This first week will be very simple. Whether you're in your office, sitting on your rolling leather chair, or you're stuck in traffic, 5:30 am (or pm), or you're vacuuming up the 124th Cheerio from the kitchen floor, I want you to relax your shoulders, roll your neck, and take a deep breath.
Hold it.
Then breathe out, slowly.
Think of the first thing that comes to mind. I don't care how ridiculous it is, I want you to jot down your thought onto a notepad.
NOTE: Go and buy a small notepad to fit into your pocket; this is essential to your practice.
Now, grab a couple of things that are close to you to use as an artistic medium. You may have a marker and a Post-it, pencil and some computer paper, or those Cheerios and some glue. For this exercise, I found an index card and a stapler.
Next, I want you to create a quick sketch, doodle, grain collage, something that will reflect whatever silliness your inner voice had told you.
Somewhere on this visual piece, jot down the thoughts that you had relating to it, and if possible, try to make it a little poetic. This does not need to take more than 5 minutes, and you can do this while your computer is booting.
When you are finished, breathe. Put it down. Admire it. Laugh at it. Laud it. Believe it is the silliest thing you've ever created. But remember: You created it.
You created it in no time at all, instead of twiddling your thumbs, instead of watching another internet video about rainbows or being on a boat.
Congratulations, you've just created your first piece of Moment Art! For the rest of this week, I want you do to this once, and only once, per day.
Now, because this Moment does not belong to you but to the world and to the voices that spoke through you, leave this work on your closest coworker's desk, unsigned.
And to be fair, here's mine:
-SRT
Easy, right? Who knew!?
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