Make Something: Wallpaper
I suspect I’ve used this quote before, somewhere in this year of making something every day. That’s because it really resonates: “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” Pablo Picasso […]
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Make Something: Melt
A little simple sketching helped me slow down and melt away the tension and energy it took to manage a full day of teaching and writing and parenting. Good idea.
Make Something: Music Media
While my daughters sang in church choir practice, I stacked a few of the music director’s tapes and CDs into a poem … sing the classic story of creation for […]
Make Something: Bathroom Signage
“Make alternate signage or images for men’s and women’s bathroom doors.” As a pants-loving feminist, I don’t completely identify with the skirted person that graces so many women’s restrooms. And […]
Make Something: Instructions
“Create instructions or a visual diagram for something that normally wouldn’t need them.” While out for a special dinner to celebrate my son’s 16th birthday, I took a few moments […]
Make Something: Key
During the angsty teenage years, I remember sitting cross-legged on my twin bed, snipping my way through a stack of Glamour magazines, isolating words that captured how I was feeling about […]
Make Something: Micro Murder Mystery
I love when the day’s make something instructions involve words. Today’s treat was to convey a murder mystery in just 10 words, with “bonus points” for illustration. I don’t normally […]
Make Something: Rubber Bands
My son’s creative wheels are spinning this week. Once again, he piped in with the idea for today’s make something project, which called for the use of rubber bands. I […]
Make Something: Foot
If I had any grand inspiration for today’s make something project, it vaporized when I fell hard during a figure skating lesson this evening. Though I tried to turn my […]
Make Something: Rice
Writing with rice is almost as fun as drawing with markers. My son (a fountain ideas this week) contends that I should have gone a greater distance and made a […]
Make Something: Clear
Today’s prompt recommended making something clear—particularly something that normally isn’t. I nearly wrapped a gift in plastic wrap. But that idea just didn’t do it for me. My son suggested […]
Make Something: Tattoo
This is my son’s arm. This is the tattoo I made for my son’s arm. The tattoo was fun to create, and it was even more fun to see Isaac’s […]
Make Something: Matches:
Today’s make something instruction was to work with matches, flames, or fire. I felt like cutting and pasting and transforming … so I reinvented a matchbook that sits on my […]
Make Something: Black
To work with and express “black,” I found inspiration in a quote from composer Robert Schumann: “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts— such is the duty of […]
Make Something: Reflection
I’m twisting today’s make something prompt a bit to suit my need. The instruction was to “create something that incorporates a mirror or reflection.” I’m sharing a reflection—something I wrote in […]
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