Sunshine 2020: Prompt Five

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Prompt 5: Blue
Blue is a tranquil color that is associated with a variety of things including: balance, discovery, peace, calm, openness, patience, honor, grace, trust, depression, recovery, prophecy, respect, empathy, flexibility, and water.

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue – that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man’s destruction is finished. – Georgia O’Keeffe

Blue is often introspective and deep in its calm stillness. When you have been blue, have you been patient with yourself? Have you taken the time to explore your inner self and discover ways to progress?

Please feel free to answer in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it a memory you share or an artwork you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share with us some songs or albums that remind you of the color blue or its theme.


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Comments

[sodium_amytal]

My favorite color!

I posted 14 illustrations at my journal, some are slightly NSFW

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[oldtoadwoman]

Your art continues to inspire me.

[enemytosleep]

I share some music, some love for Star Trek: Discovery, and a handful of fic recs for Critical Role and Voltron.

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[oldtoadwoman]

I swear that Star Trek: Discovery is on my to-watch list. I just never seem to get around to it.

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[oldtoadwoman]

I am offering to make blue icons here and also included a link to my fanfic "People of Walmart" (which is weirdly more appropriate now than when it was written, so warning for a contagion theme).

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[greerwatson]

That story is wonderful!

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I've posted a poem here.

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[oldtoadwoman]

Lovely ocean imagery in that poem.

[nrgburst]

Done here! Game of Thrones GIFset and icons, plus two song recs, Nebula GIFset recs and AtLA GIFset and fanart recs.

Forgot to say: Visitors always welcome!

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[oldtoadwoman]

So many lovely pictures! (I like the music too.)

[olivermoss]

Photos of Blue

Visitors welcome!

[autobotscoutriella]

Beautiful photos! Thanks for joining us!

[lightbird]

Done! More pics and recs for "Hero" and "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

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[oldtoadwoman]

Beautiful pictures!

[greerwatson]

I've made three posts, actually. The first discusses blue's place in the spectrum—specifically, whether there should really be another colour in between green and blue. And then I did one about turquoise, before doing the one for blue.

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[oldtoadwoman]

Awesome!

[paulamcg]

I've done it here: sharing a blue song and how it's connected to my relationship with the HP fandom.

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[oldtoadwoman]

I find it interesting how I will associate certain songs with certain seemingly unrelated things.

[lightofdaye]

The first one that I could easily respond to!

Am I Blue? The time Batman sang

Everyone welcome.

[bemused_writer]

Some awesome DCAU stuff! I loved it. ^^

[yarnofariadne]

Wrote another Addams Family drabble! Here's my DW entry and here's the AO3 link if you want to skip right to it. Ready for visitors, as always ♥

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[oldtoadwoman]

Yay!

[pensnest]

Songs and some soul-searching. https://pensnest.dreamwidth.org/670816.html

[autobotscoutriella]

Thanks for joining us! Your post gave me a lot to think about.

[isabellerecs]

Rec'ing the things and getting it Done. \o/ https://isabellerecs.dreamwidth.org/255082.html

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[oldtoadwoman]

so many blue recs

[shadowhive]

Here’s my thoughts on blue things, mostly the sea and it’s open for visitors

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[oldtoadwoman]

I adore the sea. I miss it. I'm really craving a seaside vacation right now.

[smallhobbit]

Three things which are blue (or traditional thought of as blue) and some tangential fics Here

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[oldtoadwoman]

I love the penguin icon!

[ex_flameandsong751]

My post is here. I also cross-posted the fic to A03. Relevant warnings are on the DW post (with the fic behind a cut); I have DW comments set to access-only for mental health reasons, sorry.

The DW post includes the song that inspired the fic title.

[autobotscoutriella]

Excellent fic! I very much enjoyed it.

[muccamukk]

Four fic (by me) and two vids (by other people) with "Blue" in the title.

[autobotscoutriella]

Thanks for joining us!

[dolorosa_12]

I interpreted 'blue' as being Twitter, given that Twitter's logo is blue, and posted some recommendations for amusing Twitter accounts to follow, here at my Dreamwidth.

[bemused_writer]

Lots of good Twitter accounts there. ^^

[corvidology]

The Blues.

Visitors welcome.

[bemused_writer]

A good selection of tunes. ^^

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Social post is ready for visitors here That will contain a link to the other fill once composed.

[bemused_writer]

I liked the choices there. ^^

[kingstoken]

See my blue post here, where I share some art, a song rec, and a fic rec, but mostly I gush over Sastiel.

[bemused_writer]

Lots of cool stuff here! Thanks for sharing. ^^

[pauraque]

Done! I linked to a fic I wrote a long time ago titled "Blue", and talked about how it was written after a long fandom hiatus and reflects a time of positive change in my life.

[bemused_writer]

Really enjoyed this; thank you for sharing. ^^

Blue = the color of hope

[writedragon]

Blue, for me, is the color of hope. It's my favorite color, and I use it all the time in my artworks, including massive amounts of Doctor Who fanworks of all kinds. Feel free to stop by and sit a spell. https://writedragon.dreamwidth.org/12485.html

Re: Blue = the color of hope

[bemused_writer]

I also think it's quite hopeful. I enjoyed the Doctor Who material!

[lee_bella]

Thank you for giving me an excuse to talk about my favourite songs and my favourite colour.

[bemused_writer]

Awesome choices with the music!

[tippetariuswrites]

Done! Sonic the Hedgehog.

[autobotscoutriella]

Sonic makes every challenge better.

Thanks for joining us!