- go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the sidewalk.
- write a letter to yourself in the future.
- draw your dinner.
- find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it into your journal.
- glue an envelope into your journal. for one week, collect things you find on the street.
- expose yourself to a new artist (gallery, book, etc). write what moves you about them/their work.
- find a photo of a person you don't know. write a brief bio about them.
- spend a day only drawing red things.
- draw your bike.
- make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
- make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
- draw a map of the creases on your hand.
- record an overheard conversation.
- trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
- go to a paint store and collect 'chips' of all your favorite colors.
- draw your favorite tree.
- take fifteen minutes to eat an orange.
- write a haiku.
- hang upside down for five minutes.
- read a book in one day and write about the experience.
- illustrate your grocery list.
- write a letter to someone you admire.
- study the face of someone you do not like.
- make a meal based on a color scheme.
- dedicate a page to very small things.
- list the smells in your neighborhood.
- list 50 uses for a tin can.
- fill an entire page with circles and shapes. color them in.
- give away something you love.
- choose an object. draw the side you can't see.
- describe your favorite room in detail.
- draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
- create a character based on someone you know. make a list of personality traits.
- recall your favorite childhood game.
- draw the same object every day for a week.
- write in your journal using a different medium. (charcoal, brush and ink, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.)
- draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
- research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
- do a temporary art installation using a pad of sticky notes and a pen.
- record all the sound you hear in the course of an hour.
- using a grid, collect various textures from magazines and play them off each other.
- make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
- draw your garbage.
- list your ten most important things (not including animals/people).
- list ten things you would like to do each day.
- glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
- transform some garbage.
- write an entry in your journal in REALLY LARGE letters.
- collect some flat things from nature (leaves, flowers). glue/tape them into your journal.
- physically alter a page (burn it, pour tea/coffee on it, fold it, cut holes in it).
- write an entry describing something "secret." cut it up into several pieces and glue them back scrambled.
- record definitions of words you are interested in.
- create an image using dots.
- create a graph documenting/measuring something in your life.
- draw the sun.
- create instructions for a simple everyday task.
- make prints using food (fruit and vegetables and fish cut in half).
- find a photo. alter it by drawing on it.
- write a letter using an unconventional medium.
- draw one object for twenty minutes.
- write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion (organize by subject, alphabetically).
- write a list of all the things you could do to escape.
- cut a random shape out of several pages in a magazine. collage them together on one page.
- write an entry in code.
- write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
- list ten of your habits.
- make a list of five things you can see from where you're sitting. now write down five things about each of them.
- write about time.
- write your favorite childhood story in your own style.
- create a character based on one of your teachers.
- imagine each person you talk to as an animal. which animal are they? how would they act in the wild? how would they respond to other animals? etc
- use sand as a metaphor or symbol.
- draw the news.
- give advice to yourself in the past.
- write the phone call you wish you could have.
- describe what you want to have done to your body when you die.
- take a picture of your parents kissing.
- write down a recent argument.
- take a picture of strangers holding hands.
- list ten things you do for fun that might not be considered fun by many people.
- list 25 things that are bad for the soul.
- describe what you plan to have accomplished by the time you're 50.
- describe what motivates you to get out of bed every morning.
- write about your favorite TV show and respond to the latest episode. (include picture and best quote from the episode?)
- tape notes to yourself on a page, instead of throwing them away.
- go to a restaurant and write down the name, date, and time you went, as well as who you were with. describe what you ate and whether or not you liked it. attach a business card and/or receipt.
- make a "trousseau" page. make a list of all the things you want to own someday, including colors, patterns, quantities, etc.
- write about a dream you had. find out what it "means."
- make a list of all your "guilty pleasures."
- name five things in your freezer.
- define peace.
- describe your perfect vacation/holiday.
- make a list of people that irritate you.
- make a list of people that make you smile.
- write a letter to someone you need to forgive.
jul 7 2008 ∞
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