Invitation ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #377

Harried by Sea Gulls, Tourist boat on the Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Harried by sea gulls
Or so it seems
Invited guests
Swarm the hands
That feed them

Two Swarms: Gulls and Tourists
The Ganga (Ganges River)
Kashi (Old Varanasi)
Uttar Pradesh, IndiaTaken during travels, 2017

Pic and a Word Challenge

Last week we played with the internal contradictions of Paradox.

This week, let’s accept the Invitation. Or seek something else to inspire you in this photograph of a boat load of tourists and pilgrims feeding a swarming flock of sea gulls, on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

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.

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 week’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: Paradox

Spirit Cleanse on the Ganga Banks, Ganges River, Kashi (Old Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India
Challenge #376 ~ Paradox

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #376  was Paradox, along with this photograph of Hindus performing the rite of spirit cleansing on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

Just one blogger took on Paradox this week.  Thanks Woolly! 🙂

View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.

Happy Creating! ❤