Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Six-Word Prompts

 A bunch of idea from Rob Walker's Newsletter:

“Using only food: Where did you grow up?”

Describe your town in six words.

The provocation to invent a Six-Word prompt just takes all of that to another level. Certainly I immediately started dreaming up six-centric assignments.

  • Describe your home in six sounds.

  • Recall your childhood in six objects.

  • Recap your romantic history in six dates.

  • Recount your life in six cars.

  • Sketch your neighborhood in six flowers, or six architectural details, or six birds. (Six-Bird Memoir!!)

It’s a fun personal challenge — and a thoughtful one. Here’s one last variation: Summarize what you pay attention to in six words.

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