Category Archives: picture prompts

Yemaya’s Children – the Orishas return

Posted on February 10, 2011 by rick mobbs

Another story from Damyanti in response to the image I put up as a writing prompt for her. I never know what will spark her writing or the direction it will take, but I am always delighted to read what … Continue reading →

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alone time

Posted on November 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

is hard to find these days but I have some now and I am puzzling out how to use this blog. I stay away from writing and painting too long – which happens whenever I take a movie job – … Continue reading →

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rollercoaster/whooping cough?

Posted on November 3, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, all of you who have left such kind notes since my last post. This is just to let you I have no intention of disappearing from the blogging community, nor of laying this particular blog to rest. We … Continue reading →

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10/24/08 closing a chapter – one last prompt

Posted on October 24, 2008 by rick mobbs

I’m writing from the coast of North Carolina as tropical rain and winds lash the house and the lights flicker inside. My extended family is gathered for a reunion here. There is something comforting about working while the winds rage … Continue reading →

Posted in art, completion, cucaloris film festival, ekphrasis, image prompts, independent art company, male nudes, painting, picture prompts, poetry, storybook collaborative, wabi sabi warehouse | 28 Comments

10/9/08 image prompt, a poem, and marcia abigail ryder

Posted on October 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

We’ll call this painting this week’s image prompt. I’m in Agua Prieta, Mexico, on the border with Arizona with a group of UWC-USA students who are doing a week-long Border Issues study. Internet is sketchy so while I have it … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cape cod, ekphrasis, friendshp, image prompts, kittery maine, love, marcia abigail ryder, painting, picture prompts, poetry, roger cole, storybook collaborative, teaching art, walking on water, wellfleet mass, winchester high school | 11 Comments

this is the post that opened the storybook

Posted on August 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am catching up here, having been distracted by some 8 weeks on a film crew, and having a baby (well, Naomi had the baby. At home! Welcome, Ada Corinna Meridian Swinton!), followed by driving a moving truck 2000 miles … Continue reading →

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new writing / catching up!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by rick mobbs

. Here is Grand Canyon, a poem from Tiel Aisha Ansari, creator of the blog, knocking from inside. The poem is from her 3 trips to the Grand Canyon and accompanies this week’s image. . And flesh and rock, from … Continue reading →

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image post 8/22/08

Posted on August 22, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, Broadus and I are just returned from from our 8 day AzRa rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Some rafting groups are put together by AzRa and people get to know each another over … Continue reading →

Posted in an embarassment of riches, AzRa, Broadus Mobbs, collaboration, collaborative storybook, Crand Canyon, ekphrasis, family, geology, god's footprint, michael thomas jones, painting, picture prompts, poetry, Rockheads, with ah! bright wings | 15 Comments

early image prompt

Posted on August 14, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am once again on the road. This time with my 8 year old son, Broadus. Today we drove to Flagstaff, Arizona. Tomorrow we leave on an 8 day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, a trip that fell out … Continue reading →

Posted in art, bruno, Coach, coach morgan, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, painting, picture prompts, poetry, sherridale morgan | 12 Comments

back in new mexico…

Posted on August 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

i’m sitting here with a babe in arms. hence the lack of caps. she’s a month old and i’m pulling at her toes as she watches the screen. amazing little thing, making charming little sounds – grunts and chirps, little … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, family, image prompts, moving day, picture prompts, poetry, roadburn | 7 Comments

7/31/08 image prompt

Posted on July 31, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello from the road. Tomorrow we’ll start burning it up. Here is a prompt that reflects the chaos of the moment. Actually it was a fun collaboration with my son, Broadus, but when I look at it now it seems … Continue reading →

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7/24/08 image prompt

Posted on July 24, 2008 by rick mobbs

It’s the dog days of summer, inviting musings on loyalty, long walks and rolls in the grass, unspoken friendship and the simple satisfactions and creature comforts that make up some of the good things in life. Next week I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, dog days, dogs, ekphrasis, friendshp, image prompts, loyalty, naomi swinton, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories | 12 Comments

something new from the art predator, and more…

Posted on July 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

Lunch-break. The show is winding down and I’m working myself out of a job. That’s the way it works and we are usually ready to be done with the movie at this point, anyway. It never was a calling, just … Continue reading →

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a note of thanks

Posted on July 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

to cristine, for her mention on readwritepoem.org

Posted in art, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, ekphrastic-extravaganza, mariacristinapoesia, picture prompts, poetry, readwritepoem, thanks!, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

the (friday) thursday image prompt’

Posted on July 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

We are a little scrambled here, with days and nights, hearts and minds full with work and children – so I am a little late with this one. But with kids in mind, here is a prompt to make up … Continue reading →

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7/10/08 image prompt

Posted on July 10, 2008 by rick mobbs

Good morning! Time for work, gotta go. Here’s a picture. Backstory, and more about Ada, later! . praise, by joyce davis (pepek the assassin) . The Condor Soars, by Lirone, on Words that sing . Bystander, by one more believer, … Continue reading →

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6/26/08 image prompt – soup kitchen witch

Posted on June 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone. Since we never really know what the day will bring (or when we will knock off and go home), I am putting this Thursday image prompt up early and offering both the original and a later (scribble witch) … Continue reading →

