CURATED COLLECTION
Rainy day
The forecast: unexpectedly interesting.
Coin creation
Flip a coin to choose between drawing a creature and a tiny vehicle.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your finished creature or vehicle drawing and state which side of the coin chose it.
Coin game
Invent a tabletop game using a coin and paper.
YOUR RESULTYour tabletop game rules: setup, allowed move, win condition and one example turn.
Collaborative magazine
Make a one-page magazine with willing friends.
YOUR RESULTSubmit the completed one-page magazine with at least three contributions and a title; contributors' identities are unnecessary.
Colour conversation
Photograph neighbouring colours that complement each other.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your original colour-pair photograph and name the two neighbouring colours.
Colour lottery
Choose a colour and find five examples nearby.
YOUR RESULTList five different objects you found and their shared colour, or submit a labelled collage.
Continuous line
Draw an object without lifting your pen.
YOUR RESULTYour completed continuous-line object drawing, with the object identified.
Cookbook roulette
Find a technique on a random cookbook page to learn later.
YOUR RESULTName the cookbook and technique you found, then explain three steps you would follow to learn it.
Cooperative story
Take turns adding a sentence to a ten-sentence story.
YOUR RESULTThe complete ten-sentence cooperative story; credit participants only with their consent.
Country postcard
Learn a country's capital, language and geographic feature.
YOUR RESULTA country postcard containing its capital, a language, one geographic feature and your sources.
Craft compliment
Send someone you know a specific compliment about their work.
YOUR RESULTThe specific compliment you composed and why it fits the work; omit recipient details.
Creature guide
Write a field-guide page for an imaginary bookshelf creature.
YOUR RESULTA field-guide entry with a creature drawing, habitat and three invented behaviours.
Daylight rediscovery
Photograph an object you normally see in artificial light.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your original daylight photograph and describe one difference from the object's usual artificial lighting.
Decorative knot
Learn a simple decorative knot, never for climbing or safety.
YOUR RESULTA photo or diagram of your decorative knot with its steps; it must not be used for safety.
Desk museum audio
Record a private museum-style introduction to a desk object.
YOUR RESULTSubmit the script of your recorded desk-object museum introduction, including two observed features and an invented exhibit title.
Dice story
Write one to six sentences about a lost umbrella based on a die roll.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your umbrella story and die result; the number of sentences must match the roll.
Different-room reset
Do a few comfortable movements in another room.
YOUR RESULTA three-movement sequence and a description of how you made space to try it safely.
Discovery awards
Award your favourite sound, colour and fact of the weekend.
YOUR RESULTWrite three discovery awards for your weekend's sound, colour and fact, with a concrete example and reason for each.
Dissolving observer
Observe sugar dissolving in drinking water without adding other chemicals.
YOUR RESULTThree ordered observation notes describing how the sugar dissolved in drinking water.
Distant lights
Imagine fictional destinations for lights seen from indoors.
YOUR RESULTWrite three fictional destinations for observed distant lights and one imagined detail about each; omit actual addresses.
Drawer archaeology
Rediscover one forgotten object in a small drawer.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a sketch or description of the rediscovered drawer object with three specific details and a possible use.
Drawing relay
Draw half a creature and let a willing friend finish it.
YOUR RESULTA completed two-part creature drawing with the contribution boundary marked.
Dream shop
Design a shop sign for a place that exists only in dreams.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your finished dream-shop sign with its name and a short description of what it sells.
Evening still life
Draw three objects and their overlapping lamplight shadows.
YOUR RESULTSubmit your completed three-object still-life drawing showing their overlapping shadows.
Exhibition shelf
Curate a shelf section around one theme.
YOUR RESULTSubmit a photo or sketch of three curated shelf objects with a shared theme and a label for each.