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Write Out/Daily Create Collaborative Poem
Yesterdayâs prompt for the DS106 Daily Create and Write Out poem was an invitation to collaborate on a tree-themed poem. We used Etherpad. Here is the full poem â thanks to all collaborators. A spark beneath the brittle soil, a seed awakes and stretches out towards the sun above Fibers thread their paths burrow in [âŠ] -
Slats
October 21, 2024. Worked from the home office today mostly fixing bugs in gRSShopper. I need it functioning properly because I'll be on the road again soon. https://flic.kr/p/2qpgCfE -
Pine Grove Trail, Ottawa
October 20, 2024. Today's walk was through Pine Grove Forest in Ottawa to enjoy the fall colours. It also included a trip to Costco and the Metro. https://flic.kr/p/2qp1tK8 -
Write Out Code Poem
This poem comes from the DS106 Daily Create prompt today, in conjunction with Write Out. I used ClaudeAI to generate the code, and then found the evocative flower image via Flickr to overlay on it. Peace (and bloom), Kevin -
Harvest
October 19, 2024. Went out for a short bike ride today on a beautiful fall day. This is the local harvest, locally called 'cow corn'. As cattle feed, it supports the eastern Ontario dairy industry. Watching the football game as I upload this; it is no... -
Disrupt The Rhythm: A Social Media Found Poem for Write Out
The prompt at the DS106 Daily Create was to use social media to compose a poem about the environment so I created a “found” poem with the climate hashtag on Mastodon. Peace (finding it), Kevin -
Bird on a Rope with a Seed
October 18, 2024. On the way home from Mont Tremblant we stopped to see the Sentir des cimes, a skywalk and forest tower. The season was perfect with brightly coloured leaves and nice fall weather. Along the way there were birds, and this was one. htt... -
Write Out: Some Rivers Meander
This poem comes from the morning prompt at DS106 Daily Create, and the use of time-lapse imagery via Google Earth Engine. Peace (and wandering), Kevin -
Mont Tremblant
October 17, 2024. Hiking near the top of Mont Tremblant. My foot won't allow me to climb it or descend, but I did manage 100 meters of ascent. https://flic.kr/p/2qoo2Lp -
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Write Out: Poem Burst
I wrote three poems in the last 12 hours, with prompts via Write Out and its theme of âPoetry for the Planet.â The poem above is via the DS106 Daily Create and the two below are from the National Writing Project Studio space, where Abigail is posting daily prompts for Write Out. Peace (and poems), [âŠ] -
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Write Out: Weather Jumping
Today’s prompt for Write Out via DS106 Daily Create was to randomly choose cities around the world and discover the weather patterns, and then write a poem. Peace (in the sunshine), Kevin -
Write Out: Swim With Possibilities
This morning poem comes from DS106 Daily Create, for Write Out. Peace (in the ocean), Kevin -
Write Out: An Ode For Father Time
Via DS106 Daily Create Peace (ticking forward, forever), Kevin -
Your Ego Is Lying to You
October 13, 2024. Stairway to an abandoned building on Rue Bleury in Montreal. We're here for the football game tomorrow (go RedBlacks!) and are driving up to Tremblant for a short vacation right after. I've missed maybe a month of daily photos but wh... -
Write Out 2024 Kicks Off Today âŠ
This October (13-27), join the National Writing Project for Write Out 2024. Organized as a public invitation to get out and create, supported by a series of free online activities, Write Out invites educators, students, and families to explore national parks and other public spaces. The goal is to connect and learn through place-based writing [âŠ] -
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106 Photos⊠506 of Them
I always thought it was clever that when talking about my favorite creative act (taking/making photos) that I described photography as an act of deletion. In putting that rectangular frame around an object, landscape, animal, person, you are essentially removing everything outside the frame. With so much fervor of the âpowerâ of generative AI to [âŠ] -
Morning Creative Bent
Just some sharing from the morning. Above is haiku with the one-word prompt of “frost” via Mastodon and below is an illustration from the morning prompt at DS106 Daily Create to use the last name of someone famous, connected to a common ob... -
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Daily Create: Remembering The Forgetting
Today’s Daily Create was about childhood, and from a list of prompts, I chose the theme of “forgetting.” Peace (in the remembering), Kevin -
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