"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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Sometimes the Prompt Opens Us Up

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Harvard Launches Free Online Class To Promote Religious Literacy
 
Make art about tolerance.
 

Sometimes the Prompt Sets You Free

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“I am in love, hence free to live by heart”~Vera Pavlova
 
Make art about freedom.
free heart
 

Sometimes the Prompt Takes You Far From Home

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“Never a prophet in your own land.”~Luke 4:24

Make art about a modern-day prophet. 

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Sometimes the Prompt Leaves Muddy Footprints

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Make art about a wet dog.

Sometimes the Prompt Makes You Crazy :-)

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Another snow day here, and one of my pups is already feeling like she’s been inside too long 🙂

Make art about Cabin Fever.

cabin fever

Sometimes the Prompt Is the Heart of It All

Valentine Prompt 🙂 from a favorite poem by a favorite poet ❤
 
“The heart shifts shape of its own accord—from bird to ax, from pinwheel
to budded branch”~Dorianne Laux
 
Make art about the heart.
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Sometimes the Prompt Has To Come Off

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Don’t you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask?”~Søren Kierkegaard

Make art about masks.

masksannoymous

Daily Prompt Catch-Up!

I’ve been sick,  but now we’re back! 

2/10/2016

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”~Sylvia Plath

Make art about breath, about breathing.

breathe

2/11/2016

Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.”~Siri Hustvedt

Make art about illness.

sick bear

2/12/2016

I’ve been watching the presidential debates. This is what I keep hearing: “Politics have no relation to morals.”~Niccolo Machiavelli

Make art about politics.

politician liar

Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Babies, and Tribes, and Space–Oh My!

Daily Prompt Catch-Up!

2/6/2016

Today’s my daughter’s first baby shower 🙂 celebrating the arrival soon of my first grandchild. Make art about babies.

baby feet

2/7/2016

Super Bowl Sunday 🙂 Make art about sports as tribal ritual.

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2/8/2016

News this morning about how soon we’ll be traveling to Mars. Make art about space travel 🙂 “Space” can be literal or metaphorical.

mars

Sometimes The Prompt Dares You Like a Big Dog

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All mornin I keep hearing my teacher and friend Liam Rector 🙂 I called him Big Dog 🙂 say “What’s the next thing, girl?”
 
Make art about the next thing.
liam

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