Posted in angels, art, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, ekphrasis, faith, image prompts, light, myths, oil painting, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, portraits, prose poem, soup kitchen witch, stories | 20 Comments

lots of hummingbirds

Posted on June 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

around the feeder (me) but still no baby. We are in no hurry. Movie has taken over my life. It feels good to be back in the saddle again. More later. Here are links to new work to go with … Continue reading →

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6/18/08 image prompt

Posted on June 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s Thursday image prompt. Take in whatever direction you wish, and enjoy. Follow this link to the storybook collaborative for an easy to follow guide to images and writing thus far. This is open to everyone. The … Continue reading →

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lunch break

Posted on June 17, 2008 by rick mobbs

big, big raindrops starting to fall. movie okay so far. I am getting more paint on the set walls than on myself, making an old hotel in Las Vegas NM look like one in Juarez, Mexico, with color references from … Continue reading →

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6/12/08 image prompt

Posted on June 12, 2008 by rick mobbs

For all the hurting people out there. The quote is from Eileen Mayhew. Some of you work so quickly, and produce such neat things. First out of the starting blocks is paisley, with her poem, paint me a picture. Her … Continue reading →

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movie start date pushed

Posted on June 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

update…. it looks like my start date on the movie is pushed to Monday, which is fine with me. We are still doing the last minute ordering and nesting which we hope will make life in the coming weeks easier. … Continue reading →

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starting a show

Posted on June 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

I start Wednesday on a movie in pre-production in Santa Fe. It will be my first show since moving to NM. I’ll be helping to make Las Vegas, New Mexico look like Jaurez, Mexico. Not too big a stretch, actually. … Continue reading →

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thursday image prompt 6/5/08

Posted on June 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

Enjoy. Take in any direction you wish. Backstory later. This one dedicated to the funny, talented, joyful and beautiful lakota, naughty lakota, naughty naughty naughty lakota.

Posted in art, birth, ekphrasis, image prompts, lakota, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, prose poem, stories | 26 Comments

new arrivals… and new arrangements

Posted on June 2, 2008 by rick mobbs

if you have contributed a piece of writing and do not see it here please let me know (painter@rickmobbs.com). I am sorting writing with images in preparation for compiling a real storybook collaborative site elsewhere. I want to make sure … Continue reading →

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5/29/08 image prompt –

Posted on May 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s Thursday image prompt. The painting below was done in oils, on masonite, approximately 7’x3′. The picture is of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore as seen from San Marco Square, Venice, just across the channel. and … Continue reading →

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5/22/06 image post

Posted on May 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, greetings from North Carolina. I’ll be here a few more days and then head back to New Mexico. The countdown begins. We are four weeks to Naomi’s due date (6/21). Don’t know whether to expect a boy or … Continue reading →

Posted in arkay, art, birth, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, fun stuff, image prompts, love, myths, niebla, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, pregnancy, stories, works in progress | 27 Comments

5/16/08 the day late image prompt

Posted on May 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone. I’m posting this from D.C. It’s gray and overcast here but great to be with family and friends. Here is something for this gray day. Sorry the prompt is a little late. More later. Be well! p.s. mariacristina … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, stories, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

oops!

Posted on May 10, 2008 by rick mobbs

Oops! I guess the thursday prompt arrived on a friday this week. Tells you something about out lives right now! Everything good, just a little upside-down. 

Posted in art, ekphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, thursday prompt | 1 Comment

5/9/08 image prompt

Posted on May 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

something for your kids, or for the kid in you… from joyce (my uncle pepek’s journal), we have what they said to him . cristine, author of mariacristina, wrote and produced a video (!), cheetah dreams of barefoot boy for … Continue reading →

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5/1/08 image prompt

Posted on May 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s image. This is a free for all. Children’s efforts welcomed here. . . Greybeard, the author of crackedheadblog, wrote Dark Matter the junkie’s wife wrote, accountable, damn it arkay, of the pessimistic idealist, wrote art thursda … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, lucid dreaming, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories | 20 Comments

a little drawing

Posted on May 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

(this is not intended as the image prompt, although you are welcome to use it.)

Posted in art, image prompts, myths, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories | 2 Comments

4/23/08 Darfur Fridge (ozymandiaz)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

just in from the incomparable oz, creator of the blog Ocellus, a poem about more than the darfur fridge

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#22 earth day – seeing eve (pepektheassassin)

Posted on April 22, 2008 by rick mobbs

seeing eve, for earth day from pepektheassassin, author of the blog, myunclepepeksjournal. (Definitely go over and check out the blog!) .

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, Fibinacci, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tapestry, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Darfur Fridge – thursday image prompt

Posted on April 17, 2008 by rick mobbs

(updated contributions to the collective storybook are found on the Storybook pages.) . …..…..….. . Hiking in the woods I found this rusting refrigerator that hunters had been using for target practice. I retrieved the door and it sat in … Continue reading →

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4/10/08 image prompt

Posted on April 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

That week rolled by quickly! Welcome to the collaborative storybook. The image above is the Thursday prompt. Jump right in! Your ideas are welcome here. Colors aren’t quite as true but for higher resolution pic click on image below.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, myths, oil painting, picture prompts, poetry, sketchbook, stories, the writing life | 24 Comments

the collaborative storybook

Posted on April 7, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am trying to find a graceful way to publish in one place all the stories and poems and myths contributed, and to create an easily read storybook. I first tried posting all the pictures and responses on one page … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, collaborative work, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, making up stories, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 3 Comments