Weekly Challenges

Imagine you are floating above your body, looking down on yourself drawing in response to this prompt. Sketch the view of yourself bent in concentration over your desk, pen in hand, materials spread out.

A meliorist is one who believes that the world is on a steady path toward improvement and that humans can aid in its positive evolution. Are you a meliorist? If not, or your feelings are complicated, do you believe we have the power to change?

The bears came out of hibernation early that spring. Little did everyone know they were actually an omen…

Draw the map of a new planet: the globe, a country, a neighborhood, an ecosystem – whatever you wish. Include a key/legend, compass rose, and scale.

You know what you must do… Dangerous though it is, you’ll have to scale the tree to get a better perspective. What is it you so desperately need to see from this vantage point? Or are you simply longing for solitude and a beautiful view?

Write about a character who passes by their doppelganger. Just how uncanny is it? Is there an air of mystery to them? Does your character attempt to meet them, and if so, what happens when they do?

Draw or paint (or possibly photograph!) the kind of cottage or dwelling you might expect to see in a fairy tale or fantasy film. 

Spend one week keeping a gratitude journal, writing down at least one thing you’re thankful for at the end of every day. When the week’s up, take a few minutes to reflect on the process.

In poetry or prose, write about a character visiting a psychic and being told their fortune through tarot cards or tea leaves. What is revealed to them? Does your character take heed?

Draw, paint, sculpt, or photograph your zodiac sign. For an extra challenge, add other birthday-month elements: make your birthstone color prominent, or add a spring setting if you’re a Taurus, etc.

Write a poem in the form of a recipe: a list of ingredients (in the form of foods or emotions, etc.), then a list of instructions adding those ingredients together to make something new.

Your character looks back over their shoulder one last time, wrenching themselves away: a last goodbye. What are they bidding farewell to? Respond in poetry or prose, real or fictional.