Using Order to Create Chaos

Generative Strategies

1. Dog Prints — have a dog (or other animal you choose) walk all over or eat something off of a piece of paper. They just have to somehow mark it all up and then you try to see objects and make shapes from it.

2. Blowing Bubbles — Pin a piece of paper up on a wall and blow bubbles at it.

3. Grab Bag — Write down items each on a little scrap of paper. They may be related whether you want each to start with the letter B, all be smaller than a cat, or all be irregular polygons. Then you just pull out a certain number of paper scraps.

4. M.A.S.H. — Create a couple different categories with a few different options under each then, ‘mash’ through them as you would in the game.

5. First Thoughts — Go up to a couple different people and ask them to tell you the first thing they think of when you say a random color or letter to them. You can make it so that it has to be that color, or start with that letter. Then, you take what they gave you and create something

6. Make a list of actions/requirements and then follow them through. Ex: Grab the item to your immediate left. First thing you see when you step out of your room. Most used item in your top desk drawer. One would them combine these objects.

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