Mindful Sparks for Creative Writing

Week 3

Objects That Speak

Mindfulness can slow us down enough to notice the stories hiding in objects. Look around you now, pick something ordinary, like a shoe, a cup or a piece of clothing. What has it seen? Where has it been? The creative mind sings to us when we let things talk.

This week’s exercise:

Hold an object for 60 seconds and then write its biography.

Story prompt:

“If I could tell one Secret, this would be it…”