My friend asked; “Where do you come up with this stuff?” She was talking about this stanza from yesterday’s song, which is a metaphor for feeling spent and empty: April DayPotato skins for breakfastDinner of corn cakes The short answer is I do a word splatter: Other people call them mind maps, or brainstorm … Continue reading Word Splatter (or Where I Come Up with this Stuff).
Buy a Tarot deck. (Go with a Rider-Waite deck, which is the familiar and well-written about). They aren’t supernatural. They psychological. Tarot cards are rich in imagery. A person draws a card then projects stories on it. They’re a kind of prompt. It’s like picking three words in dictionary and writing a poem or … Continue reading Tarot Projections
I went for a walk today. It was drizzling so nary a soul was about. I’m learning a walk after a write is superb for rewriting. I simply recite the lyrics in my head while the hills and dells of my neighborhood move beneath me. The changes simply arise. Monday I walked with the … Continue reading Seeing Walks Work
What have you created that you secretly hope might be good? What have you created that you love, and which makes you more nervous than you’d like. Maybe you’ve shown it to a friend and they liked it. Of course, you haven’t shown it to anyone else. Or you’ve shown it reluctantly, (secretly hoping the … Continue reading Our Secret Hidden Strength
A few weeks ago, we were given two butternut squash halves. A cousin's Instacart order had gone awry. Somehow we got squash. We didn't want to toss it. We didn't know what to do with it. After boarding the squash in our fridge for two weeks a decision was made: soup. We found a … Continue reading Instruction, Experience, and Experimentation
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