THE ULIMATE TALE OF WOE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES...

 “For never was a story of more woe 

than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” 

~

William Shakespeare

HOLD ME BACK... OMM's STEAMPUNK CHALLENGE...

 "Steampunk is...

a joyous fantasy of the past, 

allowing us to revel in a nostalgia 

for what never was. 

It is a literary playground for adventure, 

spectacle, drama, escapism and exploration. 

But most of all it is fun!" 

~

 George Mann

TRUE LOVE... DIGITAL WHISPER's VALENTINE CHALLENGE...

 "in a world full of temporary things 

 you are a perpetual feeling." 

~ 

Sanober Khan

QUEEN OF THE THRONE... SPA's WINGS & CROWN CHALLENGE...

 "I have named you queen. 

There are taller than you, taller. 

There are purer than you, purer.

 There are lovelier than you, lovelier. 

But you are the queen.

STEAMED HEARTS & FLOWERS... OMM's HEARTS & FLOWERS CHALLENGE...

 "Many boys will bring you flowers.

 But someday you'll meet a boy 

who will learn your favorite flower,

 your favorite song, your favorite sweet. 

And even if he is too poor 

to give you any of them, 

it won't matter 

because he will have taken the time 

to know you as no one else does. 

Only that boy earns your heart." 

~

 Leigh Bardugo

GOTHIC GHOSTS... MY SOULS DARK IMAGINATION's DARK VALENTINE CHALLENGE...

"The only way to get rid of temptation 

is to yield to it. 

Resist it, 

and your soul grows sick with longing 

for the things it has forbidden to itself." 

~

 Oscar Wilde

GRUNGE IS BACK... SPA's GRUNGE CHALLENGE...

 GRUNGE: 

Fashion for those who

wish to look like they

just walked out of a 

19th century London ghetto.

BOHO IS BACK... DIGITAL WHISPER's VOGUE CHALLENGE...

 MATURITY: 

Means wearing whatever 

makes you happy.

FOREVER MINE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION... TAINTED LOVE CHALLENGE...

 Once I ran to you

 Now I'll run from you 

This tainted love you've given 

I give you all a boy could give you 

Take my tears and that's not nearly all 

Tainted love 

 Tainted love

~

Gloria Jones

ON THE STREETS OF LARADO... OMM's THIS & THAT CHALLENGE...

 "If we want to make meaning,

 we need to make art. 

Write, draw, doodle, paint, take pictures,

 collage, knit, sculpt, decorate...

it doesn’t matter. 

As long as we’re creating, 

we’re cultivating meaning." 

~

 Brené Brown

DESERT TROUT... DIGITAL WHISPER's FISH OUT OF WATER CHALLENGE...

 "Sometimes you hear a voice 

through the door calling you, 

As a fish out of water hears the waves . . . 

Come back. Come back. 

This turning toward what you deeply love 

saves you." 

~

Rumi

ALL TOGETHER NOW... SPA's FROGS CHALLENGE...

"Eat a live frog first thing in the morning 

and nothing worse 

will happen to you the rest of the day." 

~

 Mark Twain

LOST IN DALI LAND... MY SOULS DARK IMAGINATION's SALVADOR DALI CHALLENGE...

 "Have no fear of perfection 

                        you'll never reach it." 

                                         ~

                                                                                                                       Salvador Dalí

THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE... SPA's SNAKE CHALLENGE... & OMM's CHINESE NEW YEAR CHALLENGE...

 The Chinese year of the snake 

brings with it 

wisdom, transformation, calmness 

and creativity.

BLACK & WHITE ON BLACK & WHITE... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE...

 Ebony and ivory 

Live together in perfect harmony 

Side by side on my piano keyboard 

Oh Lord, why don't we? 

~

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

BLUE MANDOLIN... OMM's BLUE & WHITE CHALLENGE...

 "Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, 

and the dreams that you dare to dream 

really do come true." 

~

 E.Y. Harburg

I HATE FLOWERS... MY SOUL'S DARK IMAGINATION GEORGIA O'KEEFF CHALLENGE...

 "I hate flowers." 

This is a real quote from Georgia O'Keeffe

~

Georgia O'Keeffe

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS... DIGITAL WHISPER's THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS CHALLENGE...

 "She generally gave herself very good advice,

 (though she very seldom followed it)." 

~

 Lewis Carroll

THE DOORWAY... SPA's DOORWAY CHALLENGE...

 You're nobody's doorway but your own, 

and the only one who gets to tell you

 how your story ends is you."

~

 Seanan McGuire

DIGITAL ART... OMM's MAKE A POSTER CHALLENGE...

 Enough said...

FREIDA... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's FREIDA CHALLENGE...

 "I often paint self-portraits 

for it is I that know myself best"

 —~

Freida Kahlo

HAPPINESS IS... SPA's HAPPINESS CHALLENGE...

 Happiness is having a sister. 

Two kinds of ice cream. 

Getting along. 

 Happiness is morning and evening, 

Daytime and nighttime too. 

For happiness is anyone and anything at all 

That’s loved by you.

~

Your a Good Man Charlie Brown

IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's SNOWY DAYS CHALLENGE...

 In the bleak midwinter 

Frosty wind made moan 

Earth stood hard as iron 

Water like a stone 

Snow had fallen 

Snow on snow, snow on snow 

In the bleak midwinter, long, long ago

~

Christina Rossetti

DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN... OMM's DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN CHALLENGE...

 Do you wanna build a snowman? 

Or ride our bike around the halls? 

I think some company is overdue 

I've started talking to 

The pictures on the walls!

~

Frozen

VINCENT's HOUSE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's TWILIGHT ZONE WITH VAN GOGH CHALLENGE...

 And when no hope was left in sight 

on that starry, starry night 

You took your life, 

as lovers often do 

But I could have told you, Vincent 

This world was never meant 

for one as beautiful as you

~

Don McLean