I thought of it
As abandoned
Until I realized
It was simply empty
But for the light
Empty Room in an Abandoned Cabin
Panther Paintball
Surrey
British Columbia, Canada
Taken during travels, 2023
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we scavenged through the Detritus.
This week, let’s consider the light at the centre of Emptiness. Or find something else to inspire you in this photograph of an empty/abandoned cabin at Panther Paintball in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
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: Detritus

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #383 was Detritus, along with this photograph of a dilapidated and abandoned fisherman’s storage shed on Médée Bay in L’anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada.
Two bloggers found gems in the Detritus this week. Thanks, you two! 🙂
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- Detritus, by Woolly Muses
- Junkyard, by Lifelessons
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