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Day 7. Make space

Jump straight to today's prompt here. Your seventh day is a day of rest, a day or replenishment. Sometimes, too, it can be a day of creating space. With silence, with solitude. Or with preparation. I have a friend who spends her Sunday evenings cooking batch meals for...

Day 6. Improvisation

Jump straight to today's prompt here. During this week of curiosity, we’ve pondered the magic of the phrase ‘what if’. There are two other phrases that have a creative curiosity to them. (I’m sure there are scores, but these are my special two). The first is the...

Day 5. Let your story be your guide

Jump straight to today's prompt here. Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer who has made groundbreaking theatrical work for most of her life. At almost eighty, she continues to produce art, to create dance and spectacle and to reflect on creativity. In...

Day 4. What if?

Jump straight to today's prompt here. What if…? It’s one of the most adventurous and romantic phrases in the English language. It speaks of open-ended curiosity, of possibility and of willingness. What if… what if I put this yellow colour with that blue colour? What...

Day 3. What are your roles?

Jump straight to today's prompt here. You’re an artist and a creator. You’re a friend, a family member, a worker, a cook, a homemaker, a surfer, a breadwinner, a community member, a lobbyist, a volunteer….. We all have many roles in our lives. And sometimes they can...

Day 2. Begin with memory

Jump straight to today's prompt here. When I was in kindergarten, there were boxes of cards in the classroom, and each card contained a story. The stories were colour-coded to indicate difficulty or ease, and some of the stories contained on those cards have stayed...