we rest, wind-kissed promises Wings rested now, fluttering Wind…
#MM Music Challenge — Life is a Metaphor
Jim Adams is the music-loving host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenges. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“One Way Out” by The Allman Brothers] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression (including but not limited to short stories, a piece of flash fiction, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, (etc.)…
Tao-Talk 