Daniel TerelmesI give myself a project with self-imposed restrictions, or certain guidelines. For example: Write a story about a person in a bagel shop, who orders a…moreI give myself a project with self-imposed restrictions, or certain guidelines. For example: Write a story about a person in a bagel shop, who orders a bagel, sees the counter person put the bagel into the bag, but when they finally get home and open the bag, there's a cheeseburger in there instead of a bagel. And, the place does not sell cheeseburgers. Or, write a story about peer pressure and you can't use the words yes or no.
In art school, I found that if you have restrictions or certain guidelines that must be adhered to, that's when you become more creative. Your brain shifts into another gear looking for a work-around. (less)
Daniel Terelmes
I have an outlet for the ideas that pass through my head. And it makes learning how to type in the US Navy seem like it was all worth it.
As a kid I knew that we would never go “Over the river and through the woods” to get to grandmother’s house because we were already there. We lived with my grandparents for the first thirteen years of my life while my parents were saving to buy a house of their own.
I loved living there. My grandmother, who we called Baba, made some really basic but really good food; cheese blintzes, sour dough bl
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