Objects

An exercise by Addonizio from Ordinary Genius, asks us to look around your surroundings. Just start listing off whatever random objects that you see. Then, once you have a list, pick a couple and start writing about if they were in love with one another. The goal is to invest ordinary objects with human feelings and let your imagination create its own little world. To fully get the explanation of my writing, I was sitting in a coffee shop while writing this. There weren’t all that many objects, but just enough to make it interesting.

Objects around me:

• Table
• Chair
• Couch
• Book
• Coffee
• Windows
• Voices

The tables and chairs in the Heidelbean loft were shut off from the world in 2021. With the new restrictions, students were not allowed to gather on them as they usually do. The Tables longed for the Chairs to be pushed up against them, the feeling of being wanted and useful. Hearing the way they glide over the carpet makes the Table feel as if they belong. The tables felt so weightless and empty without coffee all over them and the voices rushing over their surface. With the loft full again, it is said you can see the furniture smiling at students. Sometimes they even talk to each other happy to be used again and getting to see the other objects. 

This activity helped to realize that the smallest of things can help creative writing. Writing and art are everywhere around us. So, try it out for yourself. Maybe you will find there is life living upon you that you never expected.