Wreck This Journal: Tear Out. Crumple.

(Note: Taken from my Edition of "Wreck This Journal") Well, I thought of some Batik-thing, but unfortunately the lines from crumpling didn't appear as clear as expected. The Crumple-Effect is a bit better seen in real than on the picture, maybe because the right page is the "Sky background" of my "Paper Airplane Page" and already been saturated once. HOW-TO-MAKE: 1. Crumple the pages - as instruction was demanding. 2. Sketching the outlines with a pencil. 3. Using watercolors for the soft-flowing-effect. Note:...

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One-Minute-Writer: Week 38

(Note: These are writing prompts of "One-Minute-Writer-Blog") Monday, September-20: Book. Write about a book you're currently reading. I've just finished the 1st chapter of 'The God Of Small Things' by the Indian writer Arundhati Roy. The book had won a lot of prizes and got brilliant reviews. For my part, it's hard to say much thus far: I'm a bit confused by the many characters and the two time zones. Well, I never judge a book by its cover, and I don't judge a book after the first chapter either!...

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Wreck This Journal: Close Your Eyes. Connect The Dots From Memory.

(Note: Taken from my Edition of "Wreck This Journal") Very obviously I was blind according to the first part of the instruction! It's made just by using pencils of different hardness grades. I used a clockwork as inspiration and pattern, but I doubt this kind of "machine" would ever work! ...

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One-Minute-Writer: Week 37

(Note: These are writing prompts of "One-Minute-Writer-Blog") Monday, September-13: Monday. Rename Monday. Worst-Don't-Do-Mornings-Day. Tuesday, September-14: Weak. In what way are you weak? Patience. My private patience is rather weak. I truly HATE e.g. waiting for book releases, especially if the book is a part of a series! You desperately want to know how the story continues and you have to wait felt 10 years! This sucks! Wednesday, September-15: Slang. Create a slang word and define it. I'm...

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Wreck This Journal: Place Sticky Things Here.

(Note: Taken from my Edition of "Wreck This Journal") The whole page is taped shut with red and white insulating tape. I can tell you, the smell is rather nasty! *yuk* Do you remember "la linea"? :-...

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One-Minute-Writer: Week 36

(Note: These are writing prompts of "One-Minute-Writer-Blog") Monday, September-06: Question. What do you think is the most important question in life? I'm very intrigued by questions (more than answers), that's what made me immediately think of that prompt. And I was sooo curious about the answers! So, thanks for taking the prompt and thanks for answering … or questioning! *smiles* Finally, the one I choose: J.R.R. Tolkien once said: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is...

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Quiz: Are you skilled?

I was doing a google research. The context was a about art, which made me stumble over this quiz here: Of course, curious as I am, I had to participate. Not just because of the results, but more HOW they will find out what my chances are to see my talent burst out. Don't you worry, I won't post the whole 5 pages of the result pdf-file (that's why they ask you for your email address!), just a few notes: Time: You took a little too long to do the test. Yeah, that's right! I had to...

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Writing Exercise 07: Writing Dialogues

(Note: This is a unit of "Schreibaufgabe.de") THE CHALLENGE »Can you give me the salt, please?« »Okay. Here.« »Thanks.« »You're welcome.« Obviously a dialogue. Maybe two persons are having dinner. One of them needs salt, asks and gets what he/she wants. Quite boring, isn't it? To make a dialogue interesting there had to be a conflict or controversy. The task is to pep up the dialogue above. Write about half a page and remember: What does each character want? Here's the start: »Can you give...

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Wreck This Journal: A Page For Four-Letter Words.

(Note: Taken from my Edition of "Wreck This Journal") It's given proof, that the German edition of WTJ is slightly different from the English one. I hadn't found any English page for nasty cusses/curses. Instead only a page for four-letter words, which most of the user literally had filled with words having 4 letters. After publishing my page on flickr, MikkaArt, one of the users, was so kind, to undeceive my lack of knowledge: Curse words = four-letter words So, mission accomplished - learnt...

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One-Minute-Writer: Week 35

(Note: These are writing prompts of "One-Minute-Writer-Blog") Monday, August-30: Forget. What would you like to forget? For sure I have memories I wished to be erased out of my brain. But considering the quote "Without the darkness we can't appreciate the light" I also honor my bad memories. And thinking in a much greater scale: Do we really want to forget tragedies like the Holocaust? Tuesday, August-31: Family. Write about someone you know/knew who was not related to you, but was like a family...

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Quiz: What Is Your Animal Personality?

I have an email book club with my wonderful friend Dolly. At the moment we are discussing "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and we came to the point to talk about "Patronus". While I was quite sure, my own Patronus had to be some catlike, preferably a black panther or a snow leopard, dear Dolly had no idea. She said: "To be honest, I really would like to know the answers to these question. But I have no affinity with animals - but of course these Patronus are reflection of one's personality,...

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