Not your most productive self. Not your most impressive self. The version of you that is laughing without thinking about it — what are you doing? Who is there? What does your face look like?
This prompt has no agenda. Let yourself be surprised by what you make.
Use your non-dominant hand for at least one mark.
If you catch yourself being serious, add something absurd.
The goal is not a good outcome. The goal is to enjoy the process.
These are invitations, not instructions. Take what is useful.
When did you last feel genuinely, unselfconsciously joyful?
What gets in the way of you playing more?
What would you make if no one would ever see it?
You do not have to answer these. Let them sit beside you while you work.
Not to judge it. Just to see it. What is there that you did not expect?
Different from when you started? The same? Neither is wrong. Just notice.
You showed up. You made something. That is the whole practice. That is enough.
Joy & Play. For the part of you that forgot how to play. For making things without a reason.