Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Do you need a map or a nap?



Is today a "dip" day where the energy of wings or fleet feet would help?

To push beyond your ennui, try a list of pairs. Ask a question. See what happens when you pair two items. Just permit free association to take over and don't judge or edit. Go as fast as you can and let your inspiration take you away.

Move until you have hit number 21.

Here's a start:

What do I need -

1 frosting or the cake

2 leaves or stays

3 trinkets or trades

4 bows or whens

5 bravery or a kite

6 milk or pencils

7 magic or mocha

8 salmon or a scream

9 tirades or tennis balls

10 singing or flames

11 doilies or disgrace

12 monkeyshines or darkness

13 fright or sherbert

14 bubbles or incubation

15 spindrift or tin foil

16 honey or pintos

17 radiance or a gum drop

18 clutter or a stun gun

19 meringue or perpetuity

20 bongo drums or a secret

21 yogurt or merriment


Then begin again with another question. Break away from ordinary with the questions also. Try rhyming.

What happens at twilight -

l bluebirds or howling

2 thirst or the worst

3 blood or floods

4 maybes or fleas

5 locks or kiddie blocks

6 freedom or kingdom

7 icicles or tricycles

8 harmony or charm

9 ridicules or barnacles

10 moonsbunnies or funny money

11 highways or one act plays

12 nickles or pickles

13 clay pots or knots

14 crowds or clouds

15 soup or droop

16 arrangements or endangerments

17 puddles or cuddles

18 rice or thrice

19 playmates or paperweights

20 mushrooms or classrooms

21 free will or a duck's bill



Creative Write: Try several questions for your 21 pairs. What does Friday sound like? Then try a freewrite mixing all the words.

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