The Last Weeks of August... ICAD...
Sun, August 7, 2011 at 01:18PM 
heidelberg, germany
Eeeking your way through the last weeks of ICAD?
Some ideas for you!
a. use a color you LOVE combined with a color you NEVER USE.
b. open a magazine, turn to page 17, cut 4 words from the page, staple to index card.
c. invent an illegible font.
d. caffeine.
e. fingerpaint.
f. Throw out 3 bags of stuff you don't need, no-one wants, and you won't use. Used straws. 1999 cell phone charger cord. Oprah Magazine from 2003. Expired coupons for grapefruit. Half a pair of sunglasses. Melted plastic kid scissors. Expired peach jam. Dried Cadmium yellow acrylic paint.
g. draw the weather
h. stamp your fingerprints on the page and write up your arrest report.
i. doodle on the index card using the lines as a part of the doodle.
j. document your mom's recipe for peach pie on an index card
k. explain your job from your dog or cat's perspective
l. write the back inside jacket cover blurb for a story about your worst vacation ever. And best.
m. describe your trick for cooling off when it's 86 degrees + humid.
{frozen lemonade gatorade slightly thawed}
n. use spices to create your card.
o. black gesso and colored pencils
p. put on the B-52s and draw psychedelic flowers on your card
q. can you write the alphabet with your non-dominant hand?
r. what subject would you never be asked to teach?
s. what do you not do that most people do? {me = iron}
t. how tall is your stack of finished index cards?
u. write down the main color of your screen background: do a mind map, writing down words you associate with that color {here's a mind map for PURPLE}
v. drawing the label for something in your bag or pocket is great drawing practice.
w. i want the wacky layout of this post, the incorrect punctuation,
lack of capitalization to get you out of your comfy zone of calm, pastel colors.
x. make your index card look like illegal graffiti on the side of a train car
y. draw an iced cream cone with three scoops, label the flavors and decorate the cone
z. write a sentence from the lyrics of a great song... repeat in various writing styles and pretend fonts, smushing as many repeats on your card as you can
Reader Comments (3)
Just what I needed! My creativity was beginning to flag.
Loving some of these ideas! They made me smile!
LOVE these ideas!
especially page 37... because it's my age!
I like to pick a random book/magazine page & make a haiku from it, because it gives me a form to work with - so I made a haiku from page 37 about being 37 -
37: Savage
"must be hard to get"
"must be young." ...Impossible.
But I have stories.