Hello again :) I hope all of your summers have been filled with yummy fruit and colorful clothing!
Summer is generally the time when I get inspired the most to change my lifestyle for the better. Last year I finally relized why; it's because the thought of a new start in the fall, a new chance for people to go "Wow, you look so much better!" is an incredibly motivating force. Use the thought of new beginnings to inspire you!
Just make people speechless. :)
In the meantime, here is thought provoker #2! It's more of a statement/prompt instead of a direct question. Observe:
She had the disposition of vinegar.
Hopefully this will help some of you victims-of-a-frustratingly-boring-imagination out there be creative and maybe make a new character for that novel you never wrote. Hey, who knows.
If you want, you can share your writing in the comments. Vinegar. Is it a multi-faceted condiment? I would like to think so.
Anways. Here, as promised by the pretty messy-looking title, is a WRITING resource! No, it was not necessarily to capitalize the word WRITING!.
www.poeticpower.com
This site is amazing. They have triannual contests for both poetry and essay writing. Enter into any of their contests, and there is a pretty high chance you'll get published. Their publication is free, no obligations. DO IT. And no, I'm not getting paid to preach to internet strangers on their behalf. :)
Well, good luck to all of you if you decide to enter! And regardless of if you're a writer or not (this is officially my trademark sign-off as of now), enjoy loveliness and remember to muse.
:)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Thought Provoker #1
Merry afternoon!
Wow, that looks even weirder in text than it sounded in my head.
Anyhow, as promised, I will be posting arguably frequent thought-provoking questions! You know, to get those creative juices, if not flowing, at least trickling over the arid expanses of your productivity-starved minds.
Just kidding, that only applies to me. Probably. Maybe.
Without further ado, I present to you thought provoker #1:
What happens when you mix bubbles with thunder?
Okay so I know it's not the best (don't judge!) but it came to me during a particularly nasty rainstorm when I was blowing particularly adorable bubbles inside. And as an artist, as a writer, as anyone, remember this: the thoughts that occur during especailly particular times are the most creative of all. Basically, let yourself be inspired. Don't worry about what comes out. I mean, bubbles and thunder? Really? But who knows, it just might give rise to a brilliant poem somewhere in the vast, pixellated expanses of the internet.
If you do happen to write somehting brilliant, credit for the prompt would be very much appreciated :) Only if you repost the prompt, that is. Muchas gracias.
So yeah. Seek out your thoughts at particulary particular moments, and trust your own uniqueness (or weirdness in my case) to be brilliant. That is all.
May you all have a day filled with yummy beverages and soft fabric!
Wow, that looks even weirder in text than it sounded in my head.
Anyhow, as promised, I will be posting arguably frequent thought-provoking questions! You know, to get those creative juices, if not flowing, at least trickling over the arid expanses of your productivity-starved minds.
Just kidding, that only applies to me. Probably. Maybe.
Without further ado, I present to you thought provoker #1:
What happens when you mix bubbles with thunder?
Okay so I know it's not the best (don't judge!) but it came to me during a particularly nasty rainstorm when I was blowing particularly adorable bubbles inside. And as an artist, as a writer, as anyone, remember this: the thoughts that occur during especailly particular times are the most creative of all. Basically, let yourself be inspired. Don't worry about what comes out. I mean, bubbles and thunder? Really? But who knows, it just might give rise to a brilliant poem somewhere in the vast, pixellated expanses of the internet.
If you do happen to write somehting brilliant, credit for the prompt would be very much appreciated :) Only if you repost the prompt, that is. Muchas gracias.
So yeah. Seek out your thoughts at particulary particular moments, and trust your own uniqueness (or weirdness in my case) to be brilliant. That is all.
May you all have a day filled with yummy beverages and soft fabric!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Late-Night Frustrations
Well it's not really late-night, but this is just giving you an idea of my mind when fried by countless hours of difficult math.
SOOOO here I am, bored and frustrated, trying to finish 30 problems of really really hard problems that I don't understand. And it's due tomorrow. And I have two finals to study for tomorrow. Oh, and, tomorrow is also the last day of school, which is convenient, seeing as how I need to get 2 teacher recommendations before school ends and also find my stupid library book which is NOWHERE to be freaking FOUND and might possibly be at school.
Hahaha stress-free summer MYBUTT.
Anyways.
See kids, this is why you don't procrastinate. Or SHOULDN'T, at least. Because we all do. It's okay, the end is in sight! Only five more problems, then the frustration of getting them all wrong when I submit them online, then finals studying, then trying fruitlessly to find my book, then getting my teacher rec paperwork, then worrying about my SAT subject test (that I, by the way, need to self-learn about seventy pages of in a week) and then maybe sleep.
I'm sorry if you read all of that. Please forgive me.
If this kind of late-night-depression-cramming ever happens to you, here are some tips.
1. Music. It's good for the soul.
2. Social interaction. Nothing feels better than knowing someone else is up besides you at the same ungodly hour. Not that I consider 10 pm ungodly in the slightest, but, you know. For future reference :).
3. Funny distractions IN MODERATION. Actually, skip this part. IT"S TOO DANGEROUS FOR PROCRASTINATORS LIKE US.
Well, goodnight. I think.
