{"id":2082,"date":"2014-08-08T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healwritenow.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2014-08-08T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T14:04:13","slug":"free-write-friday-collections-882014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/free-write-friday-collections-882014\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-Write Friday: Collections, 8\/8\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have a collection of collections,&#8221; my daughter said. She didn&#8217;t want to be pinned down and commit to one. She still goes through phases and her collections change. It was once Sesame Street character purses now it&#8217;s headbands. Or giraffes. Stuffed and as wall decor.<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking of things I&#8217;ve loved, such as elephants, and how I&#8217;ve never stopped loving them. Or how I could never toss my Bazooka Joe wrappers.\u00a0 As a kid I imagined someday wallpapering a bathroom with them. Now they sit in little baggies. I saved them up to turn them in for a prize. At some point it was more fun to collect and acquire and keep them. Now I have 100&#8217;s or maybe a 1,000.<\/p>\n<h2>Prompt:<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Write a list of five to fifteen of your top collections. Here&#8217;s my list. Hi Cissy, I think it is brilliant.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>seaglass<\/li>\n<li>poetry books<\/li>\n<li>Bazooka Joe (see right)<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2083\" src=\"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10592911_10204360594485746_2049470144921143955_n-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"10592911_10204360594485746_2049470144921143955_n\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10592911_10204360594485746_2049470144921143955_n-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10592911_10204360594485746_2049470144921143955_n.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>perennial flowers<\/li>\n<li>petunias<\/li>\n<li>journals<\/li>\n<li>spoons and mugs from the Kam Man market<\/li>\n<li>greeting cards<\/li>\n<li>quotes<\/li>\n<li>big earrings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Pick one from your list and free-write about it for 12 to 15 minutes.<\/h3>\n<p>Keep the hand moving.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t over think and let anything and everything that wants to emerge up and out.<\/p>\n<p>Share if you like.<\/p>\n<h1>Have fun.<\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have a collection of collections,&#8221; my daughter said. She didn&#8217;t want to be pinned down and commit to one. She still goes through phases and her collections change. It was once Sesame Street character purses now it&#8217;s headbands. Or giraffes. Stuffed and as wall decor. 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