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Day 24: Heart Beat

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"I'm a Ghanaian born British multidisciplinary artist, librarian, coach and group facilitator. I live and work in Hull, and around the country. I have an academic background in Architecture and over 20 years experience facilitating workshops as a creative practitioner. My work includes African drumming, drum circles, musical instrument making, photography, design and other making practices. My group facilitation includes Action Learning, Participatory Appraisal, Open Space and Town Anywhere. I love bringing people together to connect, collaborate and share our creativity and what we have in common.

I chose this prompt because I want to share something of myself, my heritage and my love of rhythm."

To find out more about Isaac Acheampong visit: https://64millionartists.com/isaac-acheampong/

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Feel and notice your heartbeat and pulse. You can feel the pulse in your wrist, neck or any other part of your body. If you happen to have a stethoscope, or any safe instruments that can pick up the beats and pulse, use it!

Then, notice what you notice. How fast or slow is your heart beat or pulse? If it’s tricky to hear the beats – play the sound of a heartbeat from Youtube or similar.

Now, replicate the beats or pulse by making vocal sounds, by tapping your feet on the ground, clapping your hands or tapping your hands on your thighs. Perhaps you have a drum, or pots and pans. Perhaps you even use drum sticks and bouncy balls just like this group here!
Use whatever is available, takes your fancy and feels safe and comfortable.

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Can you work with other people to play with beats, pulses and rhythms. You could well be on your way to forming an ensemble! Anything is possible!

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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!

Encourage your friends and family to join in to take the conversation further!

Read our top tips for accessible sharing on social media.

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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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