Make Something: Nose
Why do the make something prompts seem to be extra challenging on Friday evenings? I’m sure it has nothing to do with my mental state or level of fatigue. Here […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Utensils
What if someone told you to make something with all the utensils you own today? Would that seem reasonable? Simple, even? Then you are not a cook who has merged […]
Make Something: Purple
Purple is not my favorite color. It does rank well ahead of yellow, which I hate. It edges out blue and red, which are other people’s favorite colors (my mom’s […]
Make Something: Movie-Inspired
On these days when I teach an evening business writing class in the city, after a full day of consulting and parenting, it’s tougher to make something before day’s end. […]
Make Something: Visual Definition
Create a visual definition for a word chosen randomly from a dictionary. When I discovered that this was today’s make something prompt, I wanted a word I didn’t know. I […]
Make Something: Incongruous
Now this was a fun prompt for a writer and writing instructor: Make something incongruous. Of all the valuable lessons I, an experienced communicator, can teach a hopeful, impressionable writer […]
Make Something: With Feet
Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and make it happen. Today’s creation forced me to sit down, think, and put pen to paper … with my foot. […]
Make Something: Taste
Make something in which the sense of taste is the essential component. That was the creative assignment for this day. This one-meeting-after-another workday. This end-of-a-busy-week-must-get-the-family-organized Friday. This beginning-of-a-busy-but-hopefully-fun-filled weekend. Although I […]
Make Something: Holes
This day’s make something task was to cut holes in a magazine or book page, revealing what’s underneath, to create something new. I sliced into a page from Sports Illustrated, […]
Make Something: Paper Pop-Up
By dinnertime today, I was dragging. My consulting, coaching, and teaching business is beyond busy, and I’m feeling the long hours in my bones, my eyes, my feet, my jaw […]
Make Something: Rebus
A “rebus” is a visual puzzle that uses pictures and symbols in place of words or syllables in a phrase or story. When my son was an early reader, one of […]
Make Something: Decay
Today’s make something prompt is odd: Make something that will decay over time … (Doesn’t everything?) There’s more: … and document it until it’s gone (or too smelly to keep). […]
Make Something: Fictional Character
Oh, Wonder Woman! Response to the prompt: “Make something inspired by a fictional character.” oh, Wonder Woman, great feminist icon princess and warrior hailed from the Amazon strength and speed […]
Make Something: Morning Sky
Make something inspired by today’s morning sky? Sure. How about a haiku? (Photo compliments of husband Jim Nyland and his iPhone. Jim got out under the blue sky a couple […]
Make Something: Life-Size
It’s nearly 11:00 pm. I’ve been going full throttle since 6:00 am and just got home from an evening of high school football. And of all things, today’s assignment is […]
Beth Nyland 