Random Keywords = Fun Creative Prompts!

[Dan Goodwin]

Looking through the keywords on my Google Analytics data (the phrases people type into Google then click through to come to CCS) has turned up some very intriguing and bizarre gems.

So I thought I'd list my favourite ones here and challenge you to use any or all of them as a creative prompt for a new story, ATC, drawing, a spontaneous stream of related thoughts, or anything else you're inspired to create.

In no particular order (and yes these are real search terms people have typed in that have led them to CCS!):

> listen to your mind or heart?

> i'm noticing synchronicities

> stuck in melted marshmallow barefoot

> no for obeying

> positive write up on we the couch potatoes

> hug yourself in a photo

> "man and boy" point of view

> crystal rock bang cai

> why do i doodle patterns all the time

> "the song of a bird in a winter storm"

Happy creating!

Dan

[Hannah]

omg! that's hysterical!

[Dan Goodwin]

It was certainly a lesson to me to not assume or pre-empt that people will always type obvious stuff like "creative community" or "increase creativity" into search engines to find places like CCS..!

My favourite has to be: "stuck in melted marshmallow barefoot", what a beautiful image...

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

I typed "stuck in melted marshmallow barefoot" into google and went thru five pages ... without seeing a single reference to CCS ... but now I'm off on a tangent ... LOL

Followed "follow your head or your heart" for a bit and came up with an interesting article about a couple introduced via a radio show in Britain, based on their compatabilities (1999)

Next up ... "why do i doodle patterns all the time"

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

BINGO ... CCS ... third entry!

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

Wow, this really blows my mind. I have no idea when or where it happened, but here I am, stuck in marshmallow barefoot. Where are my shoes? What shoes was I wearing? I sure hope it wasn't my favorite ones.

uuuugggggh! aaaaaahhhhkkkkk! I can't move. This stuff is ... sticky. And I'm really tired of standing up. Nothing but marshmallow, as far as the eye can see! Where is everybody else? All I can see is white ...

I'm really tired. Might as well sit down. Ahh, that's better. Hmm ... soft ...

Maybe I should lay down ... yeah, this stuff is really soft, and white and sticky. And ..... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Anne Westlund]

That's hilarious, Barb! When you wake up make sure you have all your pillows. :)

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

Huh??? where are my pillows ??? And why do I feel all sticky ???

[DJ]

Barb, WHAT is that in your hair?

[debb]

exactly the way I feel today....

that really is a wonderful image

with apologies to the original author:

I am stuck in melted marshmallow barefoot
and my thoughts are not of sugar & air
but the darker, burnt fire-scorched mellows of my youth
campfires, melted marshmallows and chocolate
sparks lighting up the air above the fire
distracting from the flames the mellows on fire make so very bright
off the stick, onto the logs, adding to the floating sparks
losing the soft side in the flames
leaving the child in the fire
and now I find that I am waking,
stuck in melted marshmallow barefoot

[DJ]

Wow, Debb...I'm impressed!

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

awesome, Debb!

[debb]

thank you for your supportive comments

even my mom thought that I did a good job
she reminded me that I used to do such all the time
and that I should be doing such still/again

huggs
debb