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look at all the art and cultural detritus you love, or whatever most compells you (even if you dislike it, maybe especially so!). see if there are poses, objects, creatures, ideas etc that keep popping up. these are your prompts!!
𓅽 to use my own expierence as an example:
i kept finding human-bird hybrids everywhere in the stuff i return to. angels, harpies, Sirin & Alkonost, etc clearly something about the union of beast/bird with (often femme) humanity to create something either deceptive and dangerous or divine and distant made me excited! so that became my prompt. it made me start having questions i could only answer through making art: how many ways can i depict a human-bird hybrid? what details transform it from an angel into a siren, or perhaps into something all together new and different? etc
this leads me to:
𓅽 explore mythology, fairy and folktales! i personally don't buy into the jungian shit AT ALL (and don't even get me started on joseph campell, booo) but! there's a reason these stories and their imagery have stuck around! they're endlessly fascinating and adaptable, and they make for a great first step to take in creating something that speaks to you and so many others across time and space
Jan 28, 2025
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🏰study the folklore and myth of your actual local region. live your daily life under the logic of fairytales. communicate as heavily as possible in proverbs and riddles. humans are a storytelling creature and there is a reason these archetypes and motifs appear to humans across times/cultures/places
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🪐I’m making a zine about it
Waterfalls Sunsets Kung fu masters Flamenco Disgusting and rude people People who write songs with complex structures Stories of how people met Faces, what they show and what they hide Light and color The present, what we're living now Infinity, spatially and temporally Surrealism Space Time Violence Sects The human mind, mental disorders Women Stars, the infinitely big, the infinitely small, but it's scary Animals Very big books That I could never read them all Mythology, where it came from, how it started, the fact that it was passed down orally The sea, the ocean Murder stories The maritime world, its shapes, fishing nets Coincidences Mathematical probabilities Philosophy Reflections Felines Laws of physics Love and human relationships Hands Thoughts Dreams Group effects, crowds Fire
Waterfalls Sunsets Kung fu masters Flamenco Disgusting and rude people People who write songs with complex structures Stories of how people met Faces, what they show and what they hide Light and color The present, what we're living now Infinity, spatially and temporally Surrealism Space Time Violence Sects The human mind, mental disorders Women Stars, the infinitely big, the infinitely small, but it's scary Animals Very big books That I could never read them all Mythology, where it came from, how it started, the fact that it was passed down orally The sea, the ocean Murder stories The maritime world, its shapes, fishing nets Coincidences Mathematical probabilities Philosophy Reflections Felines Laws of physics Love and human relationships Hands Thoughts Dreams Group effects, crowds Fire
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🗒✦ what’s the last thing you said yes to without hesitation?
✦ what can’t you throw away? (in your closet, in that junk drawer) why?
✦ in this phase of your life: have you been taking risks or avoiding loss?
✦ what was taboo in your family growing up?
✦ what is a story of friendship, lost or found (or re-found), that changed your criteria for friendship?
✦ what’s an experience you’ve had with mortality?
✦ what is something you’d like to let go of or release?
✦ what is something you’d like to fall into your life, to cultivate, to harness?
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the following prompts were written by Leigh Patterson of Moon Lists:
☾ BURNING YOUR TONGUE: Texting your ex. A hot take. Unsolicited advice. When was the last time you took a sip too soon (metaphorically)? ☾ FEVER DREAM: Admit one thing you probably shouldn’t do, but lowkey want to? ☾ PRIVATE LUXURY: Make a list of small, specific things that felt indulgent this month. Things that might not even register as special to anyone else but made you feel momentarily rich. Choosing to photograph a peony. Looking in the mirror and swiping on blush (or doing anything where you instantly change your appearance by 2% but it feels powerful). The weight of a good pen. Seeing a rainbow? ☾ THE OTHER TAB: What is a tab open on your computer or mobile that would most confuse a stranger about who you are? ☾ GENIUS / FRAUD: List the most recent thing that made you feel a) shockingly competent, b) deeply unqualified. (…maybe they are related and/or part of the same situation?)
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the following prompts were written by Leigh Patterson of Moon Lists:
☾ BURNING YOUR TONGUE: Texting your ex. A hot take. Unsolicited advice. When was the last time you took a sip too soon (metaphorically)? ☾ FEVER DREAM: Admit one thing you probably shouldn’t do, but lowkey want to? ☾ PRIVATE LUXURY: Make a list of small, specific things that felt indulgent this month. Things that might not even register as special to anyone else but made you feel momentarily rich. Choosing to photograph a peony. Looking in the mirror and swiping on blush (or doing anything where you instantly change your appearance by 2% but it feels powerful). The weight of a good pen. Seeing a rainbow? ☾ THE OTHER TAB: What is a tab open on your computer or mobile that would most confuse a stranger about who you are? ☾ GENIUS / FRAUD: List the most recent thing that made you feel a) shockingly competent, b) deeply unqualified. (…maybe they are related and/or part of the same situation?)
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