CURATED COLLECTION
First date
Two people. A little less small talk.
Paper creature
Fold scrap paper into an imaginary animal and name it.
YOUR RESULTA photo or drawing of your folded paper animal, with its name and two defining features.
Paper geometry
Fold a square and count the resulting triangles.
YOUR RESULTA labelled diagram of your folded square with the triangles counted.
Paper horizon
Draw a horizon and three distant shapes, leaving space.
YOUR RESULTA completed horizon drawing containing three distinct distant shapes.
Paper-plane lab
Compare two paper planes in a clear space away from people.
YOUR RESULTDrawings or photos of two paper planes and three comparison observations from your safe test.
Paper welcome
Make a small welcome sign for your desk.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your finished desk welcome sign, including its wording and one visual detail.
Parallel doodles
Draw the same object with a friend and compare details.
YOUR RESULTTwo versions of the same-object drawing and three differences you noticed together.
Park border
Observe plant shapes along a public park path.
YOUR RESULTA field note with three plant-shape sketches or detailed descriptions from the path.
Personal map
Draw a familiar area and add useful public landmarks.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your map with at least four useful public landmarks; leave out your home and personal routes.
Photo caption
Write a private caption for a forgotten photo you own.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your newly written caption and describe the non-sensitive visual detail that inspired it; the private photo is not required.
Photo haiku
Tell a short wordless story in three object photos.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a collage of three original object photographs in story order, with no dialogue required.
Photo outside the frame
Tell a trusted friend the story behind a non-sensitive photo.
YOUR RESULTA location-free, anonymised summary of the photo story and one question it prompted.
Picnic plan
Plan a picnic from food you own with an indoor backup.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a picnic plan listing available food, necessary items and a workable indoor backup.
Planet forecast
Write a weather forecast for a fictional planet.
YOUR RESULTWrite a three-part forecast for an invented planet, with weather, temperature and advice for its fictional residents.
Plant visitor
Observe a plant quietly and look for a new detail.
YOUR RESULTA plant observation drawing or note recording three details, including one newly noticed detail.
Plaque reader
Read a public historical plaque you usually pass.
YOUR RESULTA summary of one public plaque in your own words, including two facts from it.
Pocket zine
Fold a sheet into a tiny illustrated booklet.
YOUR RESULTA completed folded zine with a cover and at least three illustrated panels.
Polite phrase
Learn a polite phrase and its context in a language spoken nearby.
YOUR RESULTThe phrase, its meaning, appropriate context and the reference used to check it.
Postcard crop
Crop your own photo and add a location-free caption.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your cropped original photograph with a location-free postcard caption.
Posture break
Try two comfortable positions away from your screen.
YOUR RESULTDraw or describe the two comfortable positions you tried and one difference you noticed.
Public clock
Find a public clock and sketch its surroundings.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your public-clock sketch including at least two details from its surroundings.
Question jar
Write five light questions together and draw one each.
YOUR RESULTYour five original light questions and anonymised answers to two of them.
Quiet cinema
Watch a short legally free film with comfortable lighting.
YOUR RESULTName the short film and its legal free source, then write three observations about what you watched.
Quiet corner
Find a nearby public spot with less noise and sit for a few minutes.
YOUR RESULTA three-point observation note explaining what made the public spot quieter.
Quiet page
Read one page slowly and choose a favourite sentence.
YOUR RESULTA brief summary of the page and an explanation of why one sentence stood out; avoid copying the page.