Resolutions

“Wasn’t your New Year’s resolution supposed to be ‘stay organised’?”

“Yes…?”

“Then why are there papers, bags and… is that an old Visa card on the floor?”

“My other resolution is to get better at art.”

“So?”

“Most artists on Instagram say that every work of art goes through an ugly phase before reaching perfection; this is mine!”


The photo prompt has been given by Roger Bultot at the Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields and the word prompt (Visa) has been given for the Six Sentence Stories hosted by Denise Farley.

60 responses to “Resolutions”

  1. Dirt is just matter out of place

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    1. Unfortunately not everyone sees it that way 😦

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  2. Haha, we will tell ourselves anything to justify being lazy. 😀

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    1. It’s all in the process…

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  3. Very true, the same for writing! Happy New Year! 🙂

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  4. Those jottings on the back of an envelope… a novel at the very least. If not a film script.

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    1. Hmmm, but I don’t see an envelope in this mess

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  5. Brain clutter is so much worse than “stuff” clutter. Harder to organize and clean up, too!

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  6. Clutter and artists skip merrily together.

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  7. Dear Bernadette,

    Exactly what msjadeli said. 😉 I myself have resolved never to make resolutions.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. I used to, then gave up 😉

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  8. Glad to know this. I must be in my ugly phrase, too.

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    1. Keep at it! You’ll get there sometime.

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  9. New here and new to the hop, Looking forward to reading more of your blog in 2023 as we continue the Six Sentence Story link up together this year.

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  10. There is messy but clean, or messy and dirty, quite different, Good excuse of the artist thing.

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    1. That’s hard to differentiate 🤔

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  11. Organized clutter is so boring. Nicely done and interesting story.

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    1. Maybe we should pursue unorganised neatness this year 😉

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      1. That sounds very artistic, Bernadette. 🙂

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  12. Good point about the ugly phase prior to perfection.

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  13. Great story. It gave me a chuckle, and it’s totally true that art is a process.

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    1. Glad it made you laugh ☺️

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  14. Got to walk before you can run! Cheers.

    –Shay

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  15. Like a weed is just a plant in the wrong place

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    1. Never thought of it that way before 🤔

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      1. Glad to be of service, I was told it a few years back, puts a different perspective on everything!!

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  16. Quick on her feet, ain’t she? 😂

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  17. 100 % what Nicole said…clutter is a necessary part of the creative process. Great take om the prompt 🙂

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      1. You’re welcome 😊

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  18. Love it – mine had an ‘artistic’ theme too 🙂

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  19. What a chuckle. As an artist, I can attest to that “ugly” phase. Great story.

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  20. I did see something artsy in that photo and you have brought it out!

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  21. Margaret Elizabeth Bednar Avatar
    Margaret Elizabeth Bednar

    Ha. Deep cleaning and organizing is always messy before it gets better and art… well, a desk can explode with creativity!

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  22. Hah, she has a lot of work to do to complete her project. 🙂

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    1. But we’ve got all year left

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  23. Is it not art finding beauty among chaos? 😉

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    1. I’ll stand by this view 😉

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  24. ha, ha Bernadette . Don’t beat yourself up. Creating is always a tricky process and not easily rewarding. Looking forward to your next story. all the best for the coming year.

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    1. Thanks Susan, will hopefully get on track with writing regularly soon ☺️

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  25. So right about the artistic process – ugly, chaos, disarray – we have to go through it before we have the beautiful result! Loved this.

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  26. Never thought of it that way before 🤔

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