When you combine a passion in poetry and photography, do you let your writing pick the image or an image determine your writing? Which element usually speaks first?
writing or image
such inconsequential point
inexplicable!
Yes, I know. Just a random thought, attempting to dig a smile.
Weekend Writing Prompt #199 – Element in 47 words.
VJ’s Weekly Challenge – Dig. To VJ, the host of VJ’s Weekly Challenge, I hope I can offer you a smile and lessen the exhaustion a bit.
It goes either way, I find. Your image certainly made me smile.
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You are faster than me, or more correctly, faster than my internet. I just finished writing a comment on your blog. 🙂 I like that image too 🙂
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Serendipitous. Nice to meet you!
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Nice to meet you too.
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You dug a smile out of me, although I can’t say which comes first, to tell you the truth! It depends.
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Same for me. I usually have an image first that prompted me to say something, but not always like that. Thank you for your visit and comment.
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I have done both but usually, I go with the image first and then write the story. Cute image 🙂
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Thank you for visiting and commenting 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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I have actually thought about this.
I like to have an idea, then the image is like the sunlight that helps it grow.
That being said, I usually write first, then look for images that fit in.
However, sometimes when ideas are scarce but you have the will to write, there are images that evoke so much that you feel your mind stirring with so many ideas.
So it’s a Ying and Yang thing, I think
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Agree!
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It depends on the circumstances but I like to think that words paint pictures of their own.
My 47!
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True. When I make a haiku or any poem, I always look at the whole thing again at the end and see if those words can stand on their own without needing the picture. Thank you for visiting and commenting, Keith.
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Hmmm. Food for thought for writers. It could swing both ways.
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Indeed…
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