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The Creative Game of Exquisite Corpses

The Creative Game of Exquisite Corpses

You can build a masterpiece without ever seeing the whole picture. In this surrealist game, artists add to a work in secret, only seeing the tiny edge left by the person before them.

Originally invented by surrealists in the 1920s, this method turns art into a collaborative game of chance. Because each contributor works in isolation, the final result often features bizarre, disjointed figures that a single mind would never conceive. It was designed to bypass logic and unlock the hidden power of the subconscious. Today, the technique is used as a popular warm-up exercise for writers and illustrators to overcome creative blocks.

Source: Exquisite corpse

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