"Blind Bones" is an exercise by the writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry: 1. Close your eyes and use your yellow marker to draw an entire human skeleton in 1 minute. 2. Using orange, close your eyes again and draw another skeleton. 3. Do the same thing using blue or green. -- Enjoy the surprise by what you see when you open your eyes - -

1. Look out for words and phrases you like 2. Gather these words and phrases in your poetry construction kit 3. Choose words and phrases from your poetry construction kit and put them together in a new way

Many things start with a first draft: research papers, project plans, furniture, compositions, illustrations, essays, house plans, book chapters and even some important emails... We need first drafts to get clarity on what we're going to create or what we really want to say. There's a great "Shitty first drafts" chapter in Anne Lamott'...

When I draw, I have a conversation with myself. It's not a spoken conversation. It rather unconsciously happens in my head: 1. I estimate the position, size and shape of the object I want to draw. 2. Then, I start drawing lines on the paper (e.g. three lines that indicate a sail). 3. After that, I view the result and think about whethe...

How you DO something is much more important than what you call it. Talk about verbs, not nouns.

Pay attention. / Be astonished. / Tell about it.