Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 00:43:14 EDT From: the late tink Subject: EXERCISE: A Self Portrait While we were visiting Japan recently, we had dinner with a friend who has been painting for a short time (two years?). One of the exercises that her teacher posed is to do a self-portrait on a yearly basis. So, that's this week's late Friday exercise. Write a self portrait piece. It can be poetry, prose, or other whimsey at your disposal, but think about revealing yourself in the piece. It can be simply description, a short but pungent scene, or the lush imagination of the romantic visionary. But it should be you! Do you really think your soul winks like that in the shower? Or does your response to a simple traffic ticket show you at your beast? Think about it. Put yourself in your words. Short start? I never imagined myself like that. But someone did. tink