I am procrastinating today as I have a writing deadline, so messing around with TDC5116. First I downloaded a pic of Lacey cat that I had taken yesterday and printed it as a 3.5 x 5 pic. Then I got out my lightbox and drew around the outline of the image in pencil. I added whiskers, eyes and feet to make it look a bit more like rubbish art.
Ta da!
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Today’s TDC
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Today’s TDC Made with this app
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Story for today’s TDC
Story Prompt Generator flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Wandering through the desert looking for a home Freda the Friendly Ghost came upon an oasis. As she looked around in its nooks and crannies she found a shimmering cloak. Maybe this will help me to keep warm, she whispered. As she spoke the cloak lifted up like a magic carpet and she knew, if she stepped onto it, she would be taken to her new home.
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10/365 Fire animals flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Sitting in front of the fire last night I saw an elephant chasing a giraffe, as if drawn by a child. Can you see them at the bottom centre?
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How to grow a Poet Tree? flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Last year I bought myself Kate Clanchy’s How to Grow Your Own Poem and I have been gradually working through it, writing my thoughts into a special notebook which I keep by my desk. So when I saw today’s TDC I reached for this notebook and flicked through it.
When you read a ‘Frankenstein poem’ you get the sense that it’s been composed from bits and bobs stitched together, most likely from lines and images the writer has found in their notebook. Lines that seemed too bloody good not to use somewhere. Magi Gibson
Here’s two frankenpoems made up of lines from other unfinished poems in my notebook.
I wish I could hang my mind on the washing line
Carry three pints without spilling a drop
Hopping like a dunnock across the grassI love Glasgow in the rain
The cold wind at the bus stop
And the peace that snow brings
When I saw the TDC today I heard these lyrics in my head:
They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit
They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit
Village People, In the Navy, I thought – yup, that will do. I searched for the official video and tried to make a gif of that section, but none of my usual gif makers would do it. Then I remembered that the Muppets had done a version. So I made a gif of that and used that instead.
Come and join us – all are very welcome whenever they join in.
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