Make Something: Tea
Today’s Make Something challenge called for tea in any form—leaves, bags, liquid. Tea is my fuel. As I typically drink two to three pots of it per day, we have […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Camouflage
Noah Scalin’s instruction for day 12 was to create or alter something so that it disappears into its background. As a mom, my mind was on my finest creations on […]
Make Something: Left Hand
Use your non-dominant hand. That was today’s challenge, and I just might make it an everyday event. As I picked up a pencil in my left hand, I stood over […]
Make Something: Water
Today’s instruction was to use water as medium/inspiration. I splashed around in the sink a little, and tried to get a cool photo of a spray or a drip … […]
Make Something: Before Breakfast
Oh, Noah Scalin, you are hitting all my sensitivities so early in this year of making 365 somethings. For this 9th day, the creative journal suggests making something with your […]
Make Something: Old Book
Today’s marching orders were to “transform an old book into something new by cutting, folding, gluing, and so on.” I know about altered books. I’ve seen beautiful examples, and I’ve […]
Make Something: Stencil
“Today, make a stencil and use it in your work.” Really? Just seven days into 365, I met this prompt with an eye roll. Cynicism. Already. But I’m all in. […]
Make Something: Fruit or Veg
Walk into your kitchen and grab the first fruit or vegetable you see. What can you make? If I had been hungry, I probably would have doused these little tomatoes […]
Make Something: Collected
Day 5 of Noah Scalin’s creative adventure challenged me to work with a collection found in my home. As I began to wander from room to room, I felt a […]
Make Something: For Another to Discover
For this fourth day of creativity, the challenge was to take a five-minute walk, then make something with whatever was at hand, wherever I wound up. The walk didn’t fit […]
Make Something: Paper
I wonder how often my little girls will be able to participate in this “Make Something” challenge over the next 365 days. They both had ideas for today’s prompt, but […]
Make Something: Animal Inspiration
The little girls didn’t produce work to save today. Between one’s Girl Scout hike in the rain and the other’s solo at a chorus concert, they were simply too busy. […]
Make Something: Small & “On Hand”
Yesterday marked the end of National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), which means my 30-day poetry jag is over. That’s not to say I’m done writing poems; no way. But now […]
He wanted the blue peach
he wanted the blue peach to fall like luscious honey through her fingers
A poet’s confession
Forgive me, Muse, for I have slumbered. It has been nine days since my last poem. After writing 366 poems in 366 days, I took a breather. I wondered if […]
Beth Nyland 