Pick a question
You don't need all of them. You need one.
A tiny research project is four things: a question you care about, a way of noticing, a record, and an end date. It runs for a while, and then it stops. It does not have to be useful — it is better if it is not.
Filter by the kind of attention a question asks for, or by how long you want to give it. Open one to read it properly, then start it. If none of them is your question, write your own at the bottom.
Fieldwork
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First Ten Thoughts
What arrives when I sit still in public?
Sit in the same public place for twenty minutes, once a week. Write down the first ten thoughts that come. Don't improve them.
12 weeks · writing
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One Tree, One Year
What does a single tree do with twelve months?
Choose one tree. Photograph it from the same spot, once a week, for a year. Nothing else.
1 year · photographs