Putting Fingers to Keyboard....#WQ : Creative

It's another week of  Wednesday Quotes, hosted by Marsha from Always Write. If you're interested in joining, you can find more about #WQ here.

It's been a bit since I've participated in a #WQ posting. Yikes. Life just happens and sometimes I can't make it happen. But hopefully I can find a way to be more consistent again. 

This weeks theme is really whatever we want it to be...around the word "creative" or readers choice. 

Creative = relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas. 

Creativity = the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.

Now, I've always been guilty of saying "oh, I'm not creative" or "I wish I was that creative", or even, "my parents had the creative, artistic gene, but it skipped me". How dare I utter those words when I was created by the most creative God in the universe. Of course I'm creative...I am made in his image. I simply have not tapped into all that is within me...for perhaps much of my life. I want more than anything to tap into that creativity...no it may not ever be published, admired, bought, win awards, but it's within me, and I need to let it out. What do I love, what do I enjoy creating, not matter the capacity. 

I hope you enjoy the quotes I found. They were ones that really spoke to me and that I can relate to in my own life. Sometimes I like to share my thoughts on each one, but sometimes I think it's good to let them speak for themselves. To meet the reader where they need it to be. 

And speaking of creativity, I thought I'd dry my hand at the Tanka Tuesday-24 Seasons Challenge hosted by Colleen Chesebro, that I see many other share. I love poetry (to some degree), and love the simplicity of it, but rarely try my own hand...so woven between these quotes I found, I'll share my own that hopefully with this weeks them. Marsha and Colleen, please let me know if I did it right, and linked it right. 

I need to read more about the challenge and the "24 seasons" because it is fascinating. But this weeks challenge was to compose 3 dodoitsu...which focuses on syllables rather than rhyming. they also have to each include three kigo phrases that were given. Apparently a Kigo is a word or phrase related to a season. I have a lot to learn. But I think this will be fun. I will highlight the Kigo phrase in each set.  The Dodoitsu is 4 lines with a 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern. 

#1 In the early winter dusk

      pink skies line the horizon

      and our breath is visible

      in the cold crisp air

                Kirstin Troyer 2023

#2 Along the shores of the lake

     Chilly north winds blow and call

     to all who would venture out

     come partake of me

            Kirstin Troyer 2023

#3 Curled in the warmth around the hearth

      in my chair I sit and read

      drinking coffee from my mug

      lost in thought and peace

              Kirstin Troyer 2023

Well, that was fun. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin