100 Ideas - Keri Smith Inspired

I participated in a similarly themed swap back when I first joined Swap-bot and it was a lot of fun. I've been wanting to get back into swapping and decided to jump in and host my first swap while I'm at it...and since this was one of my most memorable swaps I thought I'd recreate my own version.

This is 100 Ideas, inspired by Keri Smith http://www.kerismith.com/. She's the author/creator of some of my favourite books...her most popular being Wreck this Journal.

So, you might be asking....what is "100 Ideas"? Well...it's a list...as follows:

1. Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. Write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday.
4. Draw your dinner.
5. Find a piece of poetry you respond to. Rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. Expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) Write about what moves you about it.
8. Find a photo of a person you do not know. Write a brief bio about them.
9. Spend a day drawing only red things.
10. Draw your bike.
11. Make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. Make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. Draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. Trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. Record an overheard conversation.
16. Trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. Go to a paint store. Collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. Draw your favorite tree.
19. Take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. Write a haiku.
21. Hang upside down for five minutes.
22. Hang found objects from tree branches.
23. Make a puppet.
24. Create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. Read a book in one day.
26. Illustrate your grocery list.
27. Read a story out loud to a friend.
28. Write a letter to someone you admire.
29. Study the face of someone you do not like.
30. Make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. Create a museum of very small things.
32. List the smells in your neighborhood.
33. List 100 uses for a tin can.
34. Fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. Color them in.
35. Give away something you love.
36. Choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. List all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. Describe your favourite room in detail.
39. Write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. Draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. Make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. Create a character based on someone you know. Write a list of personality traits.
43. Recall your favorite childhood game.
44. Put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. Draw the same object every day for a week.
46. Write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. Draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. Make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. Research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. Do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. Draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. Record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. Using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. Cut out all media for one day. Write about the effects.
55. Make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. Draw your garbage.
57. Do a morning collage.
58. List your ten most important things, (not including animals or people.)
59. List ten things you would like to do every day.
60. Glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. Transform some garbage.
62. Write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. Collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). Glue or tape them into your journal.
64. Physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. Find several color combinations you respond to in public. Document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. Write a journal entry describing something “secret”. Cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. Record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. Draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. What were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. Do nothing.
71. Write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. Create an image using dots.
73. Do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. Put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), Put your left hand in the pocket. Draw it by feel.
75. Create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. Draw the sun.
77. Create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. Make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. Find a photo. Alter it by drawing over it.
80. Write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. Draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. Combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. Write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. Write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. Cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. Make a collage out of the results.
86. Write an entry in code.
87. Make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. Work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. Write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. Make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. Divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. Divise an entry using “layers”.
93. Write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. List 10 of your habits.
95. Illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
96. Your Choice
97. Your Choice
98. Your Choice
99. Your Choice
100. Your Choice

You do NOT have to do all of them! For this swap pick ANY 20 ideas from this list and complete them (each idea is open to your individual interpretation). Find a way to document each one...take a picture, scan the item, journal about it...record them all somewhere that is easily accessible for any member of this swap...such as flickr, a blog, etc. If your interpretation of an one of the ideas isn't obvious, please explain how it connects to help your partner understand. If you want to do more then 20, you can, but it is NOT required.

This is online. When you are complete you will send a link to where you have documented this swap to each of your partners. Also, tell your partners what your experience was like with this project. Did you have fun, was it frustrating, more/less challenging then you expected? Make sure you label what each idea is that you document. Also, please send me a copy! I'd love to see everyone's work...and that way I can also make sure you're rated fairly.

Does this make sense? Any questions? If there is interest in sharing everyone's work publicly among the participants I will create a group were we can all upload our work...but it wouldn't be a requirement for rating as long as your assigned partners can see it.

Now for the rules. This is open to anyone who is in good standing (hasn't received any unexplained 1's in the past 3 months) AND who has a completed profile. We'll each have 3 partners. I will be checking profiles to make sure you meet these requirements. As this is online, Newbie friendly...however you must have logged in within 24 hours of the sign up deadline.

You'll have at least 14 days/2 weeks from the sign up date to send your link to your partners. You don't have to wait to start working on this so there should be LOTS of time to have this completed in time.

If I'm forgetting anything, please let me know.

Most importantly have fun!