“A broken buckle becomes a door catch. A driftwood branch finds new life.”
This is the spirit of mend and make do—where every object is a story.
Part 8 in my writing & photography series:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#MendAndMakeDo #CroftIngenuity #HighlandSpirit #EkphrasticWriting
This is the spirit of mend and make do—where every object is a story.
Part 8 in my writing & photography series:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#MendAndMakeDo #CroftIngenuity #HighlandSpirit #EkphrasticWriting
August 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“A broken buckle becomes a door catch. A driftwood branch finds new life.”
This is the spirit of mend and make do—where every object is a story.
Part 8 in my writing & photography series:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#MendAndMakeDo #CroftIngenuity #HighlandSpirit #EkphrasticWriting
This is the spirit of mend and make do—where every object is a story.
Part 8 in my writing & photography series:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#MendAndMakeDo #CroftIngenuity #HighlandSpirit #EkphrasticWriting
Just a reminder we open on 15 July for your submissions based on Louella Lester's photos - can't wait to read them!
#flashfiction #EkphrasticWriting #ArtandFlash
#flashfiction #EkphrasticWriting #ArtandFlash
Calling all writers! Try your hand at writing to images with our ekphrastic challenge for issue #42.
Choose one of the photos below by NFFR fiction & photography editor Louella Lester and write a story (500 words max).
We'll be open for subs 15-31 July.
Our guidelines: newflashfiction.com/submit/
Choose one of the photos below by NFFR fiction & photography editor Louella Lester and write a story (500 words max).
We'll be open for subs 15-31 July.
Our guidelines: newflashfiction.com/submit/
July 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Just a reminder we open on 15 July for your submissions based on Louella Lester's photos - can't wait to read them!
#flashfiction #EkphrasticWriting #ArtandFlash
#flashfiction #EkphrasticWriting #ArtandFlash
“They speak of a life where nothing is wasted, where every object carries a story.”
Read the 8th instalment in my new inspired writing & photography series:
‘The Latches of Ardnamurchan’
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#EkphrasticWriting #ArdnamurchanSpirit #CreativeWalking #MEMDonaldson
Read the 8th instalment in my new inspired writing & photography series:
‘The Latches of Ardnamurchan’
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#EkphrasticWriting #ArdnamurchanSpirit #CreativeWalking #MEMDonaldson
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“They speak of a life where nothing is wasted, where every object carries a story.”
Read the 8th instalment in my new inspired writing & photography series:
‘The Latches of Ardnamurchan’
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#EkphrasticWriting #ArdnamurchanSpirit #CreativeWalking #MEMDonaldson
Read the 8th instalment in my new inspired writing & photography series:
‘The Latches of Ardnamurchan’
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/8/...
#EkphrasticWriting #ArdnamurchanSpirit #CreativeWalking #MEMDonaldson
“Response is not an abstract idea: it is wind, salt, peat, quartz, and tide; it is Sanna’s machair whispering, Ben Hiant’s sudden silhouette.”
Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 22:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/12...
#EkphrasticWriting #Ardnamurchan #LandscapePhotography
Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 22:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/12...
#EkphrasticWriting #Ardnamurchan #LandscapePhotography
January 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
“Response is not an abstract idea: it is wind, salt, peat, quartz, and tide; it is Sanna’s machair whispering, Ben Hiant’s sudden silhouette.”
Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 22:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/12...
#EkphrasticWriting #Ardnamurchan #LandscapePhotography
Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 22:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/12...
#EkphrasticWriting #Ardnamurchan #LandscapePhotography
A new piece of expressive writing and photography launches tonight: The Latches of Ardnamurchan. A meditation on place, detail, and crofting spirit.
All previous installments available on the blog:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog
#Ardnamurchan #EkphrasticWriting #HighlandSpirit #SpiordAirdNamMurchan
All previous installments available on the blog:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog
#Ardnamurchan #EkphrasticWriting #HighlandSpirit #SpiordAirdNamMurchan
August 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A new piece of expressive writing and photography launches tonight: The Latches of Ardnamurchan. A meditation on place, detail, and crofting spirit.
All previous installments available on the blog:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog
#Ardnamurchan #EkphrasticWriting #HighlandSpirit #SpiordAirdNamMurchan
All previous installments available on the blog:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog
#Ardnamurchan #EkphrasticWriting #HighlandSpirit #SpiordAirdNamMurchan
Still time to sign up! The #ekphrasticwriting course starts in 3 weeks time! createdtoread.com/more-online-... Please do share with anyone interested in #poetry #creativewriting or #ekphrasis! @serenbooks.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Still time to sign up! The #ekphrasticwriting course starts in 3 weeks time! createdtoread.com/more-online-... Please do share with anyone interested in #poetry #creativewriting or #ekphrasis! @serenbooks.bsky.social
I was pleased to be able to display my interactive collage book at the launch of my poetry-film! It's a meta-ekphrastic response to some of my own ekphrastic poems www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7I3e4...
#collageart #poetryobject #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting #ekphrasticpoetry #ekphrastic
#collageart #poetryobject #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting #ekphrasticpoetry #ekphrastic
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I was pleased to be able to display my interactive collage book at the launch of my poetry-film! It's a meta-ekphrastic response to some of my own ekphrastic poems www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7I3e4...
#collageart #poetryobject #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting #ekphrasticpoetry #ekphrastic
#collageart #poetryobject #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting #ekphrasticpoetry #ekphrastic
Explore creative writing inspired by visual art with workshops and courses from The Ekphrastic Academy. Learn about writer's craft, art history, ekphrastic poetry, and fiction in a welcoming online community.
#EkphrasticWriting #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity
#EkphrasticWriting #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity
Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Discover workshops and courses at The Ekphrastic Academy, where writers explore ekphrastic poetry, fiction, art history, and creative writing inspired by visual art.
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July 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Explore creative writing inspired by visual art with workshops and courses from The Ekphrastic Academy. Learn about writer's craft, art history, ekphrastic poetry, and fiction in a welcoming online community.
#EkphrasticWriting #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity
#EkphrasticWriting #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity
Join Shannon Kearns' workshop to explore how visual art inspires writing. Create a piece based on artwork you bring or choose from provided options!
https://ow.ly/3fCn50YYVJt
🗓️Sat, May 16
🕰️12:30-2:30 pm ET
💻Zoom
#EkphrasticWriting #WritingWorkshop
https://ow.ly/3fCn50YYVJt
🗓️Sat, May 16
🕰️12:30-2:30 pm ET
💻Zoom
#EkphrasticWriting #WritingWorkshop
May 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Join Shannon Kearns' workshop to explore how visual art inspires writing. Create a piece based on artwork you bring or choose from provided options!
https://ow.ly/3fCn50YYVJt
🗓️Sat, May 16
🕰️12:30-2:30 pm ET
💻Zoom
#EkphrasticWriting #WritingWorkshop
https://ow.ly/3fCn50YYVJt
🗓️Sat, May 16
🕰️12:30-2:30 pm ET
💻Zoom
#EkphrasticWriting #WritingWorkshop
Delighted to be nominated by @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for the Best Microfiction Award! My hybrid #ekphrastic prose/poem text was inspired by this landscape by Thomas Gainsborough www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast... #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Delighted to be nominated by @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for the Best Microfiction Award! My hybrid #ekphrastic prose/poem text was inspired by this landscape by Thomas Gainsborough www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast... #ekphrasis #ekphrasticwriting