Prompts

We’ve provided a library of prompts to encourage ideas for your journal. Their intention is to help recall or inspire experiences that you’re open to sharing. Copy and paste any prompts that you’d like to explore into your journal form.

Concepts

  • Present a project or experience from your work that you’re open to sharing and discussing in some detail. e.g. pieces, collections, events, series.

  • Provide an insight into your process or evolution of your work, craft or career. e.g. your start, creative process, inspiration, style, development, behind-the-scenes.

  • Tell a story that comes to mind. Any story that you find interesting and can share in some detail. e.g. your go-to story, story of your life, how you met someone, a story that has stuck with you since your childhood.

  • Share a photograph that resonates with you, discussing your perspective on what the photo portrays and any stories, memories or feelings you have related to it. e.g. a self-portrait, a special moment, a loved one, a treasured possession.

  • Chronicle a day in your life, recording where you go, what you do or how you feel through words or visual material. e.g. your daily routine, an event, a special occasion.

  • Share a series or gallery of visual material, narrating each piece with captions or comments. e.g. a diary of photos, video, sketches, notes.

  • Create a list of a single or mixture of categories, explaining how or why some of them have made your list. e.g. books, albums, films, artists, concerts, places, work projects.

  • Share one or some of your most treasured possessions and why they’re special to you. e.g. possessions that you always have on you, belongings that you value the most.

  • Share your favourite places, recommendations and things to do around your city. e.g. restaurants, cafes, bars, live music venues, thrift shops, bookstores, galleries, events.

  • Write a letter addressed to something or someone but open for anyone to read. e.g. a letter to a loved one, an organisation, to your past or future self.

  • Share a chronological arrangement of events or experiences as they occurred over a period of time. e.g. A timeline of your life, career, a project, a relationship.

  • Share a collection of songs, providing a theme and reasons why some songs have made the playlist. e.g. songs you’re currently listening to, songs you listen to while you work, songs that make you feel a type of way.

Questions

  • Do you have any work projects or experiences that you’re open to sharing?

    Anything that you’d like to promote, preview or rehash?

    What is your meaning or purpose behind the work? Has your perspective of it changed over time?

    Can you share your creative process for the work? What was the vision, inspiration or steps?

    Is there an interesting or memorable story associated with the work?

    Can you describe your experience of creating, exhibiting or performing the work? What is an overall positive or negative experience? Are there any notable moments that come to mind?

    Who did you collaborate with? What was the experience like working with them?

    Can you reflect on the results or reception of the work and how you feel about it?

  • Are there any aspects of your craft or career that you’re open to sharing?

    What inspired you to start your craft? Do you remember your first or some of your early work?

    Can you define your vision, identity or style regarding your craft? Has it evolved or stayed the same?

    Have other people defined your style or identity? Do you agree or disagree with their perspective?

    What is your creative process? How do your ideas come to you? Where do you find inspiration? What are the steps you take to complete your work?

    Are there any aspects of your craft that feel really natural or difficult for you?

    Is there a time when skill or career progression came relatively easy or was extremely challenging for you?

    Is there anything you like or dislike about your craft and it’s culture or industry?

    Is there anything that you’d love to do or never do regarding your craft or career?

  • Are there any facets of yourself and your personality that you’re open to sharing?

    What is a characteristic - quality, habit, value, pattern, trait, etc. - that you believe to have? Do you like or dislike it about yourself?

    What characteristics do you know or think others perceive in you? Do you agree or disagree with them?

    Do you have a story that you think is an honest representation of you and your personality?

    What are some of your current interests and passions? What do you currently have animosity towards?

    Do you have any names - nicknames, birth names, social media names, pseudonyms, etc. - that have been given to you, or you’ve given to yourself? How or why is it your name? What does it mean?

    Where do you consider to be home and why?

    Is there a place or space that you believe is either reflective or has impacted you and your personality?

    Are there any cultural ideas, customs, norms, beliefs, traditions or behaviours that you believe have largely affected you and your personality?

    What is something that nobody knows about you?

  • Is there a connection or relationship with someone or something that you’re open to sharing?

    How would you describe the relationship? How do/did you feel during it?

    What do you value most about the relationship? What are its flaws?

    What have you learnt from the relationship?

    How did it begin or end?

    Do you have a story that you believe is an honest representation of the relationship?

    Can you recall a time when you realised it was either a healthy or unhealthy relationship for you?

    What is your perspective on what makes a relationship either healthy or unhealthy? What traits or type of people do you like/dislike working, associating, connecting with?

  • Do you have any memories or experiences from growing up that you’re open to sharing?

    What are some of your core or earliest memories?

    Can you describe what growing up was like for you? What were you like? How did you feel? What did you do?

    Do you have a story that you think is an honest representation of your experience growing up?

    What were your interests and passions while growing up? What did you have animosity towards?

    Can you describe what your relationship with family, friends, school or hometown were like? What did you like or dislike about them? How did you feel towards them?

    Do you have your own coming-of-age story? Is there a moment or time that you became aware of change and growth?

    Is there a time, place, moment or thing that evokes the feeling of nostalgia for you?

  • Can you share your any aspects of your journey and perspective on life that you’re open to sharing and discussing?

    What is a notable high point that you’ve experienced so far - biggest achievement, fondest memory, feeling of pure joy, acceptance or gratitude, etc.?

    What is a notable low you’ve experienced so far - biggest obstacle, a significant mistake, felt deeply sad or rejected, lacked motivation or inspiration, etc.?

    How did you feel during the experience? Did it affect your perspective or actions going forward?

    What is some good or bad advice you’ve heard or received?

    What’s the best advice you could pass onto someone else?

    What do you imagine your life would be like if you took a different path? What goals, career or lifestyle do you think you’d have? What other paths were you open to? What path did somebody else want for you? What path do you think you’d be forced to have?

  • Do you have any other thoughts that you’re open to sharing?

    What is your perspective on love? What do you think it is? Have you ever been in love? How did you feel?

    What dream do you remember having? What happened? What do you think it meant?

    What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen or experienced? How do you define beauty?

    Do you believe in kismet and why? Have you ever experienced it?

    What is something you believe to be true? Is it an unpopular opinion? What’s the hardest truth you’ve ever learned?

    Who is your hero? What do you admire about them?

    Is there something extraneous that’s been on your mind recently or frequently that you’d like to share?