Begin by drawing a half-dozen or so random squiggles distributed more-or-less evenly around the page. Choose a squiggle and add a few more marks to it. Fiddle around with it until some kind of face emerges. When you notice the face, add to it. Turn all of the squiggles into some kind of face. Skip around. Add some words to go with each face. A caption, perhaps. Or a … [Read more...] about From Squiggles to Faces
Imagination
At Least Four Letters
Write whatever you like. Perhaps a story from your life, or one from your imagination. Or simply describe the world around you. As you are writing, skip all the words that are less than 4 letters long. No need to skip them in your thinking, just don't write them down. Pause partway down the page to give your mind a rest. Read over what you have written. Scribble out any … [Read more...] about At Least Four Letters
A Story From Your Life
Write a story from you life that fits on exactly one page. It can be a big story or a little one. A story full of drama and excitement, or one that is kind of boring. The story can take place in the past, the present, or the future. It can center on a place, a person, or an event. Before you start to write, put a dot in the middle of the page. As you write, when you … [Read more...] about A Story From Your Life
Landscapes of Life
Life is not a straight-line journey! It's more like a wander through a landscape of possibilities and surprises. Some aspects of life can remind you of pristine mountains. Others might have more in common with dirty cities. Draw a map of an imaginary landscape with a variety of landscape features. Name each feature for a quality that a life can have--challenges, lessons, … [Read more...] about Landscapes of Life
The Bigger Picture
Begin with a short description of something small. It can be an object, an action, or even an idea. Something in your immediate environment, something remembered, or something entirely imaginary. Then zoom away from the small thing and describe the bigger picture in which it sits. Begin with the phrase, "In the bigger picture..." Then zoom again and describe what's in an … [Read more...] about The Bigger Picture