Writing Prompt for December 3 : Learning to Love You More

Learning to Love You More is an interdisciplinary arts web site designed by artist Harrell Fletcher and writer/filmmaker Miranda July. They invited all kinds of people to participate with writings, photographs, drawings, recordings and performance art. The site is no longer active, but Fletcher and July have published a book collecting some of the best work from the project, and you can still see the original prompts and responses online.

For this assignment, visit the learningtoloveyoumore.com site, read some examples other people have posted, and do one of the following exercises: #14, 35, 37, 42 (substitute a different year, unless you're Gian!), 52 or 53. Or try more than one, if you're inspired!

You can also do one of the non-writing exercises, as long as you pair it with a writing exercise. For example, you could pair #18, "Recreate a poster you had as a teenager," with #53, "Give advice to yourself in the past."

As Fletcher & July say in their intro to the book: "Sometimes it is a relief to be told what to do. We are two artists who are trying to come up with new ideas every day. But our most joyful and even profound experiences often come when we are following other people's instructions. ... Sometimes it seems like the moment we let go of trying to be original, we actually feel something new--which was the whole point of being artists in the first place."

Follow the instructions, have fun, and let your creativity bloom!