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Oh hai, fellow humans and other creatures that have a penchant for lifestyle blogs! I'm back with another creative post for you all. This time I've tried my hand at blackout poetry, albeit a little unsuccessfully! Blackout poetry first caught my eye when I read a piece on Austin Kleon and his 'newspaper blackout' work. I thought it looked interesting and like something I could at least give a good go. To create blackout poetry, you basically take a body of work, have a play around with the words, black some out and turn it into something poetic. I'm remarkably shit at explaining  things, aren't I?! Whilst it's a little difficult to grasp at first, it's a creative activity that you can do both in the comfort of your own home and out and about. You could do it just for fun or you could even turn it into an educational game to keep your brain ticking over! It's a creative all rounder. Let me know if you give it a go in the comments! Here are some of my top tips for creating your very own...




BEE'S TOP TIPS FOR BLACKOUT POETRY BEGINNERS

1. gather a range of subjects and forms
If you're out and about, you might just want to pick up the nearest article to you and create from there. However, if you're at home, you may want to keep a handy little box full of creative snippets that you can turn to whenever creativity strikes. You could either keep a physical box of cuttings or you could utilize your pinterest / tumblr account and create an online board. You don't have to limit yourself to newspaper and magazine cuttings though: shopping lists, pages from old books, little notes, appointment slips, menus, blog posts and travel leaflets will do the job just as well! By using a varied range of forms, you're coming into contact with a variety of different tones, vocabularies and subject matters.

After enduring The World's Worst Summerlast year, Luke and I decided to do something awesome this year to counterbalance it. Luke, however, managed to outdo himself and for our fourth anniversary back in February he surprised me with tickets for a holiday to Zante. What a gem. We had a lovely w…

May was a terrible month for me reading wise because I was so focused on other things.  As a result, I only managed to finish one book last month. I did, however, get half way through Brave New World by Aldous Huxley so keep your eyes peeled for that review next month. June should be a pretty good month of reading for me because, as you already know, I'm currently away in Greece and I've been known to read a few books a day when sunshine is involved! Here's my one and only book review for the month of May...