How has this day--so far--unspooled differently from the way yesterday did? Changes from one day to the next can depend on the weather, the people you encounter, or your attitude. Changes might stem from the way your schedule works or from unscheduled events. Are you wearing different clothes? Have you eaten different food? Brushed your teeth at the same … [Read more...] about Day By Day
Randomly Reminding
This is an exercise that helps you disorganize your thoughts, and connect them to something new. Write the letters of the alphabet down the left-hand side of the page. Next to each letter, write a word that begins with that letter, the first one that pops into your head. Return to the top and go back through your list. Next to each word write "reminds me of" and write … [Read more...] about Randomly Reminding
Drawing, Doodling and Writing
When you make a page that relies heavily on drawing and doodling, it's an opportunity to observe what drawing, doodling, and writing have in common. Draw a box around the writing area of the page, leaving room for a title at the top, outside of the box. Divide the box into 5-7 sections, using straight or curved lines. The sections can appear as random or orderly as you … [Read more...] about Drawing, Doodling and Writing
‘Tis the Season
There are more to seasons than just weather. Any set of circumstances that arrives, then leaves, and then returns again constitutes a season. Seasonal cycles can be minutes, days, months or even years long. Laundry season. Snow-shoveling season. Global pandemic season. Invent names for some of the seasons you are experiencing now. Use hyphenated names that describe an … [Read more...] about ‘Tis the Season
Fun With Truth and Lies
Draw a line that divides the page in half, making sure to leave room for a title. On one half of the page, write true facts about your surroundings. The kinds of observations that any other person would agree with. One fact per line. To fill the other half of the page, choose random facts that you've written down and twist them into falsehoods. Make tiny alterations, or … [Read more...] about Fun With Truth and Lies