A DOZEN PROMPTS

Based on The Amherst Method
(see links)
 Write anything in any form for fifteen minutes in response to the 
Word and/or Photograph

Prompt

 
1.
A door not to be Opened
(Stanton Street, Manhattan, NY)

2.
Sisters
(B. and M. at our Writing Group)

3.
Hopes and Anxieties
(The Rubin Museum)

4,
I'm Anxious Because
(I can't control the things I Love)

5.
I'm Hopeful Because 
(I'm on a path to Wellness)

6.
Street Scene Observed
(Waiting for a Bus Inside Outback)
 

7.
The View from a Window
(The Fourth Snowstorm of March)

8.
Overcoming Depression
(Conjuring Spring with the help of Drugs)

9.
My Notebook
(A story begins Here)


10.
A Garden Remembered
(Epiphany Churc Manhattan)

11.
A Dog in the Snow
("Darby" Doodle for Dylan G.)

12.
Skylight
(from Dharma Mitra Yoga Studio)

~*~

LINKS
https://amherstwriters.org/about/

In 2013 in Berkeley, California, poet, memoirist and librettist Pat Schneider discusses the deep principles and origins of her groundbreaking writing workshop method.
(4 minutes)

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SHINY

the Moving Pen Weekly Workshop
July 24th 2017
Prompt Part One
"Make a list of shiny things"
(5 minutes later we read our lists out loud)
Part 2
"Write in any form using one or more shiny things from any of the lists."

(20 minutes later 7 entirely different pieces were read and I will share what I wrote then as soon as I've completed transcription)
Meanwhile...

"Snapshot"
by Ms.

"A tiny girl walking home with her big plush bear strapped to her back caught my eye.  "What a beautiful bear! May I take a photograph?" She tilted her head and looked sceptically back at me. "Turn your head away" I suggested "then no one will see your face."  She flashed a shiny toothed grin my way and did just that."
 
~*~

Later
Continuing the Theme

Real estate high rollers and their shiny Dreams

Shiny moments like Paintings

Romantic Light that shines at Night

Light Shines for Everyone

 A Neighborhood Mural shines for Everyone

Absolutely Everyone

Last not Least

 They call themselves the Shiny Gang

(Teddy and his friend--Little Bear Rabbit, with Hanuman, Dolly Dearest and Chicken Rat)

~*~

Afterthought

Chris Pierce and Sunny War perform a cover of Blind Willie Johnsons "Let It Shine On Me" at the Federal Bar in North Hollywood, California June 11, 2017

https://youtu.be/nFkEZeXlPRw

Links

The Amherst Method

http://writingourselveswhole.org/about/awa-method/

  

Video

In 2013 in Berkeley, California, poet, memorist and librettist Pat Schneider discusses the deep principles and origins of her groundbreaking writing workshop method.

 

https://youtu.be/U7YYqlapi8E