Lists of Bests: mofo269's "Keri Smith's list of 100 ideas"

Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.

write a letter to my future self

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Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday.

Draw your dinner.

Find a piece of poetry you respond to. Rewrite it and glue it into your journal.

Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.

Expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) Write about what moves you about it.

Find a photo of a person you do not know. Write a brief bio about them.

Spend a day drawing only red things.

Draw your bike.

Make a list of everything you buy in the next week.

Make a map of everywhere you went in one day.

Draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)

Trace your footsteps with chalk.

Record an overheard conversation.

Trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.

Go to a paint store. Collect 'chips' of all your favorite colors.

Draw your favorite tree.

Take 15 minutes to eat an orange.

write a haiku

Hang upside down for five minutes.

Hang found objects from tree branches.

make a puppet

Create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.

read a book in a day

Illustrate your grocery list.

Read a story out loud to a friend.

write a letter to someone I admire

Study the face of someone you do not like.

Make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).

Creat a museum of very small things.

List the smells in your neighborhood.

List 100 uses for a tin can.

Fill an entire page in your jounral with small circles. Color them in.

Give away something I love.

Choose an object, draw the side you can't see.

List all of the places you've ever lived.

Describe your favourite room in detail.

Write about your relationship with your washing machine.

Draw all of the things in your purse/bag.

Make a mini book based on the theme, "my grocery list".

Create a character based on someone you know. Write a list of personality traits.

Recall your favorite childhood game.

Put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)

Draw the same object everyday for a week

Write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.

Draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.

Make a useful item using only paper & tape.

Research a celebration or ritual from another culture.

Do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.