Today is day 1 of the “10 bold moves to stir up your creativity”.
Bold Move #1:
Take your favorite book and read it somewhere in public (mine is “She’s Come Undone” by Wally Lamb). Put yourself out there and let someone ask you a question. You never know, the one person who helps you to think about you favorite book in a new way could be at the local Starbucks.
What is your favorite book? Maybe we can give you a new perspective too!
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Kirsten
10 Bold Moves for a More Creative You http://bit.ly/XFlW from @KristenWright has some fun and interesting tips
This sounds really passive. It’s hard to imagine people, who have self-motivated lives of their own, to bother to ask you something a bout a book you put on display.
That being said, my favorite book is Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. I still own my well-read fourth-grade copy of the book.
Michael –
Thank you for the comment. This one came about from personal experience. I was sitting in a starbucks, reading Wally Lamb and had another patron sit down next to me and ask what I thought about the book. We ended up talking for about an hour and she is now a good friend of mine. I do agree that it is rare for people to take their heads out of their own thoughts and look around – but it can’t hurt to try. Plus, nothing says you can’t be the one commenting on their choice of reading material.
Kirsten
When I first read this I was reminded of an assignment I saw students partake in while I was in college. For either a drama or comm class the students were required to individually do an envigorated reading of the piece aloud in a well trafficed location on campus.
Want to be even more bold? Read aloud in public.
Oy. I’m bold in public. I laugh. A lot. I laugh when I’m reading a magazine, my twitter stream or when I see something that deserves to be laughed at.
And then middle-class ladies give me a look that screams “Shut up!”.
Not many people appreciate others’ boldness. That’s a fact. It probably helps that I am eristic