Pix to Words Podcast

By: Patrick Jennings
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  • Pix to Words is a blog featuring the synthesis of my passions for photography and writing. I use my own photographs as inspiration for the words written there. This podcast presents readings from those posts and, often, commentary about them.
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Episodes
  • Lessons from the Wind ~ NaPoWriMo Day 18
    Apr 18 2024

    Day 18 of NaPoWriMo 2024

    The drive down Newfoundland's west coast from L'Anse Aux Meadows, the site of North America's only confirmed Viking settlement, reminds me a little of California's glorious Mendocino highway. It was very windy that day.

    Better formatting in the post, along with an audio reading of the poem.

    * Lessons from the Wind *

    Wind bends the grasses
    Agitates the sea
    Riffling waves roll
    From water onto land

    While I remain unperturbed
    Steadfast
    Face into the wind
    As all around me
    Is buffeted

    And this
    This is how I want to be
    In the storm that is life
    Where I am disturbed
    By all that moves around me
    Perturbed by the rushing flow

    I take note
    Learn the lessons nature offers
    Resolve to become

    Resolute as the rocky shore
    Firm against the crashing waves
    Supple as the grasses
    Which bend then return to form
    Deep as the ocean
    Calm beneath its roiling surface

    The wind
    Whispers in my ear

    Learn this
    And you will become peace


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    About the photograph:

    Lessons from the Wind
    Highway 430, The Viking Trail
    River of Ponds
    Newfoundland, Canada
    Taken during travels, 2023


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    A reading from the blog post:
    Lessons from the Wind: https://pixtowords.com/2024/04/18/lessons-from-the-wind/
    From my blog Pix to Words: https://pixtowords.com/

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    1 min
  • The Fall ~ NaPoWriMo Day 17
    Apr 17 2024

    The Fall

    I fall
    A cascade
    Out of the mist
    Down the rocky narrows

    Seeking the still
    Cool waters
    Their calm

    But there is no pool
    Only the decline

    Until I am reduced


    To a trickle



    Then




    nothing

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    Less than 1 minute
  • Monkey Business ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #360
    Mar 11 2024

    A macaque shares the rooftop
    Lingers on the rail
    As the rising sun stokes
    The smoke laden atmosphere
    To molten amber

    It's tempting to believe
    The monkey is as enthralled as I
    With the iconic Red Fort silhouette
    But I rather suspect the bugger's
    Feigning disinterest in my breakfast

    They're clever that way
    To stray any further from the table
    Set lavishly with silver and crystal on white tablecloth
    Would invite a blitzkrieg
    And the confiscation of my croissant

    It's what I would do were our roles reversed

    Fortunately, this angle is perfect
    And near enough the table for deterrence
    As the shutter clicks
    I thank my little gray enemy
    For the perfect pose

    The croissant is delicious
    Slathered with raspberry jam
    I chase the last of it down with espresso
    While the disappointed macaque lumbers off
    In search of its own breakfast

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    About the photograph:

    Rhesus Macaque with Red Fort
    Rooftop of Tara Palace Hotel
    Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi)
    New Delhi, India

    Taken during travels, 2017

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    A reading from the blog post:
    Monkey Business ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #360: https://pixtowords.com/2024/03/11/monkey-business-pic-and-a-word-challenge-360/
    From my blog Pix to Words: https://pixtowords.com/

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    The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Mondays.

    With each challenge I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as inspiration to create something -- a photograph, a painting, podcast, video, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.

    Challenge rules are provided in the blog post link above.

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    2 mins

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