I’ve never been a huge dessert or sweets fan, but I can’t lie: I do know the simple pleasure of sucking on a sugar cube pressed into the roof of your mouth. Sugar is a versatile ingredient, though. Just because I prefer it in compacted cube form doesn’t mean everyone does. This week, let’s add some sugar to our scene.
Amy Stevens, Confections #65, 2008. Photograph. www.amystevensart.com
André Kertész, Bowl with Sugar Cubes, 1928. Photograph.
Margaret Morrison, Gummy Worms, 2009. Oil on canvas.
Three Things: The Fieldwork Edition
We’ve visited fields before for inspiration; this week, let’s focus on a task in that field. What is your character working on?
Franziska Hauser, Untitled. Photograph. www.foto-haus.info
Anonymous (likely Léonard Misonne), Harvest, circa 1910. Photograph.
Gertrude Käsebier, The Sketch, 1902. Photograph. Via Shorpy.
Three Things: The End of Swimming Season Edition
For all intents and purposes, our swimming season is over in the Midwest: Labor Day has come and gone, and the school year has begun. If you’re bound and determined, though, you may find a few warm days yet before autumn truly takes its hold. This week, let’s toast the few months of the year when we Minnesotans eschew our layers and bare our skin.
Anna Ådén, Untitled from Lily of the valley series. Photograph. www.imable.se
Barbara Cole, Girl with a Pearl Necklace, from Underworld, 2003. Photograph. www.barbaracole.com
Daniel Seung Lee, Barton Springs Pool, Austin, TX. Photograph. www.danielseunglee.com
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This week, let’s imagine the world through a blurry lens. Maybe your character’s glasses have fallen off, or his or her vision is impaired by some other obstruction. Either way: squint, then write.
Shelton Walsmith, re entering, 2015. Photograph. www.sheltonwalsmith.com
Barbara Cole, Melting Sky, from Underworld series, 2003. Photograph. www.barbaracole.com
James Wainwright, Untitled, 2009. Photograph. Via Flickr.
