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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

Roald Dahl Day⤴

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Today’s TDC says:

13th September is Roald Dahl Day. Make some art to celebrate this day – maybe a gif from one of his films, or a poster made from a quote from one of his books.

I chose a quote from the MinPins

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

and found a gif I did a few years ago of a horse turning into a unicorn.

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

Geranium Haibun⤴

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July weather is unpredictable, from sweltering heatwaves to torrential rain. I take my chances where I can and step outside to enjoy my garden. At the moment my geraniums are glorious – shaded from the worst of the heat by the forsythia above, spreading out across the garden. Today they are shining in the sun.

On a sunny day
Flowwers turn their faces up
Basking in the light

189/365 Geraniums
189/365 Geraniums flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Let’s Eat Grandma⤴

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A great TDC today:

We’ve all heard of Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves and are probably familiar with the pictorial representations that accompany it.

As Lynn says, commas (and other punctuation marks) do make a difference. Choose your favourite grammatical faux pax and create a visual representation of it.

I decided to take the unpunctuated “Let’s Eat Grandma” and doodle a shocked old lady.  Here she is.

Grandma, shocked that her grandchildren can’t use punctuation.

Grandma
Grandma 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