Reach for me, my friend
From the gloom besetting you
I have light to spare
Reaching for the Light
Haystack Rock
Cannon Beach
Oregon, United States of America
Taken during travels, 2022
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last time we swirled about in Eddies. This week, let’s escape the Gloom. Or find something else to inspire you in this photograph of a wave reaching up the beach from Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA.
The Pic and a Word Challenge is a (usually) weekly creativity prompt (usually) 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, 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.
To participate:
- Use any title you like
- Your response can be words and/or images
- You may use my image to illustrate your post, or any images you have created
- Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
- Add a link to this post in your response
To help us find your response — whether on WordPress, Instagram, Flicker, Tumblr, etc. — you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag/hashtag “Pic and a Word Challenge” or “#picandawordchallenge” to your post
Each week, I’ll list the previous challenge’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
The previous challenge was: Eddies

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #335 was Eddies, along with this photograph of empty mussel shells on Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA.
Three bloggers sought (and found!) their Glory this time. Thanks!
- Eddies, by WoollyMuses
- Glory, by Middleton Road
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