I spent this last Thanksgiving with my fiance’s family in a new location. I am slowly beginning to understand what it means to enter a family as an adult. Family is where our history lives. They are the people who can say, “that is the face mom used to make” and tell stories about their grandparents even though they may have grandchildren of their own. I really began to consider of all of the miracles and brushes of fate that bring us to the common table. The next time you gather, listen for the others that are present at the table in the stories we tell. Some fought in a war, some built … [Read more...]
Free Video Creative Writing Prompts
Click here for all of these creative writing prompts! How to Write: How Did You Two Meet? Writing Prompt How To Write: Three Red Flags Writing Prompt How to Write: What Does My Body Want Prompt How To Write: Snapshot Writing Prompt How to Writing Prompt: Shoes, Meals, Coats and Handbags Personal Maps Writing Prompt NEW Prisms Creative Writing Prompt Writing Prompt: What Does My Grief Look Like? Song Lyrics Writing Prompt … [Read more...]
MemoirClass.com On the Inside: A Guide
A quick inside look MemoirClass.com and how the 8 module eCourse works with the interactive PDF and online community. After purchasing the eCourse, here are some of the ways you can use the class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym56VlN2mjA Want to check out some sample video writing prompts? Click here to see some examples. Please note that all of the videos that come with the purchased MemoirClass.com eCourse are proprietary and not available to those who have not purchased the class. Curious about what previous students have to say about the class? Check out my Testimonial Video … [Read more...]
A Quick “Field Guide” to Stunt Writing
Today I am heading into week two of teaching my second Stunt Writing for Personal Growth class on the Canvas Network. The first time I taught it was so magical, I was worried that this time it would not gel. I'm amazed that immediately students took to the concept, started leading the way, and just took the challenge. There were numerous times the first week when I would read a student's work and think, oh my gosh this is so amazing! They have broke through! They are accessing these deep and beautiful memories and laying them out like bittersweet gems. Teaching the Stunt Writing class, is for … [Read more...]
visual diary
Random beautiful images--been thinking about thinking in pictures. Basquiat, Charlie Bird ParkerDie AntwoordMermaid, unknownPoster, purchased from Fab.comAndy Warhol's The Factory2012 Carnivale, BrazilMisaki, Tokyo … [Read more...]
First in a Series of Video Writing Prompts!
Here is one of the first in a series of video writing prompts I have been recording. Please feel free to leave any comments or feedback. Also, if you use the prompt, post your work and send me a link!Write on!Erin Jourdan#1 in a series of writing prompts: Song Lyrics! … [Read more...]
GET LUCKY DINER @ MACHINE PROJECT
A multi-dimensional dinner curated by artists Sara Wookey, Becca Lofchie, and hosted at the Machine Project "pink space" created by Nate Page. Dj'ing by Miss Lizzie Wade and a group hex/ group blessing Exquisite Corpse by me (Erin Jourdan). Get Lucky! Through the back window DJ Lizzie Becca making (mostly) good luck pancakes. Sara Wookey after performing a bad luck "brush off" Erin Jourdan Good Luck/ Bad Luck Exquisite Corpse! … [Read more...]
Complimentary Compliments at the Silver Lake Reservoir
Hello neighbor! How are you today? I found that I was not a first smile giver, I was a second smiler, a smile responder. Do you smile at people first, or do you return other's smiles? I walk around the reservoir, in a daze, listening to podcasts, usually about the shitty state of the economy at Planet Money on NPR. I would look at people walking, jogging, hanging out at the park and think, yeah we are all in our own little bubble. I need to break out and GIVE the smile. To be a first smiler. Liz welcomed the idea of creating some good karma in the park. Overall we met some … [Read more...]
The Aggressive Positivity Challenge
All talk no action. All shirt and no trousers. There are many ways to say it, but complaining is completely useless. The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but is there a way to cut the badmouthing and make a more striking statement? I have been really interested in performance art lately. A friend did an audition to be an "actor" in one of Marina Abromovic's pieces for a private dinner at MOCA. Would it be appropriate to "appropriate" (the most beautiful difference between a verb and an adjective) Abromovic's piece for her own purposes? Is that art, true art, when you force a conversation, … [Read more...]
My 201th Post: Rewriting Personal Narrative #2
Sitting at home on a Sunday night, coming up with yet another timesaving plan for organizing my notes on "Rewriting Personal Narrative." I have about 20,000 words I have written over the last 2-3 years but only recently have I actually tried to be disciplined about the project. As you can see above, my journals I tabbed from 2005-2010, I would be a good candidate for graphomania. I know those two cartons don't seem like much but I was also writing blogs, stories, poetry, a play during the same period. Not that I am trying to say any of it was good. Far from it, a lot of my journals, like so … [Read more...]
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