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Day 28: Silly Self Portrait

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"I am a comedian and community arts facilitator based in Birmingham. I work within a few disciplines, writing, improv, crafting, and photography.

I began to embrace myself more when I started focusing on enjoying being silly and weird rather than worrying about how others perceived me or fretting about what I looked like. This activity is to draw and realise all the silly stuff we do in our lives and enjoy that. I love swinging on swings and climbing trees, I love to review different fast food chips on a spreadsheet. I love wearing and using my heelys. This self-portrait allows you to look at all those little things that make you unique in your silliness. It allows me to realise I am creative in ways I don't realise, like the way I dress, the way I chat and the way I carry out tasks. Creativity is everywhere and I would hope this task allows people to see that creativity in themselves."

To find out more about Rachel Baker visit: https://64millionartists.com/rachel-baker/

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Create a visual self-portrait of yourself.

It can be abstract, cartoonish, or lifelike out of objects around you. It can be a simple drawing or painting, or maybe even made with any scrap materials on offer like pasta shapes or discarded bits of ribbon and buttons.

Focus on the silly and the daft, maybe you can draw yourself in bright, colourful clothing, with fun make-up or hair, and maybe surround yourself with drawings or lists of all the silly things you enjoy doing. Fill the page with the silly stuff."

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Think about the silly sides to ourselves, maybe the things we enjoyed doing as a child that we don't do as often now. How can you incorporate silliness and fun into your day-to-day more?

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You can share today's journey with creativity on social media by tagging us or using the hashtag #TheJanuaryChallenge

Or you could use our new interactive map below to show us where you're getting creative from and pin your creation!

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64 Million Artists invites everyone in the UK to celebrate their creativity and use it to challenge the status quo.

“Even small micro moments of creativity can help

Creative Prompt of the Day:
Changemaker 🌍💥✨
What change do you want to make - in your life, or in the world around you?
Write down the change you want to make. Be bold! Try not to overthink it. Write down what comes to your mind. Take a moment to read your statement.
Choose one creative action you could take today to move towards that change. It might be a tiny thing, or it might be the start of something bigger. Perhaps you recall your ‘word of the year’ from Day 1 to help you choose what to do.
Use your creativity - and be a changemaker.
💭 Today is the last day of The January Challenge 2025. You have 31 creative prompts to keep coming back to throughout the year. What have you enjoyed? What has been hard? What will you take with you?
💡This creative prompt was designed by 64 Million Artists
To find Easy Read and Welsh Language resources, visit www.64millionartists.com/creative-prompts-2025 or visit the link in bio and select '2025 Creative Prompts'
✂️ Collage Credit: Amun A. S.

This made many of us giggle—how wonderful is tha

Creative Prompt of the Day:
I Make Myself Laugh 😂🎭✨
Do something that makes you giggle.
Maybe if you’re working from home you can wear a fancy dress hat or prop while sending some emails or carrying out chores. Maybe you can skip for a bit when walking to the shop. Maybe whenever you pass a mirror that day you can pull a funny face at yourself.
Take a bit of time out of this particular day to make yourself chuckle.
💭 Think about what makes you chuckle. Even when we are alone we can still find that element of play and silliness. I would it makes people smile and feel warmth and cheekiness.
💡This creative prompt was designed by Rachel Baker
To find Easy Read and Welsh Language resources, visit www.64millionartists.com/creative-prompts-2025 or visit the link in bio and select '2025 Creative Prompts'
✂️ Collage Credit: Mariana Feijó

Today, @racheltheginge invited us to take random l

Creative Prompt of the Day:
Character Creation 🎭✨
Take two or three random letters, if you can see a car number plate near you take the letters from that, if not look around your space and take the first letter of the two/three objects you look at. These three letters are initials, for example, 'WP'. Create a name with these initials for example 'William Percy'. This character can be a human, animal or alien, whatever you want.
Now you have the name, you can either draw the character or just imagine what they look like. What is the character wearing? What is their hair like? Are they a smiley character?
Now you have a name and an idea of how they look you can answer these questions on paper, typed up, or just in your head. This will help you to fully form this character and give them an identity.
What is this character's favourite breakfast?
What is this character's greatest achievement?
What do they do for a living?
When was the first time they fell in love?
What is their party trick?
What would they watch on TV?
What is their most treasured possession?
Who is their best friend?
Now you have a character with a back story and personality!
💭 Improvising and answering with the things that come to mind can prevent overthinking the answers. Sometimes we can get overwhelmed when we think too much about creating, improvising is all about just doing, its the 'yes, and'. I would like them to reflect on their ability to make something from nothing and to reflect on their improvisational and creativity skills. I hope they will feel excited and creatively fulfilled by this task.
💡This creative prompt was designed by Rachel Baker
To find Easy Read and Welsh Language resources, visit www.64millionartists.com/creative-prompts-2025 or visit the link in bio and select '2025 Creative Prompts'
✂️ Collage Credit: Daniel Berna

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