if you've ever been to a "first friday" event, then you know that it's about appreciating and celebrating creations by local artists. so one day i thought,why not gather to create together instead? hence the birth of "last friday." every last friday of the month (or close to it), i plan on inviting a small group of friends to participate. we may write, we may draw and we may even put on a puppet show. it'll be good times.
this is what we did for our first meet up:
free write instructions part one: in two minutes list "things you like to do when you're not at work."
i noticed that our lists seemed to reveal an order of priority or what seemed to consume our thoughts the most. i openly admitted to listing "facebook" first. several of us listed "sleeping."
free write instructions part two: pick one item from your list to use as a writing topic. in 8 minutes write in a stream-of-consciousness style. do not stop moving your pen. write whatever comes to mind even if off topic. don't worry about grammar or spelling. if you can not think of anything to write, then doodle and squiggle until you do. the point is to keep the pen moving. everyone shares their freewrite around the room.
we shared. we laughed. someone cried. i got teary. we appreciated one another. we created together.
6 comments:
that sounded like a good time neleh.
it will be a last friday that i will remember always...rip scoutie poo 1236
I'll try for next time. It's hard to be at the beach by 9pm on a Friday night.
I've been trying to start up something like this for a while. Let me know if the group grows & wants to meet at the Warehouse. Right now there's nothing going on there on Fridays.
what! you never told me this! lemme know next time! :)
THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THATS RIGHT UP MY (DETROIT) ALLEY! LOL I REALLY WANNA BE THERE NEXT TIME. I ALREADY KNOW MY PEN WOULDNT STOP.
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