As the year draws to a close, give yourself some gentleness. Allow yourself to love and be loved, accept and be accepted. Allow yourself the contentment that comes from cherishing the small and the simple, the fleeting and the fragile. So often, this is what saves us.
The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 62 is tenderness.
Here are the prompts:
A collection of dreamy, tender paintings by Anne Magill
"In the City of Light" - Larry Levis
"At Last" - Etta James
A quote about the fragile silence of the early morning from A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
Tim affectionately touches and kisses Hawk, who lies on top of him, in Fellow Travelers
A web weaving about being outside in the blue night and taking comfort in the warm orange windows of houses with their lights on
Adam's father apologizes for not comforting Adam when he was a child and asks to hug Adam now from Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers
Monica washes Jacob's hair in Lee Isaac Chung's Minari
Max finally gives an injured Furiosa his name as he gently cradles her head in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road
Moments of small, intimate touches between Johnny and Gheorghe in Francis Lee's God's Own Country
Eileen Myles's wishes for a graduating class to find love and joy in life from their commencement speech, "Universal Cycle"
A quote about the offer of tenderness feeling like proof that you're ruined from On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Tony looks at Steve with open fondness after Steve finishes his speech before the team's mission in Endgame
"Our House" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Phil confesses his love to Rita while she's asleep in Harold Ramis's Groundhog Day
"Sleeping in the Forest" - Mary Oliver
Contemplations on embracing life and connection to others in Dean Fleischer Camp's Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Dodin asks Eugénie, his cook and love of his life, if he can watch her eat the intricate meal he made for her in Trần Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things
Mary and Tim look at each other lovingly before embracing in the snow from Frank Borzage's Lucky Star
Round 62 will end on December 31, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).
As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.
