Taste, touch, hearing, smell and sight are not our only senses. We hear about a "sixth sense" which is vaguely defined as information that comes from "somewhere else." Not everyone thinks that sense is real. Proprioception is a sense that is definitely real, however. This is the sense that tells us where our body is and how it is moving. Interoception is another sense … [Read more...] about More Than Five Senses!
Summer’s Suitcase
Imagine that you are packing a suitcase that will contain everything you need for a summer. What will you put in it? Clothes, a toothbrush, and sunscreen? Are there attitudes you will need? Ideas? Backup body parts? What will you put in the suitcase to help you through unexpected and difficult events? Begin: "In my suitcase for the summer I am going to pack..." … [Read more...] about Summer’s Suitcase
And So…
Tell a story that hinges on the words "...and so..." Perhaps your story will be very short, maybe only one sentence long. In that case. Tell another. And another. Until the page is full. Maybe your story will be so long that it fills the entire page and even spills onto another. Even then, your story will have a certain structure, where the words "...and so..." … [Read more...] about And So…
Do and Done
Write the letters of the alphabet down the center of the page so that the page is divided into two columns. Label the left-hand column "DO." Label the right-hand column "DONE." For to each letter, write down something you have done (right-hand column) and something you have yet to do (left-hand column.) Try to find something that begins with each letter, even if you … [Read more...] about Do and Done
Just Doodle
Fill a page with doodling. It doesn't matter how you do it, as long as the page gets full somehow. Use one pen of one color, or choose several colors and use them all. Don't try to make your doodles "look like" anything in particular, but if they turn out to look like one thing or another, that's just fine. Somewhere, somehow include at least 10 words in your … [Read more...] about Just Doodle