The Mystery of Imagination

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“Imagination thrives on mystery”―Patrick Harpur Well, this had been an extra fun Mystery Photo Game, but tonight we come down to our last mystery photo for this time. I’ve strained my brain enough coming up with five mystery photos. And I didn’t do too bad with the first ones. I managed to get some tricky ones in there for some …

Getting Our Imaginations in Focus

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“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ―Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court The same as every time I post this game, I am having a great time and enjoying all your guesses. Probably a little better because you aren’t all guessing the same thing. That means not all of you …

Imagination Exercise

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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~Albert Einstein You all came through once more and exercised your imaginations with some wonderful visions of well, imagination. After my granddaughter looked at the last mystery picture and knew in five seconds what it was, I thought maybe some of you would do the same. To make you feel …

Every Mystery Has a Solution

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“There is always an easy solution to every problem – neat, plausible, and wrong.”  ~H.L. Mencken   That’s not to say that a mystery picture in my Mystery Picture Game is a problem. It’s not. It’s just some imagination exercise. Thank all of you who did some of that imagination exercising. And then I forgot to post the “solution” or …

A New Mystery Photo Game

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  No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen Are you ready for a new Mystery Photo Game? I know. I’ve been promising one for a while, but I had that book to finish and the new book, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford,  just released to try to talk up to all the readers I know or hope to …

Down to the Last Mystery Photo This Go Around

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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. ~Neil Armstrong Back when I started these Mystery Photo Games several years ago, I had no idea that I would continue them on. But I’ve had fun straining my brain to come up with the mystery photos and many of you have said how much you’ve enjoyed …

The Mystery of Imagination

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No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen You all make these mystery photo games so much fun. Especially when you don’t guess right. That’s not nice of me, is it? LOL. But last picture, so many of you figured it out without having to much more than think. In fact, you said it was so easy …

Sometimes Mysteries Can Be Solved

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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~Henry Miller Okay, I love those of you who think I am so tricky that I would never put up a mystery picture that was easy to solve. Sigh. It turns out some mysteries aren’t as …

A Mystery Can Befuddle Us

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“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” — Gregory Maguire The first mystery picture has come and tickled the imaginations of many of you. The popular guess was some sort of fabric like a rug, a blanket, a towel, something crocheted, even a couch cover, or a hot pad to set a dish on. …

Do You Love a Mystery?

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“You’d think solving mysteries would bring you closure, that closing the loop would comfort and quiet your mind. But it never does. The truth always disappoints.” ~John Green in Turtles All the Way Down Finally, finally, I have gotten brave enough to try a new Mystery Photo Game. Do you hear a drumroll? I’ve been dragging my feet about getting …