No straight lines
This week, we're going to play with the idea of responding, with no straight lines. Use this prompt however you wish - think about it, write about it, make art inspired by it. There are no right answers and there's no way to get this wrong.
If you're doing this as an art journal prompt, you'll need something to draw on and something to draw with. Gather your supplies. When you're ready, start as usual by taking a moment to get comfortable and settle in. Perhaps take a breath or two, or let your body move or stretch if you've been sitting a while.
First, we need something to respond to, so I'm going to offer two suggestions. Pick one or the other, or do both!
Scrunch up your page, and then smooth it out again. Responding to the creases will be our starting point.
Pick a colour, close your eyes, and scribble. You can't do it wrong - the point is to get some mess on the page to respond to.
Once you have something there, creases or scribble or both... respond. See what you feel moved to do next, and let intuition be your guide. You're just making a mess - there's nothing to get wrong here. Chaotic straight lines are great - this is an invitation to let go of right angles and order, more than straight lines themselves.
See how it feels to respond to what's there. And once you've added something in response, see how you might like to respond to that.
Here are a few ideas:
Colour in the shapes made by your creases or scribbles
See if your mind picks out patterns in the chaos - do you see a face or an animal? Perhaps you'd like to draw around that, or colour it in.
Draw something over the top in a different colour. Perhaps a tree or a wave or something from nature that doesn't deal in straight lines.
Fold or tear your page, stick things to it to create trapdoors or flaps covering things you don't like (or protecting things that you do like)
Keep responding to each new thing until you feel done.
And then take a moment to reflect. How did that feel? What was it like, your only job being to respond? How did your responses change based on what you were responding to changing? If you think about your life through this lens, what thoughts come up?