SOOOO here I am, bored and frustrated, trying to finish 30 problems of really really hard problems that I don't understand. And it's due tomorrow. And I have two finals to study for tomorrow. Oh, and, tomorrow is also the last day of school, which is convenient, seeing as how I need to get 2 teacher recommendations before school ends and also find my stupid library book which is NOWHERE to be freaking FOUND and might possibly be at school.
Hahaha stress-free summer MYBUTT.
Anyways.
See kids, this is why you don't procrastinate. Or SHOULDN'T, at least. Because we all do. It's okay, the end is in sight! Only five more problems, then the frustration of getting them all wrong when I submit them online, then finals studying, then trying fruitlessly to find my book, then getting my teacher rec paperwork, then worrying about my SAT subject test (that I, by the way, need to self-learn about seventy pages of in a week) and then maybe sleep.
I'm sorry if you read all of that. Please forgive me.
If this kind of late-night-depression-cramming ever happens to you, here are some tips.
1. Music. It's good for the soul.
2. Social interaction. Nothing feels better than knowing someone else is up besides you at the same ungodly hour. Not that I consider 10 pm ungodly in the slightest, but, you know. For future reference :).
3. Funny distractions IN MODERATION. Actually, skip this part. IT"S TOO DANGEROUS FOR PROCRASTINATORS LIKE US.
Well, goodnight. I think.
Procrastination Inspiration
Good (lazy) afternoon, internet strangers :)
So I have a story to share about a rare and incredible something that happened to me yesterday.
Last night, I sat down with my SAT biology textbook, and studied, UNINTERRUPTED, for a few hours.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now would be the time to puke a rainbow.
Impressive, huh? Nowadays even fifteen minutes of straight work without getting sidetracked into a vicious cycle of procrastination is somewhat of a rare occurence. Just know that if you spend much more time procrastinating than actually getting things done, you are by no stretch of the imagination alone.
Since such periods of true work are so rare, I actually was able to learn something odd from the experience. (It's funny how I view being productive as a freak event, isn't it? *wry smile*)
I learned that, if you bury yourself deep enough in the work that needs doing and struggle earnestly for some tangible goal, work can be, dare I say it, addicting.
Wait, wait, hear me out. I don't mean addicting as in, OMG I must work or else I'm going to die. It's more of an increase in the desire to do things, as well as an increase in the drive it takes to actually do the doing.
Do the doing. Ha.
But really, just getting things done for a relatively extended period of time can motivate you to do even more. Then you're out of the procrastination cycle, and the further you are from that downward-spiraling toilet of self-hate, the more productive you can be.
Basically, there's an upward-spiraling toilet too.
And if you can drag yourself far enough out of the down-toilet, for just a little determined bit, the up-toilet will pick you right up.
And that, folks,
is as close to true inspiration as you can get.
:)
So I have a story to share about a rare and incredible something that happened to me yesterday.
Last night, I sat down with my SAT biology textbook, and studied, UNINTERRUPTED, for a few hours.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now would be the time to puke a rainbow.
Impressive, huh? Nowadays even fifteen minutes of straight work without getting sidetracked into a vicious cycle of procrastination is somewhat of a rare occurence. Just know that if you spend much more time procrastinating than actually getting things done, you are by no stretch of the imagination alone.
Since such periods of true work are so rare, I actually was able to learn something odd from the experience. (It's funny how I view being productive as a freak event, isn't it? *wry smile*)
I learned that, if you bury yourself deep enough in the work that needs doing and struggle earnestly for some tangible goal, work can be, dare I say it, addicting.
Wait, wait, hear me out. I don't mean addicting as in, OMG I must work or else I'm going to die. It's more of an increase in the desire to do things, as well as an increase in the drive it takes to actually do the doing.
Do the doing. Ha.
But really, just getting things done for a relatively extended period of time can motivate you to do even more. Then you're out of the procrastination cycle, and the further you are from that downward-spiraling toilet of self-hate, the more productive you can be.
Basically, there's an upward-spiraling toilet too.
And if you can drag yourself far enough out of the down-toilet, for just a little determined bit, the up-toilet will pick you right up.
And that, folks,
is as close to true inspiration as you can get.
:)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Digital Lifering
Do you ever feel absolutely devoid of creative thought, trapped in the painfully boring confines of your own mind?
Me too, internet stranger. Me too.
SO,
I decided to do something that may help myself, as well as the millions of internet users out there who, I'm sure, are suffering from want-er-of-general-creativity's block, and make.......A BLOG!
With that said, welcome to Just Tasteful Musings.
I'm hoping that this blog will be a deep but bubbly blog that simply gushes creativity with every view. I want to HELP all of you find your inner artist, or speaker, or whatever amazing thing you're destined to be. Join me. I intend to post, as regularly as I can, unspeakably simple but useful DIYs (do-it-yourself), super scrumptious resources, and little thought provokers.
Ready?
Ready.
Go.
Me too, internet stranger. Me too.
SO,
I decided to do something that may help myself, as well as the millions of internet users out there who, I'm sure, are suffering from want-er-of-general-creativity's block, and make.......A BLOG!
With that said, welcome to Just Tasteful Musings.
I'm hoping that this blog will be a deep but bubbly blog that simply gushes creativity with every view. I want to HELP all of you find your inner artist, or speaker, or whatever amazing thing you're destined to be. Join me. I intend to post, as regularly as I can, unspeakably simple but useful DIYs (do-it-yourself), super scrumptious resources, and little thought provokers.
Ready?
Ready.
Go.
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