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Make a mix tape, on paper, for creative fun

May 8, 2021

A mix tape = the forerunner to a digital playlist

Cassette tape memories

Have you ever made a mix tape?

It’s been thirty years (or more) since I’ve made a real one but the memories surfaced when I found this exercise in the Steal Like an Artist Journal by Austin Kleon.

Steal like an artist journal

It asks to make a mix tape for someone who doesn’t know you.

I took it one step further and drew a stack of old favorite cassettes, some mix tapes among them.

For the handwritten list in the journal I wrote down what randomly came to mind. Looking back at what I chose, I see some themes. If you take the titles as an expression of what’s on my mind and a little bit about who I am, then some positive stuff shows up.

Mix tape songs

What songs would you pick for your mix tape? Write down what comes to mind and send it my way. I’d love to see it!

Day 98/100

Filed Under: Art Projects Tagged With: creative life, creativity exercises, the 100 day project

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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