Sunday, 10 May 2009

• Scavenger Hunt Throw Down I. Wanna Play? Heh.

  
  
  With the April NPM challenge merely days behind us, I have come to the realization that with out a ridiculous and arbitrary goal to strive for, I am more aimless than I'd like to be. I was pondering this on a pulse this morning, and Nelson ( so you know who to blame) hinted that if I were to involve Xanga, I might be held more accountable. Heh. I think he just wants a new game to play, too.
  
  Some how from there to here, this translates into a scavenger hunt of sorts. Don't worry, this one is not as intense as a poem a day. There are 40 writing prompts to complete- BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. None of them have to be done in any particular order ( just label the post Scavenger # ___ ,or something). All are designed to stretch the boundaries a bit and stumble hopefully into that joy of sweet creation. I am doing this mostly for myself, but I would love for you to try it out too.  ; ) Who's game?  All are welcome : )   ( If I tagged you, I am not trying to coerce. Heh. Just realizing I am posting late on a Saturday night and didn't want anyone who might be interested to miss the ridiculousness that is this. )
  
  I have added a blog ring for the challenge- click HERE to join.
  
  * mode of creation open = anything you want, word, any genre, art, photography, music, decoupage, heh,  etc
  
  SCAVENGER HUNT LIST
  
  1. It's Mother's day-  Create a post dedicated to your mother. - mode of creation open
  2. Write a love poem incorporating the following words: rabbit, glass, mud, super nova, Motel 6
  3. Use puberty as a major theme- mode of creation open
  4. Write a story or a poem incorporating this sentence: She wore her green dress, the one the color of spring onions.
  5-8. Write poems or stories inspired by the following photographs ( photo credits to John G.)
     
  
  9. Write a travel Haibun
  10. Incorporate words or phrases in Latin- mode of creation open.
  11. Write something set in a laundromat.
  12. Create something inwhich a lobster is a symbolic centerpiece. - mode of creation open
  13. Create a post for your father. - mode of creation open
  14. Create something in which fire is a center piece. - mode of creation open
  15. Write a flash fiction- incorporating the following words: amoeba, tomato juice, tire, tiger lily, Bible
  16-18. Blinded me with science: Create pieces grounded in any principals or theories of biology, chemistry, and physics
  19. Create a piece to go with a favorite song.
  20. Write something which incorporates the following sentence: The four brothers, minus the brother lost to the war, played their horns late into the night.
  21. Create something based on an old family story.
  22. Write a ghost story.
  23. Create a post in which food is a theme- mode of creation open
  24. Write stories or poems inspired by daydreaming to the  following three Carolyn Coalson paintings ( in order "Element of Merk"," Revlon 1957", "Untitled Blues")
   
  25. Revise and/or choose 3 old poems, prose or photography pieces. Research and muster the courage to submit them to a publishing entity.
  26.  Create something in which death is a central theme. -mode of creation open
  27. Create a post incorporating the following: butterfly, sawdust, Mack truck, blood, ocean- mode of creation open
  28. Create something which answers the question: When the town drunk dies, who should be the first to buy a round?
  29. Write something that scares you.
  30-33  . Write poems or prose based on the following: ( yeah, I know my pictures aren't as good as John's. heh)
  
  34. Create something with independence as a central theme- mode of creation, open
  35. Write a poem or prose incorporating the following sentence: I've loved you since before you were born.
  36. Go ahead. Write a sex scene. You know you want to.
  37. Create a post about your childhood home- mode of creation open
  38. Create a story/ post out of notebook doodles.
  39. Create a post about flying- interpretation and mode of creation, open
  40. Create a post reflecting your life's "bucket list" - mode of creation open.
  
  
  
  
  Much love,
  
  

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