Creative Experiments #13: June

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right."
Start where you stand, and work
with whatever tools you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found
as you go along."
~George Herbert

The idea is simply to add creativity to our lives, a bit at a time.

The June Experiments
Daisy Yellow
For tracking purposes, each experiment is valued at one creativity point unless otherwise noted.

♥ One evening, lay out the art materials so that you can do art during the very next pocket of time
♥ Sketch in a public place
♥ Write a haiku
♥ Write a job description for you in your current life, then edit in red marker and change it to the job description for the life you want
♥ Invent a definition for these words: Flarp, Biswinge, Drimwick, Blueswift, Parsiz
♥ Draw a map of your grocery store from memory, labeling areas with snappy names like "frozen tundra" or "apple orchard" (for a laugh, take it along the next time you shop)
♥ Read a magazine you've never read
♥ Give yourself a home spa treatment, i.e. deep conditioner, hot pink nails, salt scrub, vanilla lotion
♥ Write a wildly embellished paragraph about a jerky boss from one of your past jobs
♥ Write a mini-story which includes the words: Windshield, Silver, Lavender, Thunder, Surf, Quiche
♥ Write morning pages (ala Julia Cameron); 3 stream-of-concious pages first thing in the morning on 3 days this month
♥ Put a notebook beside your bed and write down one of your dreams

Here's how it works!

1. I post a list of Creative Experiments on the 1st of the month
2. You decide # Experiments to do <--- your personal goal
3. Grab an ART=HAPPY badge and share the words
4. Do the experiments you've selected, blog about the results (I'll link!)

{I kindly ask that you not copy/paste the experiments to your site.
The content is copyright Daisy Yellow.}

This is 13th set of creative experiments!

Comments

[Lotus]

Hello!
Just a quick comment to let you know how much I love your blog and that I'm going to try your Creative Experiment for June.

Thank you for your wonderful inspiration!
Lotus

[Kelly]

I love this: ♥ Write a job description for you in your current life, then edit in red marker and change it to the job description for the life you want. :-)

[Sara]

I usually do all of the monthly experiments on my own (I'm so sorry that I rarely post!) but in June, I had some tooth trouble that kept me from creating much of anything. :( I did manage to get half of the experiments done, however, and my favorites were the grocery store map and the made-up words. :)

Thank you so much for providing these challenges. I look forward to them every first of the month!
Sara

[Roopa]

Here is my post for creative prompts # 13! :)

http://thesoundingsea.blogspot.com/2011/06/creative-prompt-13-mini-story.html