Cynthia Hawkins
Feb 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Take two objects, and make up a story about them. Anything goes. Can they speak to each other? What are they saying? Are they crime solvers? Crime perps? Spies from another dimension? Aliens lurking inside the objects themselves? From a mythical kingdom? A new species of genie waiting to bless the person who picks them up, treats them kindly…and thinks they’re cool, with like a zillion dollars? Even if this exercise doesn’t spark you, it sure will loosen your perceptions up and make you chuckle…Normal? Straight and narrow? People, that’s like sooo over rated!

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