Movie Fridays
Watch this short video about swarming starlings in Rome. It is an interesting phenomena. Scientist seem to know how the birds do it but they don’t know why they do it. For the next fifteen minutes write why they do what they do:
Watch this short video about swarming starlings in Rome. It is an interesting phenomena. Scientist seem to know how the birds do it but they don’t know why they do it. For the next fifteen minutes write why they do what they do:
This is a video of Tom Rush singing a fun song about getting old and forgetting things. He goes through a long list of examples in an amusing way. Watch the video then write a short story about a man who forgets things. This topic can easily go to a dark place but don’t let…
There are many movie versions about the life and death of Joan of Arc. Here’s a clip from the 1948 version staring Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. Watch the video and then start writing about a young woman who sees visions, hears voices and speaks to them, is commissioned by a powerful leader, goes…
Study the image for a few minutes then write about it. How to use an image prompt. woman talking with doctor image copyright Alex Proimos, flickr
Are you in control of your own mind? Watch this 8 minute video for cues that you may not. This week’s video clip provides excellent fodder for a fiction piece on mind control either from the controlled or the controller. Or a non-fiction piece on mind control in our daily lives.
It is hard to believe that pop icon Michael Jackson is gone (June 25, 2009). Like many, I grew up watching him sing and dance. An enthralling experience that I will probably never forget. Over the last decade he had become reclusive and yes, a bit strange to most; but many of his loyal fans…
Study the image for a few minutes then write about it. How to use an image prompt. woman in wheelchair feeding pigeons, image copyright Adrian Boliston, flickr