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Dramatize a nightmare Try candlewicking. Write a song for social justice. Design a protest sign. Write a sonnet about spring. Bake a type of bread you’ve never made before. Photograph food. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post

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Create a paint-by-number drawing. What would a write-by-number story be like? Design one. Compose in Lydian mode. Photograph a sound. Costume the moon. Write a how-to article about something you’re good at. Make a hanging mobile out of household objects. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about rest recently, partially because I’ve been out of commission with the flu the past few days–and the flu emerged, it seems, in response to stress. Then, while sick, I happened to listen to a podcast about overstimulation. It asserted that children need a certain amount of unstructured downtime (away [...]

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Listen to a piece of music that you love, and make it into a painting. Find a painting that you love, and make it into a piece of music. Plant seeds indoors. Create a phoenix out of ashes. Be perfectly still for 5 minutes. Transcribe an overheard conversation. Remember a teacher from elementary school.  Write [...]

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Do you have an instrument lying around that you haven’t played for a while?  If so, play it.  If not, make an instrument, and play it. Fold oragami. Using items from your cupboard, create a custom scent. Select 100 words from a product manual.  Write something using only these words. Paint a picture using only [...]

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Make a toast. Write a verb for every letter of the alphabet. Press a leaf. Sample sounds from your home. On stage are a table with a broken leg, a toothbrush, a very large photo of a child, a laptop computer, and a rug. Write a letter to the editor. Paint a picture using only [...]

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Draw a portrait with a black magic marker.  From the time you start drawing until the time you stop, never lift the marker from the page. Write a song based on the sound an animal makes. Write a letter to yourself at age 10. Create a new dance step. Design a button that is completely [...]

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Write a haiku about fish. Make donuts. Change the recipe. Take a picture of a shoe. Start a story with, “I immediately wished I hadn’t let the words come out of my mouth.” Write five pages of a play where one character talks only in iambic pentameter. Write a waltz. Draw a picture with your [...]

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