Today we will look at a collection of found objects - items people literally found during the course of their regular daily activities. These came from places like the floor of a laundry room, in a used book, on a table in a restaurant, in a shopping cart, on a person's lawn, or even in a book pocket of a church pew. They were collected in the wonderful Found Magazine and posted on their website. I selected twenty notes and lists for our work today and tomorrow:
Browse through the collection and choose one you'd like to work with today. The goal is to write the story of the object you selected. Things to think about:
- Who wrote the note?
- What was the purpose of the note?
- When / where did they write it?
- What does the note tell us about the person who wrote the note, or the situation in which the note would exist?
Fill in the missing pieces around the note with your story. You could write a narrative or a dialogue. You could specifically refer to parts of the note or even use its language.
We will present these tomorrow by reading them aloud while we project the object on the screen.
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