Original prompt: What’s something analog or antiquated you’ve been wanting to practice just for the sake of doing it? Book-binding? Knife sharpening? Memorizing a poem? Blacksmithery: I mean...if I could make a sword? How cool! Bowyery: I mean...I could also learn to make bow... Ceramic: When I was a kid, I made ceramics at art camp and I enjoyed it--maybe I could make something less ugly now Cloud watching: I wouldn't want to to this alone, but how lovely would it be to lie in warm grass and just talk about shapes with friends? Falconry: I truly just think this is badass Letterlocking: Truth be told, I have seen photos of locked letters and cannot understand how they are done--perhaps I could learn! Long exposure pinhole photography: I remember doing this back in high school and it was pretty cool! Morse code: Always fun to be able to communicate without speaking Pealing: It'd be badass and beautiful to to play a series of church bells and make a joyous song Performing epic po...
Okay, I've finally started writing the novel that I did some stream of consciousness posts about ( "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 1" , "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 2" , and "Stream of consciousness about a novel idea I have, part 3" ). Now, I want to keep it unpublished, but I also want credit for working on it (lol). So, with that in mind, I'll do a post like this when I've worked on it for a bit, and you can shoot me a message if you'd like access to the Google doc. NB: While there will be multiple posts in this vein, I will not link them to each other because the text will remain the same, so linking to part 1 from part 2 (etc.) won't yield any new information. Although, this is the first post with a photo I like better! (Prompt by me) Photo by Vincent Orleck on Unsplash