Make-up a word and create a definition for it. It should sound like a real word, but not be a real word. Another alternative is to look up words that should exist, but don’t. Like CARPERPETUATION: The act, when vacuuming, of running over a piece of string at least a dozen times, reaching over, picking it up, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance. You could use the “Random Word Generator” to make up a word for you: https://randomwordgenerator.com/fake-word.php But the definition is up to you! So, let’s all SHURMAL an UNGULAR word and GRAFFLE FLURGY art. DEFINITION: So, let’s all make-up a strange word and create beautiful art.

Find a favourite song. Could be one you sing to your children or your grandchildren. A song you love to dance, or a background for meditation. A song you sing around the campfire or in the shower. The first song played at your wedding. Perhaps a favourite song from your childhood or teenage years. Use the title or some of the lyrics and show us how you get your groove on!

Archaic or obsolete words. Behold, this is forsooth our next Galleria topic. Go forthwith and Google such websites as https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/09/archaic-words/ to view 500 archaic words. Methinks thou shalt be gobsmacked by all the choices! Artfully render this word and please includeth the description of said word in your artwork. Start today and don’t be a slubberdegullion (couch potato)!

There are some great one-liner quotes from the movies. “There’s no place like home” to search online for what looks like a great number of choices. Now, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” which movie you choose, so “Go ahead, make my day” by submitting something to our Galleria. “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night” as you gather your calligraphy supplies to work on this theme. “Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” If you don’t get it done in one sitting, that’s okay, “After all, tomorrow is another day.”  The deadline for submissions is November 25 in anticipation of the February Journal, and if we don’t have it by then, well “Houston, we have a problem” and perhaps “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” So go ahead and pick a movie… “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?’”

Include an element of collage in your artwork and your letters.