Category Archives: making up stories

I came, I bathed, I howled

Posted on July 21, 2009 by rick mobbs

There was a night when the lights went out – it was only for a second, but when they came back up everything had changed. I was dripping wet from the bath, rain was coming down in buckets outside and … Continue reading →

Posted in freewriting, making up stories, stories, storytelling | 6 Comments

this is the post that opened the storybook

Posted on August 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am catching up here, having been distracted by some 8 weeks on a film crew, and having a baby (well, Naomi had the baby. At home! Welcome, Ada Corinna Meridian Swinton!), followed by driving a moving truck 2000 miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Ada Swinton, alice o'leary, art, art for film and tv, big-time collaboration, Broadus Mobbs, callings, collaborative storybook, damn cat, ekphrasis, friendshp, Grand Canyon, image prompts, making up stories, myths, naomi swinton, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, storybook collaborative, tell us a story!, who the heck is alice?, with ah! bright wings, xpalla | 3 Comments

4/23/08 stupid war (broadus mobbs)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

It’s a family affair here. My son, Broadus, explained this picture, Stupid War, to me last year when he was 7. (* hmmm… i must have lost his explanation. must look for it.) We worked on the painting together. The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, making up stories, painting, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories, stupid war, war toys | 12 Comments

the collaborative storybook

Posted on April 7, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am trying to find a graceful way to publish in one place all the stories and poems and myths contributed, and to create an easily read storybook. I first tried posting all the pictures and responses on one page … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, collaborative work, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, making up stories, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 3 Comments

about image prompts

Posted on April 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

I have added this page – the collaborative storybook to have a place to post the myths, stories and poems arriving in response to the image prompts I put up here on a weekly basis. Look for a new image … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, making up stories, myths, painting, poetry, stories | 4 Comments