"The best art and writing is almost like an assignment; it is so vibrant that you feel compelled to make something in response. Suddenly it is clear what you have to do. For a brief moment it seems wonderfully easy to live and love and create breathtaking things. In this section we have archived some of the work that has commanded us in this way. In a sense, these are assignments -- in the same way that the ocean gives the assignment of breathing deeply, and kissing instructs us to stop thinking."
I stumbled across this website while browsing the old pages on Keri Smith's blog: www.learningtoloveyoumore.com. It's a public art project with everyday simple assignments that everyone can do like: "record the sound that's keeping you awake". People who did the assignments could send the results to the website and were posted there. It's brilliant, but unfortunately they stopped because the grant got cut off. But it's worth taking a look and this quote is so familiar and lovely and it reminded me of my own post a while ago.
