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Daily Prompt Love x 3–Motion, Paid, & Bank Robbers, Oh My

20 December 2017

Make art inspired by Newton’s First Law:

An  object in motion   tends to remain in  motion   along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

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21 December 2017

Make art about paying something off, about something being paid in full.

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22 December 2017

A bank in our small town was robbed yesterday. The robber was caught and arrested. When his picture was published, my youngest son realized he had been in the bank when the man came in, that he left just seconds before the robbery took place.

Make art about realizing you left just in time.

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Laugh, Giggle, Titter, Guffaw

19 December 2017 

Dreamt my sweet daddy last night, and man, did we laugh! My daddy could find the funny in anything, and I mean anything, sometimes to the point that Mama’d swat him on the arm and scold, “Hugh! Stop it!” 

He often laughed to the point of tears, his capacity for joy and laughter ‘gettin away with him,’ as we say in the South, and more than once, we kids found ourselves laughing to tears right along with him. 

What a gift that was, his humor, teaching us the freedom and power of laughter, of seeing the funny in whatever we found around us, that teaching us to laugh, especially at ourselves. 

Make art about someone with that capacity for humor, about laughing, about the power of laughter. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 In the Distance

18 December 2017

Make art about what you see on the horizon. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 That Promise

17 December 2017

Make art about a promise, a promise made, a promise broken. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Stories of the Body

16 December 2017 

‘The Poet writes the story of his/her own body.” Thoreau 

Make art about a story, or stories, held in your own body, perhaps one that’s been hidden, or about where you carry story in your body. 

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What Does Peace Mean To You? Share it with us on PEACE VINES!

What Does Peace Mean To You?

I’ve posted recently about a new project about which I’m very excited: the Central Virginia Chapter of Writing For Peace, a local outreach of the national organization Writing For Peace.

Our first official chapter project is underway! But we need your help! 
Submission Guidelines for Peace Vines

In many conversations about Writing for Peace, we’ve learned that people limit their definition of the word peace to its association with war. The many beautiful and varied ways we can define peace, as individuals or in the many groups, cultures, etc., to which we belong, too often get lost in the shadow of war versus peace. So we want to hear from as many people as possible, discussing what peace means to them personally.

Being curated by Brigid Hokana, Peace Vines will be a Youtube Channel featuring these short videos, with the hope of opening up the discussion of what peace can mean, and why it matters so much to all of us.

If you’re interested in submitting a video for inclusion in  Peace Vines,  please visit our Current Projects Page for submission details. 

We can’t wait to hear from you. Peace. 

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Central VA Writers, Activists, Supporters of the Arts! Join Us!

Writers in Central Virginia! Join us as we use our skills and voices to work in our own communities and region toward a more peaceful world–for all of us.

Join the Central Virginia Chapter of Writing for Peace!

 

Who We Are, and The Work We Want To Do, and More–Visit Our Website! 


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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 The Boiler Seeking Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

The Boiler 

Submission Period: Dec 15, 2017-Feb 15, 2018

From their guidelines page: 

“The Boiler publishes new and emerging writers on a quarterly basis.



Check submission periods below for our next cycle.

SPRING issue | Dec. 15 – Feb. 15

SUMMER issue | March 15 – May 15

FALL issue | June 15 – Aug. 15

WINTER issue | Sept. 15 – Nov. 15

We’re hungry for your best stuff.

We’re advocates of the writing we publish. Give us something to talk about.

Please note that we try to respond as quickly as possible, but please let us know if we take longer than 3 months to get back to you.”

Detailed Guidelines HERE

Visit & Read The Boiler HERE: 

 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Discovering It Within

15 December 2017

Make art about discovering hidden strengths within, about discovering you are stronger than you thought, about a specific time you called upon strength you didn’t know you had. 

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Follow the Blog! Central Virginia Chapter of Writing for Peace

Hey #RVA peeps, folks in Central Virginia, (and everyone else