by Lisa Lipkind Leibow
I’m coming off of an incredible ten days, when it comes to the flow of creative juices. If you listened to my interview on Kim Smith’s Introducing Writers BlogTalkRadio, you might have heard a little about it as I was just beginning the event. Now that I have finished the round, I can’t wait to share the results!
I had a fantastic opportunity to participate in a program called SPARK! It’s a creative exchange, open to writers, musicians, and visual artists of all kinds, SPARK is a participatory creativity event that takes place four times each year. The project’s rules are simple. Writers send artists a story or poem; artists send writers an image of their painting, photograph, or sculpture; and musicians send either an MP3 file or a link to their work on another website. Working over a set period of time, each person uses their partner’s piece as a jumping off point for new work of their own. SPARK Round 7 was my first time to participate. I sure hope it won’t be my last!
I received my inspiration piece, a painting by artist Amy Souza and my imagination took off from there! My new short story Shoshanna can be found on the SPARK Website along with an image of the Inspiration piece.
ENJOY!