Sticks and Stones

Day 31

1) Bring a camera and a sketchbook. 

2) Go outside where there is reasonable space to roam.

3) Find a rock or stick that you would be able to identify should you have to throw and retrieve it.  Before you pick it up, take a picture of it AND draw it.

4) Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone).  

5) Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  Think of a song to play in your head and write down the name of it (or write down the lyrics).

6) Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone). 

7) Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw

or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  Perform a physical action (jump, pushups, stand on one foot).  Write down or draw your action.

8) Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone).

9) Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw

or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  You are now frozen to that spot.  Only speaking to another human can release you. (The first person to come along was a delightful gal, by the name Apurva...now that name rang a bell, turns out we met last summer at my friends going away party, delightful person, I felt like an idiot for my forgetfulness.)

10) (After you have been released) Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone)

11. Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw

or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  Close your eyes and take note of every single thing you can hear.  Open your eyes and write them down.

12) Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone).

13.  Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw

or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  Sit down on the ground and get eye level with the surface.  Take a picture or draw what you see from that perspective.

14. Pick up rock/stick and chuck it in a random direction (please don't hit anyone).

15. Go to the place it lands.  Draw it, take a photo of it, and then draw

or take a photo of something interesting about that spot.  Describe the most intense emotion you have ever felt (positive or negative).  Don't detail the events of it, just write down ways to describe that state of emotion.