…Providing a current listing of blog stories and categories so you can select the creative prompts and topics of interest. This is a gentle and encouraging invitation to participate in the AP Connections Blog in various ways. You Decide. Share your Creativity. Engage. Make Your Mark. Connect with Others…

… We often don’t need to search for or rediscover these words. They powerfully exist within our day to day. They are the signposts of our lives . These words are often within reach when we need them the most whether embedded in our memory for quick review, displayed in our work or home spaces, or privately treasured in a special place for private viewing…

… Engage in a reflective moment as you revisit a meaningful quote, based on the words of influential women who reach out to us through their words and actions!

… Small words with bigger meaning in unprecedented pandemic times. This post invites us to reflect upon meaningful words that are more comforting or contemplative in nature when we are feeling stressed and uncertain.

Another Photo Prompt … and a change from the masked-selfie of 2020. Capturing snapshots of our feet with friends can connect us to both ourselves and others by providing a tangible record of that meaningful visit.

… creating an art story from photos can become an interesting personal art project to explore.

“We want stories. In stories we connect, in stories we learn, in stories we are human … We are together, we are the same, we are connected beyond race and class and gender.” — Isabel Allende