2. Take a 20 minute walk, and then make a drawing in which you identify everything that you noticed. Then write about the interconnectedness of some of those things.

3. Draw an imaginary piece of sculpture and write about it.

4. Using ink,develop lines, marks, or dots into an abstract image.

5. Xerox a photography and develop a drawing in it. Use ink or colored pencils.

6. Xerox a photo, cut it up and develop a drawing around it.

7. Combine a xeroxed image with text to communicate an idea.

8. Develop a drawing from a rubbing.

9. Draw a figure without using an outline.

10. Draw a thought or an idea.

11. Translate a piece of music into visual forms. Try to use a song with lyrics that focus on the self and other.

12. Photograph a number of things that represent parts of you. These should be things that are NOT you, though. Put them all together for a self portrait.

13. Draw a face, 1/2 of which is yours and 1/2 of which is yourself as "other" OR someone who truly is "other" who is significant in your life.

14. Using very wet paper, paint a series of self portraits in ink (using the process we used on the DIAG). Or experiment with a series of self portraits, using various amounts of water.

15. Collage a self portrait.

16. Draw self portraits using only one line. i.e., Do a gesture drawing, without lifting the pen.

17. Ask several of your friends (whether artists or not) to draw a portrait of you.

18. Draw a series of self portraits. Spend significantly different amounts of time on each and write a story to go with each one.

19. Make a mask, using any materials and any media of your choosing. Take photos of yourself (or have someone else do this) and write about the character in the photos.

20. Make a mask of your face (again using any materials or media of your choosing) and ask others to pose wearing the mask. Photograph them. Write about yourself as other.

21. Draw or paint an idea you had today.

22. Play with image and text size. Photograph or xerox images. These may be mementos of your self or "souvenirs" of yourself. Then enlarge and shrink them and put them all into one picture. Try to include text with this and write a first person account or poem related to it.

23. Draw a circle and fill it in. You may make a Mandala. To find out about Mandalas go to http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm#Mandala Many American youths made Mandalas in the 1960s. Why do you think that is?

24. Clip Newspaper headlines or quotes and put them in another context that tells a story you feel needs to be told. Perhaps it tells the opposite of a story you feel needs to be told. Perhaps you fill in parts of a story between headlines.

25. Clone yourself (in text or image). Write about the different selves.

26. Create a product that is what your "self" needs. Make the product or make packaging for it or write the advertisement for the product. Why would the product also be good for others?

27. "Faking it." Make or find something unusual to wear or give yourself a different look for an occasion or a day. Try to pull this off in all seriousness. What do you experience when you wear it?

28. Pay close attention to and record what others say to you about yourself (without your prompting them) in the period of 24 hours. (Watch for the words, "you", "your," etc. What do you learn?

29. Pay attention to other people's use of the word: "I" How often do people use "I" "me" or "my" and what, if any, conclusions do you make? Pay attention to people's demeanor, voice, and affect when they talk about themselves.

30. Think about your own rhythm and meter as a person. THink about yourself and time. (slow, fast, late, smooth, jerky, etc.) Try to deliberately change this for an amount of time and see what happens.

REMEMBER: Getting started is the hardest part. Decide on something--anything--and plunge in. You'll never know what you are thinking until you see what you've drawn or made.