When you think you understand something, there's always some part of it you don't get. When you think you don't understand something, there's always some part of it you do get. Write a page that shows how your mind can be full of understanding and not understanding all at the same time. Write sentences that have this form: I understand _____, but I don't understand … [Read more...] about Understand
Imagination
Wash It Away!
Imagine a great shower, a waterfall, a flood. One that washes everything that you wish wasn't there from your life while damaging nothing important. Write about that today. What would disappear? Why won't you miss it? Maybe you'll describe things that are tangible and straightforward, like the grime behind the kitchen faucet or the dirt under your nails. Maybe you'd … [Read more...] about Wash It Away!
A Perfect Meal
Thanksgiving: the kick-off feast in the great American season of overeating. Setting aside the discomfort of an overfull belly, the travails of planning and executing huge meals, or your feelings about large and possibly complicated gatherings, ask yourself, "Thanksgiving aside, what constitutes a perfect meal for me?" Is it the food? The others at the table? (If there's … [Read more...] about A Perfect Meal
Thumb’s the Word
Are writing and drawing different versions of the same thing? Or are they two entirely different activities? Spend most of your writing time drawing and see what you think. Draw your thumb. In ink. So you aren't tempted to erase and make it perfect. Simply look at your thumb and make whatever marks (lines, scribbles, curves, dots) that the details of your thumb … [Read more...] about Thumb’s the Word
Second thoughts
Divide the page into 5 areas of equal size. Write the word fun in tiny letters in one of the areas. Write clothes, travel and tired in 3 of the other areas. The fifth area stays blank. In each of the areas, write the second thought that comes to mind when you say that word to yourself. You do this by saying the first thought out loud. Yes, out loud, with your voice and … [Read more...] about Second thoughts