Magda Lipka Falck - Anywhere Travel Guide: 75 Prompts for Discovering the Unexpected, Wherever Your Journey Leads

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Close your eyes.Try to feel the weather on your skin.
Is it warm or cold? Windy or not?
Do you like the weather today?IF YOU CAN SEE A SHOP
FROM WHERE YOU ARE,
STEP INSIDE IT.ASK SOMEONE THERE WHERE TO GO NEXT.DISCOVER A SOUND YOU HAVENT
NOTICED BEFORE. LISTEN TO IT.
LET IT AFFECT YOUR FEET.
WALK WITH THE RHYTHM. spot a house that you
would want to visit.
Imagine who lives there.
can you see something
in the windows? FIND A PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN LIE DOWN.Figure out how the world
changes from this point of view
the smells, the sounds, the sky.
Describe it to a friend.FIND A LONG STREET.
FOLLOW IT FOR A WHILE.
COUNT THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT YOU PASS.
SAY HELLO TO ONE OF THEM. Start walking until you see
something particularly yellow. Notice this something. IMAGINE A SONG YOU HAVENT
HEARD IN A LONG TIME.
MOVE YOUR BODY WITH THE MUSIC.
TURN RIGHT WHEN THE SONG ENDS.START RUNNING.
RUN FOR TWO
BLOCKS.CAN YOU SMELL
SOMETHING
WHILE RUNNING?FIGURE OUT IF YOU FEEL HEAVY
OR LIGHT WHEN YOU WALK TODAY.
IF HEAVY, TRY TO FEEL LIGHT .
IF LIGHT, TRY TO FEEL HEAVY.Ask the next person
you meet where
his/her favorite street is.
GO THERE. Run four steps, walk slowly five steps,
run ten steps, and turn around a corner.
Stop suddenly and stand completely still.
NOTICE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND. Ask the next person you
pass where the closest park is.
Walk in the direction that
he/she points to. BRUSH AGAINST A WALL.FEEL THE TEXTURE OF
THE WALL WITH YOUR FINGERS.LOOK BEHIND YOU,
LOOK ABOVE YOU,
LOOK UNDERNEATH YOU.
THESE ARE YOUR
SURROUNDINGS.Close your eyes and try
to imagine what this place
looks like when different
seasons pass byspring,
summer, autumn, winter. Eat something you havent tried before.
NOTICE IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
Try to figure out every flavor
and separate them. BRUSH AGAINST A WALL.FEEL THE TEXTURE OF
THE WALL WITH YOUR FINGERS.LOOK BEHIND YOU,
LOOK ABOVE YOU,
LOOK UNDERNEATH YOU.
THESE ARE YOUR
SURROUNDINGS.Close your eyes and try
to imagine what this place
looks like when different
seasons pass byspring,
summer, autumn, winter. Eat something you havent tried before.
NOTICE IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
Try to figure out every flavor
and separate them.

Draw a picture
that describes your experience. Ask someone to show
you the way to his/her
favorite restaurant GO THERE.
Once there, ask the waiter
to decide for you what to eat.BUY COFFEE
FOR A STRANGER. Find the highest
point of this city
accessible by walking.
Go there.
Enjoy the view. Find a bridge.
CROSS IT.
Change your pace of walking
at the middle of the bridge.
Do you feel different when
you are on the other side?CHOOSE A PERSON
ON THE STREET.Make this person your guide.
Follow him/her for as long as possible.
See the city through his/her eyes. BUY A POSTCARD.
Write down a description
of the sky today. Send
the card to someone you
havent seen in a long time. FIND OR MAKE
A SOUVENIR THAT
REPRESENTS YOUR
EXPERIENCE OF
THIS DAY. Buy a newspaper.
Find a beautiful sentence.
Read it out loud.
Ask someone for their
most beautiful word. Write down what you
like about this city on
a small piece of paper.
Leave it where someone
else will FIND IT LATER.LOOK FOR WATER.
SPEND SOME TIME CLOSE BY IT.
MAKE A MEMORY OF IT.FIND A SMALL ITEM
IN THE STREET
THAT CAN FIT INSIDE
AN ENVELOPE.SEND IT TO AN OLD FRIEND. Drink something hot,
something cold,
something yellow.
Eat something sweet,
something sour,
something brown. Walk into a shop
that makes you curious.
Find something
interesting inside.Buy it
if you can afford it. Get another perspective.
Hide in different places
throughout the dayunder
a chair, behind a wall,
between some trees. GO TO A CAF
OR A RESTAURANT.
ORDER THE THIRD
AND TWELFTH
THINGS ON THE MENU.
ENJOY.COLLECT THREE
MEMORIES AND BRING
THEM HOME AS A
FOR SOMEONE
WHO NEEDS THEM.FOLLOW THE ARROWFIND A BUSY STREET AND WALK
IN A CALM DIRECTION.Bring a piece of paper and a pen.
Leave notes wherever you find
SOMETHING INTERESTING.
Make a track for someone to follow.
At the end of the day, draw a map.EAT A DESSERT
FOR BREAKFAST,
THREE APPETIZERS
FOR LUNCH, AND
A BREAKFAST
FOR DINNER.FIND A QUEUE
AND STAND IN IT
UNTIL YOU GET
TO THE END OF IT.
EXPLORE THE
PURPOSE OF
THIS LINE.CLIMB UP THINGS
WHEREVER POSSIBLE
FENCES, STATUES,
GATES, BENCHES
TO GET A BETTER VIEW.TAKE A WALK
WITH A WISH
IN YOUR POCKET.
THEN LEAVE IT
SOMEWHERE IN
THE CITY.Find a flower or a balloon.
Give it to someone in exchange
for a piece of advice. Find a place that you like,
then call someone you miss and
DESCRIBE IT. USE THE CITY
AS AN INSTRUMENT.
YOU NEED
A NOISE, A TUNE, A HUM,
AND AN ECHO.
MAKE A CONCERT. Find a place that you like,
then call someone you miss and
DESCRIBE IT. USE THE CITY
AS AN INSTRUMENT.
YOU NEED
A NOISE, A TUNE, A HUM,
AND AN ECHO.
MAKE A CONCERT.

COLLECT SHADOWS Notice the shapes,
sizes, colors, and directions.
Watch them move during the day.
Draw the contour of your own shadow. COLLECT VOICES

DARK, LIGHT,
FUNNY, SWEET,
WHISPERING,
SLOW, LOUD, SOFT.
IMAGINE THEM
AS A CHOIR. FOLLOW THE MAP TODAY I AM GOING TO FIND A:ITS GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL:AFTER THAT I WILL:BUT NOT:MEETING REQUEST.ARRANGE TO MEET SOMEONE
YOU HAVENT SEEN IN A LONG TIME . Look especially for everything blue. Ask someone where to find
something REALLY STRANGE. ASK SOMEONE TO EXCHANGE
SOMETHING WITH YOU. (It could be a T-shirt for
chewing gum, a necklace for
a pair of shoes, lunch for a song,
a memory for a dream.) BALANCE / MOVEMENT WALK ON EDGES,
RUN ON YOUR TIPTOES,
TUMBLE DOWN,
JUMP UP AND DOWN.
MAKE A DANCE OUT OF IT.WHISPER A SECRET INTO THE WIND.FOLLOW IT AS IT FLIES AWAY. REMEMBER / FORGET: