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Thursday's creative constraint

Have fun getting it wrong

Rob Self-Pierson
Jul 16, 2026
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I visited Queen’s House in London this spring. Some of the classical artwork is bigger than walls in my flat! But it was a tiny modern embroidered piece about identity that drew me in. It was exquisite. Such fine detail, the thread telling a moving story.

I spotted a typo. Oh no! What a ruination! Actually, did it spoil my experience? Not at all. Now I’m not saying fill your writing with typos but— Actually, let’s do that.

TODAY’S CREATIVE CONSTRAINT

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