The Fool

I'm going to be posting daily prompts to inspire writing, art or journaling. Use these as you would like to help keep your creative practices moving.

Key words/ideas:

• beginnings

• innocence

• a journey

Some thoughts that occur to me:

• The Fool is the innocent at the beginning of the hero’s journey. Write a story where you combine this trope with something antithetical to it.

• A character who exemplifies innocence and hope. Can you find a way to make them the villain?

• A character is imprisoned in some way, but can journey in their dreams. How does this help them escape?

Note that cards are drawn at random and may be drawn more than once. In that case I will repost with an additional idea. I am going to cap the number of repeats at 3 until I’ve been through the whole deck, but other than this I let the luck of the draw decide. Coming up with more ideas for the same card will force me to be more imaginative and its something I strongly recommend.