A stroke or head injury can make the world seem unfamiliar. Of course, this can be unsettling. However, this new perspective might lead you to seeing familiar things in entirely new ways.
In the exercises below, we build on the idea of exploring new worlds and seeing things afresh for the first time. You can work through the exercies one-by-one to build your confidence – or pick any exercise that takes your fancy.
Try our simple blackout poetry technique to create a poem from someone else’s words
Level: First steps
Martian windfall words
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Level: Gaining confidence
Intermediate exercises here
– Add intermediate exercise –
Level: Gaining confidence
A martian sends a postcard home
In this creative writing project, you imagine you are visiting the Earth for the very first time.
Level: Taking it further
Write in the Head 