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kthanxbye will just mark this as sent.
LMM will fulfill the requirements of the "Wreck This Journal" swap.
Reproduced here for inspiration (actual wrecking may vary!):
Wreck this Journal inspired by Keri Smith. Why buy the book when we can just make our own?
STEP ONE - Buy a composition book type of journal..this is necessary for one of the entries
STEP TWO - HAVE FUN with the entries! REMEMBER...to create is to destroy.
Each entry is on one page..or take two..it is your journal that you are going to wreck and then mail off for someone else to enjoy and hopefully have a peek into your thoughts and creative process.
- carry it everywhere. follow the instructions. order isn't important. instructions open to interpretation. experiment!
- write your name in white. write your name illegibly. write your name in tiny letters. write your name backward. write your name very faintly. write your name using large letters. include your address and /or email address
- add your own page numbers
- crack the spine
- stand on the page...wipe your feet, jump up and down!
- pour, spill, drip, spit, fling your coffee on the page
- poke holes in the page using a pencil
- draw fat lines and thin pushing really hard with the pencil
- this page is for hand prints or fingerprints. get them dirty then press down
- color the entire page
- make a target...throw something...a pencil a ball dipped in paint
- press leaves and other found things
- scratch using a sharp object
- do some rubbings with a pencil
- scribble wildly, violently with reckless abandon
- tear strips...rip it up
- glue, staple or tape these pages together
- draw lines while in motion, on the bus, on a train, while walking, etc
- fill the page with circles
- document your dinner. rub, smear, splatter your food. use the page as a napkin
- chew on the page!
- Crumple the page
- tongue paint...eat something colorful...lick the page
- write one word over and over
- tie a string to the spine of the book and swing it wildly. let it hit the walls
- climb up high and drop the journal
- do a really ugly drawing . use ugly subject matter
- place sticky things on this page
- pretend you are doodling on the back of an envelope while on the phone
- place stickers you find on bought fruit on this page
- cover this page using only office supplies
- bring the book in the shower with you
- tie a string to the journal. go for a walk, drag it!
- rub dirt on this page
- use this page as a test page for pens, paints, markers or art supplies
- drip something on this page (ink, paint, tea,etc) close the book to make a print
- sew this page
- glue a random page from a newspaper on this page
- this page is for your grocery lists
- collect the stamps off of all your mail
- trace the things in your bag or pockets. let the lines overlap
- scribble wildly using only borrowed pens (document where they were borrowed from)
- page of good thoughts
- ask a friend to do something destructive to this page.
- write carelessly now
- glue random items here (found items you find on the street, couch, etc)
- tear this page out, put it in your pocket, put it through the wash, stick it back in
- cut through several layers
- collect your pocket lint and glue it on the page
- trace your hand
- document a boring event in detail
- fill in this page when you are REALLY angry
- write or draw with your left hand (right hand if you are a lefty)
- this page is a sign. what do you want it to say?
- create a nonstop line
- space for negative comments. what is your inner critic saying?
- draw lines with your pen or pencil. lick your finger and smear the lines.
- this page is for four letter words
- glue in a page from a magazine. circle words you like
- write with the pen in your mouth
- drawkcab etirw
- document your internal monologue
- hide a secret message somewhere in the journal
- sleep with the journal..document the experience
- close the journal and write something on the page edges
- write a list of more ways to wreck your journal
- put in a picture of yourself that you don't like. deface it.
- any extra pages? keep a stain log
- MORE IDEAS
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