Mindful Sparks for Creative Writing

Week 16

The Shape of Clouds

Clouds don’t rush. They drift, reshape, disappear, and then return. One moment, we see a dragon. Next, a ship. Then nothing at all. Lying back and watching them is an act of quiet attention. Not fixing. Not solving. Just noticing. Stories can begin like this too, not fully formed, just soft shapes in the distance.

This week’s exercise:

Find a patch of sky. Watch the clouds for ten minutes. Notice the shapes your mind creates. Choose one shape and write from it. Let it shift as clouds do.

Story Prompt:

“At first, it looked like a bird. Then it became something else…”