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100 Ways To Be Creative: Notes For Strangers

100 Ways To Be Creative: Notes For Strangers

by Uncustomary | Jul 10, 2012 | Creativity, Street Art

#87 on my list of 100 Ways To Be Creative was to leave anonymous and random notes for strangers. On Sunday I went to meet Michelle in DC. The days leading up to our initial meeting we made a bunch of things to leave for strangers. Our mission was to cover U Street in...
100 Ways To Be Creative: Leave A Note In The Copy Machine

100 Ways To Be Creative: Leave A Note In The Copy Machine

by Uncustomary | Apr 14, 2012 | Creativity

#29 on my 100 Ways To Be Creative list was to “leave a happy note or quote in the copy machine at work”. Yesterday was Friday the 13th so I thought it would be a good day to leave a little happy somewhere. The quote reads: “Clouds are very free. The...
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When I was writing my first book (over ten years a When I was writing my first book (over ten years ago!) 🖊️ I didn't think I had lived enough to write a full-on memoir. Now, I feel differently. 😅 ❣️ New essay drops every Thursday!
Leave a 🌈 if you would have honked! #uncustomaryh Leave a 🌈 if you would have honked! #uncustomaryhonk #uncustomarystreetart
💌 love letters 🐶 squish face dogs 🎁 coworker celeb 💌 love letters 🐶 squish face dogs 🎁 coworker celebrations ☀️ positive bumper stickers 💚 mint green vans 🤾‍♀️ bouncy houses 💋 lipstick tissues 🐈‍⬛ kitty cuddles
😛🫈🧃 What's something silly you noticed this week? 😛🫈🧃 What's something silly you noticed this week? 👀⤵️
“People of our time are losing the power of celebr “People of our time are losing the power of celebration. 🎉 Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. 🙏 To be entertained is a passive state- it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, 💫 giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
I don't care for the term 📓 "junk journaling", but I don't care for the term 📓 "junk journaling", but I also don't care the what the kids call things or why they care about them as long as ✂️ ephemera and 🎀 butterfly clips are in demand and high supply.
Bring your own: 🖍️ Markers to draw on your airpla Bring your own: 🖍️ Markers to draw on your airplane window over the clouds. 🐈 Cat. BYOC. Cats are cool. 👀 Binoculars as a reminder to look up (and identify birds) 🤹‍♀️ Balls to juggle with. What are those called? They're like hacky sacks. 🪩 Disco ball to transform any space into a dance floor. ☂️ Umbrella. That's just practical. And I don't want to carry mine. 🎉 Confetti to throw out of your pocket at pivotal moments. 🫧 Bubble wand to amplify any activity's fun level. 🥨 Soft pretzel so I can eat it. I really like pretzels. 💌 Stationery and stamps to write a love letter. ⚔️ Sword. Otherwise this won't be an interesting sword fight. 🍴 VIP sign for dining booths to clarify your importance. 🔱 Trident. I lost mine. 🎧 Headphones to give your daily tasks a soundtrack. 📟 Pager in case you need to get ahold of me. 🧋 Fancy straws for birthday dinners (instant water upgrade).
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🩷 Scream “THE WORLD IS ALIVE!” 💛 Go to sit in a sp 🩷 Scream “THE WORLD IS ALIVE!” 💛 Go to sit in a spot every day no matter what the weather is and just notice the nature; try to talk/sing to it 🩵 Challenge yourself to believe in happy endings 🩷 Watch movies with happy endings 💛 Ask for what you want 🩵 Let nature be 🩷 Don’t reroute rivers or mess with seasons 💛 Don’t try to control things 🩵 Say hello to nature when you walk past it, announce yourself 🩷 Don’t expect life to look like you 💛 List things that make you gasp and say ooh, ahh, mmm 🩵 Make sure your education includes the neck and waist down 🩷 Explore things from new angles, perspectives, filters, subjects, levels, cultures, speeds, emotions, mediums, modalities 💛 Incorporate movement into every day; not just exercise but fluid movements (twirling, hopping, flicking your hand, snapping your fingers, curling your toes, shimmying your shoulders, run your hands along textures, put your face against cold objects) 🩵 Find unique ways to move from one space to the next 🩷 Leave the house
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