Project Cafe

 

Read this page at leisure. When you are inspired to create. Or when you want to be inspired to create. Bring a cup of coffee and your paints. Sip while you read and create as soon as you finish: or even before (you can always come back here later). This cafe is open 24 hours.

CURRENT WRITING PROJECT:

on the 21st of May 2009 Tom (have been trying to get him into the blog mode, he prefers the notebook and snshine he says-fair enough!) and I finished our month long writing project. I am now ready for another one. The terms are flexible. Basically, we both pick a random word for each day. Both weite on the same topic. Poem, story, free write, letter doesn’t matter. you have to respond to the word in some way. Email back and forth. At the end of the month, I print my writing (and you print yours), spiral bind (or book bind) it at my local copier, write you a message in the first page, decorate it if i wish and mail it to you for your book shelf (and vice versa). This month we did:

balloon

kiss

butterfly effect

bone

spill

lost

burst

scream

slither

gold

thunder

keys

forest

mud

nails

gurgle

purple

giggle

text

nonsense

jargon

anonymous

ticket

much

knead

wooden

pocket

valve

as if

spin

sawdust

picked at random from the dictionary.

email me if you wanna play!

 

 

Travelling journal Tracker:

ACROSS THE BRIGHT BLUE SEA:

Willie Baronet

Bluma

Maddie

Chamki: the journal is currently with her. It’ll leave Bangalore, India this week.

Dawn

Nicole

 

TRAVELLING JOURNAL II

Will be bought (or, most likely, bound right here on my desk), named, and leave Glasgow at the beginning of next week. Before that, all participants will get an email with the list and random order in which the journal will travel!

 

OK! we’re good to go. Thanks for the emails. This journal players:

M

Sophie

Vatsala

Jen

Wendy

Surabhi

Ian

Lucy

Delia

 

BRUSHSTROKES is my old, main project blog. You can go there to catch up on the history of this cafe and see what else was brewing before you got here.

Besides specific projects, I’m aways involved in several journal, collage, ATC, 2*2 art, postcard swaps and round robins. If you would like a swap, just ask.

The most recent projects, and projects with deadline are on top. The others are ongoing, which means you can participate in them any time.

 Also, if you have a project of your own and want participants, feel free to post a link here so i and anyone else who visits here can have a look.

TRAVELLING JOURNAL is a continuous project. I’ve sent and got back several over the years and am always sending out new ones. Its a journal. You sign up for it. I send it to you. You make your marks on it and send it to the next person on the list.

THE CAFE JOURNAL is an idea in progress. Visit the link to see what’s brewing.

HAIR SALONS AROUND THE WORLD: pick a salon. Create something that you see. That hairstyle you love, the wires of hair dryers, the faces. write the name of the salon and its location. You’re done. Send it in with a return address. You can see some of my hair salon ATC’s here.

THE HANDS PROJECT: Simple. Just trace the shape of your hand on a peice of paper. Cut it out. “ART” on it. Draw. Write. Doodle. Collage. Scrap. Whatever. Send it in with a return address so I can send you one of my hands in return.

THE LETTER WRITER: Write me a letter. Draw in it if you like. Colour in words i that feels good. Try new fonts, colours, strokes- I’ll admire your creative boldness. So simpy write with bal point in blue ink. There can be no mistakes. Tell me about anything you like- you, your life, the smell of your favourite tree, the view from your window.I’ll write you a letter andshow you what I’m up to.

SELF PORTRAIT: show me who you are. In a drawing. In watercolours. In a photograph. Show me what you like best about your face, your body, you. Draw yoursef. Photograph your shadow. Use your imagination.

DOODLE DIARY: A month long project. Take a sheet of paper. Make a grd wth 30 squares on it. Write numbers 1-30 in the corner of each box. That is your doodle diary or this month.  Everyday, you will make one entry in one box. A small drawing or word each day. ell me when you sart this so I’ll start making one for you. At the end of the month, we swap the diary page.

VICARIOUS TRAVEL: pick a place. A new country, or a cafe near your house. Visit it and tell me about it. Write a litle about it. Draw me a map about how to get there. Include a photo o it if you like. The address. Rate the services or products there. Did you like the coffee best, or was the view from their window better?