Write about jars. A jar that's in front of you. One you remember or invent. What are the most prominent jars in your life story? Or write about the contents of jars. What is in them and what is not. How are they labeled? Think about jars metaphorically. Jars of affection. Jars of time. Jars of forgotten events. What would you like to find in a jar? What would you like … [Read more...] about Just Jars
A List, Plus …
Find a place to write where there is some kind of scene or situation in front of you. Along the left-hand side of the page, write down words that describe what you are taking in from your surroundings. What words evoke what you see, hear, taste, smell and feel on your skin? Make a list that runs the length of the page. Reread it. Draw a line that separates the list from … [Read more...] about A List, Plus …
Yucky Food
Write about the foods that you do not or cannot eat. First, name the food by printing it in capital letters. Then write down everything that you find distasteful about this particular food. What is the origin of your revulsion? Does your relationship with this food have a history? Have you ever eaten the foods that you dislike? How do you react? Meditate upon all … [Read more...] about Yucky Food
False and True
Write a page made of short, three-sentence paragraphs. For these three sentences: One sentence must be true. Another sentence must be false. The remaining sentence can be either true or false. Write the sentences in any order. You can begin with a true statement or a false one. Perhaps your three-sentence paragraphs will connect to form a longer … [Read more...] about False and True
The Shapes
Situate yourself in front of some kind of scene, indoors or out. Concentrate on the shapes that you see in front of you. Rather than naming the things that you see, name their shapes: triangle, rectangle, circle, square, oval, blob. Begin drawing the shapes as you see them. Spread them out on the page in the same way they are spread out in front of you. Write some … [Read more...] about The Shapes