TASKS
- Natural Abundance: Find five pretty or interesting
rocks. I enjoy this exercise particularly because rocks
can be carried in pockets, fingered in business
meetings. They can be small, constant reminders of
our creative consciousness.
As an artist, it is central to be
unsatisfied! This isn’t greed, though
it might be appetite.
LAWRENCE CALCAGNO
- Natural Abundance: Pick five flowers or leaves. You
may want to press these between wax paper and save
them in a book. If you did this in kindergarten, that’s
fine. Some of the best creative play is done there. Let
yourself do it again.
- Clearing: Throw out or give away five ratty pieces of
clothing.
- Creation: Bake something. (If you have a sugar
problem, make a fruit salad.) Creativity does not
have to always involve capital-A art. Very often, the
act of cooking something can help you cook
something up in another creative mode. When I am
stymied as a writer, I make soups and pies.
- Communication: Send postcards to five friends. This
