Category Archives: whypaisley

How Many Stories Can A Picture Tell?

Posted on August 21, 2009 by rick mobbs

Catherine Nesbitt called the other day to buy a painting. It was her husband’s birthday and the painting gave Jim pleasure so she wanted him to have it. If the truth be told it wasn’t her favorite. The other painting … Continue reading →

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4/23/08 nanda (image prompt)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

james17930, author of the blog, Intropolis (and several others!), wrote Nanda, using the painting below as his starting point. . paisley, author of why-paisley?? (and others!) wrote completion . .

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4/23/08 sun and moon

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

paisley, author of whypaisley, wrote bird of happiness.

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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 →

Posted in art, callings, children of war, collaboration, collaborative storybook, crackedheadblog, ecphrasis, image prompts, lucid dreaming, painting, picture prompts, poetry, steel sculpture, stories, thursday prompt, visual journal, whypaisley | 9 Comments