Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Same Palette, Different Blue

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we’re all working with the same proverbial palette – red, yellow, and blue. No idea can be truly original, right? And yet in a world crowded with people, we are each so very individual, original in our own ways. 

My green doesn’t exactly mirror your green. Your purple is perhaps a little more bright.

So this is an exercise in both faith and diversity. I’d love to see how many people will join in, then see how different and amazing our stories can be regardless of the fact that we’re working with the same limited prompts.

Please participate and share with those you think would be interested, then link up in the comments by next Monday night (February 18) so we can all see your masterpieces. Here are the parameters:


Write a short story no more than 500 words long. It can be any genre, fiction, non-fiction, lyrics, poetry, whatever. Just be sure to include three of the five words below (or some past, present, future derivative), as well as one of the pictures.

Words (choose at least three) –

Lurch
Bitter
Haggle
Trump
Bowl-over

Pictures (choose at least one) –

link to original here
link to original here
link to original here
link to original here
link to original here

Optional, use one of the following songs as soundtrack (they're all instrumental; I would suggest ignoring the images and just listening to the music) –



Battle/Victory


Celtic/Fairyland
  

When you’ve finished and posted your work, don't forget to link up in the comments. Thanks for playing along . I'm looking forward to reading and sharing pieces of your worlds.



7 comments:

  1. Ooh! I'm in. I have been thinking a lot about this very thing lately. Great minds and all...
    I love your color palette metaphor. It is so apt. I will see what I can drum up with these prompts.

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    1. And just like that it's a party. Yay! Thanks for being game, I'm excited to see what you 'paint'

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  2. Party for three ;-)

    I am sooo excited. I will bring a whole new colour to the party, maybe, possibly, I hope!!

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    1. Your colors are always vivid and unique. Looking forward to what you come up with! Thanks for playing :)

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  3. :-D That was fun! Thanks Deb, I have used photos as inspiration before, even songs and attempted poetry inspired by a word this week. Never have I tried creating something inspired by all three....and there was a tiny moment I thought I wasn't going to this time either. Anyway, see what you think of The Colour of Sadness.

    http://sleepyjoes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-colour-of-sadness.html

    PS Happy Valentines Day ;-)

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  4. Looks like a good prompt. I bet you'll get some great stories.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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  5. Sorry for being lame, Deb! I've been in a sewing fog for the past few days. As always, I LOVE your poetry!

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