The 2021 Writing Series is a series of daily writing exercises for both prose writers and poets to keep their creative mind stretched and ready to go—fresh for your other writing endeavors. The writing prompts take the impetus—that initial crystal of creation—out of your hands (for the most part) and changes your writing creation into creative problem solving. Instead of being preoccupied with the question "What do I write" you are instead pondering "How do I make this work?" And in the process you are producing new writing.
This is not a standard writing session. This is pure production—to keep your brain thinking about using language to solve simple or complex problems. The worst thing you can do is sit there inactive. It's like taking a 5 minute breather in the middle of a spin class—the point is to push, to produce something, however imperfect. If you don't overthink it, you will be able to complete all of the exercises in under 30 minutes.
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Ekphrastic Fantastic 4
For today, we're pairing images for you to respond to. The two images will be contrasting and it will be up to you how they can interact, how your writing can make the two pieces of art meet. Or, just pick one of the images and run with it if you'd rather. I'm not here to tell you exactly what to do, just to help you get the ball rolling. But if it was me, I would look for commonalities or how one image could be an imagination or memory or media within the other image, or if they exist in the same 'world', how you can get from one point in space and time to the other. But you do you boo-boo.
Image 1: "Girl with the Pearl Earbuds" by digital artist
Jamusien, 2021. (Check out
this print on Etsy too)
There is the obvious connection of music, but that doesn't mean you should stop there, or should you? Music is a great connection for the two images. Just because the initial connection is obvious doesn't mean you can't fully make it your own. Don't overthink it, take a couple minutes perhaps, but dive in and make this happen!
You got this!
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If you'd like background writing music, let's go to our old friends at
Chillhop Music for their "Cracklin' Campfire" lofi mix.
