Pencil compositions using the 7 Creative Strategies
Using a pencil as the object and creating compositions with 7 creative strategies:
Metaphor or Simile • Change of Context • Juxtaposition • Shape Similarity • Combination • Isolation • Material Change
Metaphor or Simile
A pencil and a microphone: The thought behind this was writing as a tool to use your voice.
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-mic-1024x768.jpg)
Change of Context/Environment
A pencil and a banana: A banana and a pencil are both yellow. Plus a banana pencil is just funny, right?
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-banana-1024x601.jpg)
Juxtaposition
A pencil and a man. I created Juxtaposition by having the pencil be much larger (the size of a guitar).
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-guitar-1024x682.jpg)
Physical/Shape Similarity
A pencil and a straw: These have the same shape but are very different. Kind of gross to think about a pencil in your lemonade, but it made you look, right?
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-straw-1024x768.jpg)
Combinations
A pencil and a tree. This feels like a natural combination.
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-tree-trunk-1024x574.jpg)
Isolation
A pencil and crayons: The crayons feel like they’re ganging up on the pencil creating an isolated feel.
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-with-cryaons-1024x682.jpg)
Material Change/Swap/Focus
A pencil and a pretzel: I decided to create the pencil in a knotted-pretzel shape. Is it a pencil morphed into a pretzel or a pretzel morphed into a pencil? Either way, like the lemonade – kinda gross to think about eating it, but a fun combo nonetheless.
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christie-pencil-pretzil--1024x1024.jpg)
It was very fun to stretch my creativity and think outside the box using these 7 Creative Strategies.