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WRITE YOUR MANIFESTO

A manifesto is a public declaration, often political in nature, of a group or
individual’s principles, beliefs, and intended courses of action. Compose your own
one-page manifesto in the form of an essay or a poem. Your manifesto should
include a series of statements that address your point of view on questions such as:

What do you value?

What inspires you?
How would you describe your attitude or approach to creativity?
What changes would you like to see in the world?

It is helpful to begin the statements in your manifesto with actions such as:

I am…
I believe…
I hope…
I wish to change…
I will…
I will not…

Need inspiration? Read André Breton’s First Manifesto of Surrealism (1924):

http://www.ubu.com/papers/breton_surrealism_manifesto.html