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- go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
- write a letter to yourself in the future.
- buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
- draw your dinner.
- find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
- glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
- expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
- find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
- spend a day drawing only 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, (knuckles, palm)
- trace your footsteps with chalk.
- record an overheard conversation.
- trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
- go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
- draw your favorite tree.
- take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
- write a haiku.
- hang upside down for five minutes.
- hang found objects from tree branches.
- make a puppet.
- create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
- read a book in one day.
- illustrate your grocery list.
- read a story out loud to a friend.
- write a letter to someone you admire.
- study the face of someone you do not like.
- make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
- create a museum of very small things.
- list the smells in your neighbourhood.
- list 100 uses for a tin can.
- fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
- give away something you love.
- choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
- list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
- describe your favourite room in detail.
- write about your relationship with your washing machine.
- draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
- make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
- create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
- recall your favorite childhood game.
- put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
- draw the same object every day for a week.
- write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
- draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
- make a useful item using only paper & tape.
- research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
- do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
- draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
- record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
- using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
- cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
- make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
- draw your garbage.
- do a morning collage.
- list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
- list ten things you would like to do every day.
- glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
- trasform some garbage.
- write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
- collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
- physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
- find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
- write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
- record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
- draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
- what were you thinking just now? write it down.
- do nothing.
- write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
- create an image using dots.
- do 3 drawings at different speeds.
- put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
- create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
- draw the sun.
- create instructions for a simple everyday task.
- make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
- find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
- write a letter using an unconventional medium.
- draw one object for twenty minutes.
- combine two activities that have not been combined before.
- write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
- write a list of all the things you do to escape.
- cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
- write an entry in code.
- make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
- work with a medium that is subtractive.
- write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
- make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
- divise a journal entry using “layers”.
- divise an entry using “layers”.
- write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
- list 10 of your habits.
- illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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