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The website content is an invitation by Dancing Elephant Press for writers to creatively express how they would paint their life with colors that represent their actions, choices, and decisions, particularly in challenging times.

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Dancing Elephant Press presents a reflective prompt, "If You Could Paint Your Life. What Color/s Would It Be?" as part of their 52-week series. This prompt encourages participants to explore their life's narrative through imaginative, artistic, or honest portrayals, using stories or images to convey how they navigate life's tests. The article emphasizes the importance of hope, resilience, and the power of positive actions, such as kindness and love, in shaping one's life color. It also acknowledges the presence of adversity, such as depression and hatred, and how these experiences contribute to the palette of life. The piece is a celebration of individual journeys and the diverse hues that make up the human experience, inviting writers to share their stories and connect with a community of creatives.

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  • The author, Annelise Lords, views life as a canvas that one paints with their daily actions, choices, and decisions, suggesting that individuals have the agency to shape their own experiences.
  • The article conveys that hope is a crucial element in overcoming challenges, akin to a daily medication to ward off sadness.
  • It is expressed that life's difficulties, such as fighting depression and dealing with hatred, are balanced by moments of joy and love, which are essential for personal growth.
  • The author believes that forgiveness and the ability to repaint one's life allow for the replacement of negative experiences with positive ones.
  • The piece suggests that the colors of life are not only individual choices but also influenced by the actions and decisions of others, particularly those we love.
  • The metaphor of life as a painting is used to illustrate that every experience, whether it be disappointment, balance, or the cycle of life and death, adds depth and meaning to our existence.
  • The article concludes with a note of gratitude to Dancing Elephant Press for providing a platform for writers to exercise their creativity and share their perspectives on life's colors.

If You Could Paint Your Life. What Color/s Would It Be?

Dancing Elephant Press Prompt 43 of 52 — The color of my life

Image by Annelise Lords

Our lives are portraits we paint with our actions, choices, and decisions. — Annelise Lords

Your 43 of 52 — The color of my life — Prompt:

Paint your life imaginatively, artistically, or honestly. Write a story or use images showing how you paint your life when life tests you.

Please remember to add the tag #dancingelephantspress

To your prompt and in the subtitle: Dancing Elephants Press Prompt week 43 of 52 — The color of my life

You can respond to any of our weekly prompts at any time — you can find previous responses and prompts under our 52-week live book on our main DEP home page- Featured Pages section.

You can use any creative way to respond including poetry, photography, a story, or a combination of all of the above.

In case you missed our previous prompt from our editor Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Image by Annelise Lords

My life is made of us many colors. Fighting Depression, life, and the cruelty of humanity, I must paint every day. I paint my day with this Sunrise of magnificent colors of hope. Hope is a pill I take daily to keep sadness away.

Images by Annelise Lords

These beautiful plants are fighting daily to survive in their environment. They don’t worry about failure or the elements trying to stop their progress. Their focus is giving humanity their best. And look at them smiling. Why can’t I, with my knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and love of life and living?

These plants look happy, vibrant, and strong despite the little they get to sustain growth.

Today, I am painting these colors for my strength. #Iintend2survive because life must teach me valuable life lessons through distractions.

Hope must be maintained, so I must paint again when sadness comes in. When I am distracted by sadness, I go on a walk. Seeing these beautiful flowers, it paints happiness in my heart.

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Regrets are like a fire. What it burns, most times, can not be replaced or undone.

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Life taught me that with lessons learned and with forgiveness. I can repaint and replace many things in my life.

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Hatred touches all of us, many times from the ones we love. The heart below, actions, choices, and decisions aren’t coming from a place painted with love.

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I paint my heart with love.

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Kindness comes from the heart. I paint my heart with kindness and thoughtfulness.

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Sometimes, I have difficulty understanding some of humanity. This is the crown of thorns. It’s beautiful and can hurt you, depending on how you handle it. The background is lovely too. Positive and negative elements are shown here. Life sometimes paints situations in our lives that show both, giving us a choice. Each of us lives is painted in different colors depending on our choices.

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Life is full of disappointment, which represents the color green in my culture. That little bit of disappointment is what keeps this plant alive. Life paints different pictures than what many of us are thinking and seeing.

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Life paints balance in many different colors showing humans its value to play its part in situations we face daily.

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Life paints a picture showing how life and death are connected to each other.

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Life paints that the truth sometimes hides below the surface and it will be a joyful occasion when it’s revealed.

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These are a few of the colors that make up my life depending on the circumstances I face daily. There are many more.

I am thanking Dancing Elephant Press for this special brain exercise.

Thank you for reading this piece. I hope you enjoy it.

Written by Annelise Lords,

Edited by Dr. Gabriella Korosi

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With love from your editors:

Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Dr. Preeti Singh, and Annelise Lords

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