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Fostering Creative Growth: Ideas to Expand Your Artistic Horizons

ByIris mullins

Image via Freepik Creativity isn’t just an innate talent; it’s a skill that flourishes under the right conditions. Whether you’re striving to overcome a creative block or aiming to elevate your creative prowess, the strategies you employ can significantly influence your capacity for innovation. Courtesy of Iris Mullins from Work Home Life, this guide shares steps to refresh your creative mindset and ignite your imagination, offering a…

Poem: I burned.

Bydawn-k

The fire that took you will not return-             it was put out,                     smothered                              dampened             until it could no longer burn. But it is hard to discern             the past from the present             to separate the two is something I must learn  until i no longer think of myself as abandoned-  I haven’t, not yet            but i will, for you            I will not forget            But i will rewrite my…

Poem: Smoke trials

Bydawn-k

The sacrificial flame burns high The licks of orange and red flicker White marble, red flames mix, blend, liquify  What he has done is unadvised- (Treasenous perhaps) But Cale watches-  Hypnotized, Hopeful. If the offerings burned in the holy flames of the altar can reach Olympus itself- Can they reach someone else? What about Cale’s mother? Could his letters reach her in Elysium? He hopes so, -so…