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Dictating to a baby elephant⤴

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Todays TDC says

“Imagine how you might feel about your writing if instead of typing it on a computer or writing it longhand you were dictating it to a baby elephant holding a stylus in his trunk.” This provocation comes from Stephen Nachmanovitch Free Play: Improvisation in life and art, p37-8.  The suggestion is that inspiration comes straight from the heart, but sometimes needs to be explained or translated. Our Muse is the vehicle of that translation.

What would you dictate to that baby elephant?

I felt like doing some drawing today, so here’s my doodle of an elephant holding a crayon

Elephant with stylus
Elephant with stylus flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Mandala Madness⤴

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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge.

A lovely TDC today:

Mandala designs — a sort of mirrored gathering of lines in circular patterns — are interesting and rather relaxing to create and to view. Use the Mandala Maker (or some other site or draw one on paper) and share out your artwork.

Here’s mine

mandala
mandala flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Right Angled Doodle⤴

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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge.

A fun activity for today’s TDC. I chose the digital option and doodled away before clearing the page and making  a clean spiral.
Spiradoodle
Spiradoodle flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Hexapencil⤴

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Today’s TDC is to design a pencil:

Design and draw your own pencil. It doesn’t have to be a standard No. 2 or anything like that. Give it a unique exterior design or give it 3 contact points. You decide!

Here’s mine – a six pointed pencil so I can draw from 6 directions at once.

Hexapencil
Hexapencil flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Tunnel Vision⤴

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Last week I took a walk down to Victoria Park, and took this picture as I was walking through the underpass

Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Today’s TDC asks us to say “what’s at the end of this tunnel? Is this a friendly monster hoping for cookies or a scary beast waiting to bite you? Tell us the story of the eyes at the end of the tunnel.” Here’s the doodle that came out of my pens.

Victoria Park Monster
Victoria Park Monster flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license