Warning: This curation list may cause an insatiable desire to join The Unmentionables and improve your writing - reader beware.

The best of The Unmentionables content (1/10/17) - curated with love.

(Huge thanks to @enchantedspirit for becoming our group curator - be sure to give her a follow and some love!)

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This one got big points from me on presentation alone. It's visually clean. It's sharp. Her explanation is easy to understand. And as she talked, I could see how the steps in her creative process for music and composition closely parallels my creative process for writing and post production. I came away feeling I'd learned something, that I'd found a kindred spirit in another artist ... and the world looked a little brighter. Nice job. Srsly.

My Songwriting Process: Part 3
Recording and Improvising
@derosnec

Ok, I guess I should confess, today's theme is creative art. Definitely an emphasis on that today. So here's a creative piece hammered out from the inspiration of a passing remark.

People ask writers, "Where do you get your ideas?" And the truth is, ideas are everywhere. You never know when one will pop up and introduce itself, but it helps to keep your eyes, ears and mind open. I have writing ideas that could fill 20 lifetimes, and I should be able realize them all ... in Theory.

I'm Moving to Theory!
@arbitrarykitten

Color challenges are a big deal in the Steem-osphere, and today, we're featuring two -- both for the color blue. The intriguing one below is a shot @codingdefined worked to get -- and that streak in the sky that looks like a sunbeam? That's exactly what it is. Bravo for your determination, @codingdefined!!

ColorChallenge - Friday Blue - Blue Sky and A Lake
@codingdefined

And there's also this gorgeous shot from @seajai -- from NSW, Australia. Two great visual riffs on the color blue. And you don't have to choose a favorite. I gave you both. You're welcome!

Color Challenge - Friday Skyblue
@seajai

Tired of blue? How about green, with a teeny-tiny beetle for extra interest!

Macro photography 11 - The beautiful beetles
@yandot

@adamtilsley titles this piece "Forks in the Road," but the video segment is also about perseverance, determination and resourcefuless. I'll let Adam speak for himself ...

Forks In The Road
@adamtilsley

@AwakentoLife is one of our most upbeat and engaging writers, even when detailing a nerve-wracking, woeful moment. It has a happy ending, but things could sure have gone the other way. Here's a message everyone should take to heart.

My Life's Journey
The day of near disaster on Steemit
@AwakentoLife

The World's Saddest Little Mining Rig just got a little more happy. Stop in and let @bwar show you what he's done!

Upgrading the Saddest Little Mining Rig
@bwar

Pets are one of life's best blessings. They are part of the family, and at our house @Catweasel complains they get better treatment than he does. I answer that in my life, animals have treated me far better than humans -- and I remember my friends.

Anyway ... we've seen @bwar's menagerie. So he's showed us his. Now @apanamamama shows us hers. (Stop that giggling. You know what I mean!!) What a sweetie!!

Meet Mirakuru, Our Japanese Akita Dog
Fun Friday by A Panama Mama
@apanamamama

@lordmok's writing runs the gamut of youth and its angst, from memories of nerding out with his cousins to the obsessive urgency of unrequited love to asking himself ... is this all worth it?

As another writer, I find he has an interesting style -- especially for someone just starting out. And here he goes again. This line especially: "Draining out your soul for cash can make you feel so crappy" Who among us doesn't know that feeling!

To Live A Day - Poetry
@lordmok

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We hope to meet you soon on our dedicated Discord server -- where our awesome Welcome bot Mee6 will greet you and get you started. Then a real human will hustle along to help you further. At least that's how it's supposed to work. If the room is empty when you arrive, give it a few. Eventually someone's bound to notice.

The author of this list of curated posts by members of The Unmentionables is @enchantedspirit whose mostly metaphysical writing can be found on her own blog. The opinions here are strictly hers ... but they're also very true! (With occasional prompting and cheerleading from @fatpandadesign. That guy has his fingers in every pie.)

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