Resolutions for the New Year? We’ve done that. Reviewing 2025? Covered. So how do we start 2026 off right? By chasing the concept of fresh.
One of my favorite moments in the Anne of Green Gables miniseries (with Megan Follows as Anne) is when her teacher reminds her that “tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it… yet.” Isn’t that the perfect spark for inspiration?
Inspiration Prompt: Fresh
Forget the resolutions destined to fizzle by February. Instead, picture this: a day that hasn’t asked anything of you yet. No mistakes—yet. No worn edges. Just possibility, bright and uncreased.
This week’s challenge is to capture that sense of renewal. Begin with something newly emerging—a scent, a bruise, a rumor, a memory resurfacing, a sprout breaking soil, a relationship resetting, a place you’ve returned to after too long away. Let “freshness” be more than newness: explore what is raw, recently touched, just‑changed, or changed again.
Ask yourself:
- How does something become fresh?
- How does it lose that quality?
- What happens in the moment the world feels washed clean—or when you wish it would?
Write, sketch, compose, or collage from that first spark of renewal or disruption. Let your work carry the bright sting of something just beginning.
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