Inspired by Summer Pierre’s one-page story writing exercise, I started an essay-a-day daily art project, a diary-slash-creative non-fiction effort.
Summer’s method of using keyword flashcards to choose a topic is interesting but I’m too lazy to make flashcards. I suppose instead of flashcards that I’d have to carry around, I could flip through a book and point to a word.
For now I rely on serendipitous random happenstance of whatever floats to the surface of my mind when faced with a blank sheet of paper, though I do have a theme going on now; all the pieces start with “In [add name of city].”
Here’s my second entry in a pocket plain Moleskine.
Materials: vintage Sheaffer Agio fountain pen inked with Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, Derwent Coloursoft pencils.
I follow Summer’s rules of writing whatever comes first to mind and no editing. The length of the piece is constrained by the size of the page, although I’ve done a two-page piece.
I posted the picture above on Instagram and Twitter, and tweeted a link to Summer’s article. That got a retweet and a favorite from Summer herself! (Follow her on Twitter @summerpierre).
I asked if she didn’t mind that I adopted her idea.
Her reply? “@jennyortuoste of course not! I am THRILLED you took to it!”
Art is global and knows no boundaries.
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It’s a great idea. I wish I could do that but even a page seems like a lot! Still, what a wonderful way to stimulate the imagination.
It’s a teeny tiny pocket Moley page. You can do it, with fountain pens.
Iz fun!
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