Showing posts with label creative exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative exercise. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2009

Whimsical Pursuit #1

A little exercise - could be the start of a creative project or just a way to slay some boredom:

Write down ten things you'd like to discover in a rain puddle (there are many near my home now).

Sure a 100 dollar bill (in a Ziploc bag, conveniently) would be nice.

But what else would you like to find?

(Frogs and silver fish? A pockmarked rock? An antique ring? Your own reflection, smiling?)

Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday the Thirteenth!

It doesn't have to be about slasher killer thrillers and horror movies.

You could consider blackbirds instead.

Wallace Stevens found thirteen ways of doing so in his beautiful, eerie and meditative poem:

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.

Think of thirteen ways you could consider a certain person, creature, idea or object.