Lovely Madness

Exercise #2: Your life as a sandwich

Draw your life story in sandwich form.

At A Hundred Monkeys, the sandwich is a revered art form. If it comes in between two pieces of bread, we tend to have some strong opinions, which is the inspiration behind this week’s exercise. The rules are simple, and can be interpreted as you wish. The makings of your sandwich do not need to go well together—they don’t even need to be edible at all.

This exercise is an example of why we love doing these each week as a team. Not only is it a chance to have fun and laugh a little, it’s also gives us dedicated time every Friday to strengthen our creative skills. After we made our drawings, we shared the stories behind our sandwiches, and learned new things about each other’s lives.

We really want to hear from you! If you’re doing our exercises on your own or with your team, please send the results our way, so we can feature you next week. Just snap a photo and send it to lovelymadness@ahundredmonkeys.com.

Our favorite from last week:

New copy for Q-tips, submitted by Carolyn:

I bet you're wondering—do I really need 600 of these bad boys? Maybe you thought they were just for your ears? Wrong. Human ingenuity has proven otherwise. While we actually don't recommend putting our swabs near your delicate ear drums (doctors agree), these double-sided multi-tools have found their way into all sorts of nooks and crannies. Anywhere from cleaning to applying, Q-tip cotton swabs get the small jobs done. Go ahead, you have our permission to make Q-tips your new go-to tool.