DAY 14

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPY Thursday.

Your prompt today is "heartbeat". Maybe it's chance. Maybe we did that because it's Valentine's Day today and we though "Damn, if we're gonna have one called heartbeat we might as well put it on Valentine's Day" (that's exactly how it went). 

Heartbeats don't HAVE to lovey-dovey, though. I mean, real hearts are kinda gross. 

Anyways, hope you all have an amazing Valentine's Day, date or not. If you have a date, enjoy. If not, be OUR Valentines!

Tynan's heartbeat

Brittany's heartbeat

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DAY 13

Well, I'm still posting from restaurants and I WILL CONTINUE UNTIL I GET INTERNET OR THE CHALLENGE ENDs. Because I am dedicated, y'all. Yeah, I said y'all. I'm a Texan. Don't say anything catty about it or I'll run you over with my horse.

Today's prompt is "catch me". We felt it was particularly fitting after yesterday's "flying/falling" duo. And although there's an obvious "catch me while I'm falling" interpretation we'd also suggest someone catching someone else doing something. You know, like, "he caught me watching I Love New York and broke up with me. The day before Valentine's." Or something like that. Whatever. Not like we've had that experience.

We've also thrown in a video down at the bottom that talks a bit about inner critics. Worth checking out. Especially near the middle of the month. 

Tynan's catch

Brittany's catch

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DAY 12: Two for Tuesday

Hey, guys, I'm BACK! Well, not really, I'm still stealing Internet from restaurants, but HOPEFULLY my home internet will be up today.

Today is our second Two for Tuesday and your two prompts aaare

flying and
falling

Both of these terms have been used to describe so many things metaphorically (like falling in love), so we're very interested to see what you guys bring to the table!

Tynan's 2for2
Brittany's 2for2

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Day 11

Hey guys, Tynan here!

Thank you SO much for putting up with this craziness surrounding the Interwebs situation re: me and Brittany. It's a bit of a pain, but I am CONSTANTLY checking my phone to see what everyone is posting (it's just harder to reply/post from said phone).

Today is day 11 (technically), and the prompt for today is "Don't Cry". Now, my personal experience with this phrase is varied: it ranges from words spoken in anger ("Don't cry, you're not a fucking child anymore!") to words of comfort ("Please don't cry, he's really not worth the tears."). Depending on the inflection and the situation, these two words can be used to represent different emotions. I encourage you to draw on personal experience today and express how the words have affected you in your life. (Of course, this is not a requirement, just some food for thought!)

I'm excited to see what everyone presents!


Tynan's tears
Brittany's tears

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DAY 10

(posting early just in case neither Tynan or I can access the Internet tomorrow morning)
Today's prompt is simply "smoke". Cigarette smoke, warning smoke, smoke on the water (Smoke on the Water). Or, as always, some kind of smoke reference we can't even think of. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!




Tynan's smoke
Brittany's smoke

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DAY 9 aka WHERE ARE BRITTANY AND TYNAN

Its 5:30 in my time zone and 6:30 in Tynan's and no prompt has been posted today. Why is that, Brittany? I'll tell you why, imaginary convenient questioner. That's because neither of us have internet service. What? No. That's not something that happens anymore. Don't be silly, Brittany. It is something that happens when you're in the middle of a blizzard and can't go anywhere (Tynan) or your modem craps out and you won't have a new one until Tuesday (Brittany). Then how are you talking to us, Brittany? You use my name a lot, imaginary convenient questioner, and it kinda weirds me out. But I am able to talk to you because of a restaurant that carries wifi in my area. In fact, one of two in my area. Because I don't live in the boondocks anymore (jk, I still live in the boondocks. They just have wifi now.) 

Okay, to shorten this, what does that mean for the project? Absolutely nothing. I'm posting the prompt and my piece now (Tynan will post her pieces when her internet comes back) and I will post the prompt for tomorrow as well, just in case I can't get to internet in the morning. I will be at this restaurant every day until my modem comes in, adding prompts and art and checking out all of yours.

And just to throw it out there, I want you guys to know how incredibly proud Tynan and I are of this project AND you guys AND all the art that's coming out of it. We all have good days and bad days, but there's been some incredible work out there and there've been many amazing artists pushing through. Thank you.

DAY 9

The prompt for today is 12:01 am. There was a point in the past when this time was used in a lot of literature. And then it shifted to 3 or 4 am. Well, we wanna shift it back and ask you what happens when the day changes. When it's still dark outside and the date on your watch has gone up but you're still in the same place you were in two minutes ago.

Tynan's new day
Brittany's new day

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Day 8

si·lence [sahy-luhns] noun

1.   absence of any sound or noise; stillness.

2.   the state or fact of being silent; muteness.

3.   absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.

4.   the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.

5.   concealment; secrecy.

Today's prompt is beautiful to me: silence. The word itself can prompt many feelings from you, depending on what it means to you, what it represents.  A literal silence, the absence of sound; a stillness that surrounds you as you walk through the woods alone. 

As you create today, think about what the word means, about what feelings it invokes in you, or about the different types of silences (the break-up silence vs the easy silence, etc) that fill our lives. 

Tynan's moment of silence

Brittany's moment of silence

(yay for Tynan's first prompt writing? hope I didn't suck too bad << )

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