The characters in the Broadway show and the movie, In The Heights, chase their dreams and ask: “Where do I belong?” West Side Story is also about finding one’s place, illustrated in the song “Somewhere:” Someday, somewhereWe’ll find a new way of livingWe’ll find a way of forgivingSomewhere There’s a place for usSomewhere a place for usPeace and quiet and open airWait for us somewhere Prompt: Write about a time you felt out of place. A place where you didn’t belong, but there you were. What did you do? What did you feel? Have you found Your Place?
Category: Prompts
Baba Yetu . . . Prompt #583
“Baba Yetu” sung in Swahili by the Stellenbosch University Choir. The Prompt: Listen to this amazing choir. Then write whatever comes up for you. Or: Write about a musical experience. Or: Write about connections.
What calls to you? Prompt #582
It feels to me like we’re coming down from a precipice, a surreal 15 months. As we enter this new phase, what calls to you? What are you ready to let go of? How can you release or lighten the load you carry? Prompt inspired from “Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?” by Bella Mahaya Carter.
If you could … Prompt #581
If you could change some things in your history, what would you change?
Use these words . . . Prompt #580
Use all of these words or some of these words in a freewrite: Hot tub, paper umbrella, palm tree, camp or camping, vigil, convertible, transformation, fire. Inspired by “The Oasis This Time, Living and Dying with Water in the West,” by Rebecca Lawton, a fluvial geologist.
Adaptation . . . Prompt #579
Write about something you have had to adapt to. Was change easy? Or, was it a struggle (either internally or externally)? Write about something you adapted to. Write about the process of adapting. What did you do? How did it go?
Fear. Comfort. Prompt #578
List five things you have feared and five things that have comforted you. Choose one and write.
Too much or too little. Prompt #577
Write about having too much or too little.
Reflection. Prompt #576
Reflection: As in a mirror, or on water, or serious thought or consideration, or some other type of reflection.
Wind. Prompt #575
The way the wind is blowing.