MGA Creative

A community dedicated to the creative endeavors of people attracted to multiple genders, with prompts every two weeks.

[mga-creative]

I really hate to do this on Leap Day, but it’s something I need to do and I’ve been putting it off long enough.

You’ve probably noticed the lack of updates over the past few two-week cycles. The fact of the matter is, as much as I love the idea of having a creative community for multi-gender attracted people, I’m out of motivation to run it. I would’ve been happy to keep it going with just one other non-me post per bi-week, but if I’m the only one doing anything, I don’t really feel like I’m getting a creative boost off of anyone. Moreover, I can prompt myself without dedicating the energy necessary to making a whole post about the prompt.

So, much as I love you all, I’m going to officially stop making prompt and roundup posts. I don’t know yet if I’m going to completely close this community; I may come back to it someday. But for now, I don’t have the energy.

Thanks everyone who participated here, including with likes and reblogs, and especially (a million times) to @bi-space-ace for all the fantastic poetry they provided that helped keep me going for so long. Sorry I didn’t manage to drum up the interest to keep this going.

See you somewhere else on the web, and/or until next time,

@bisexualbaker

[mga-creative]

Roundup Post: Jan 11, 2016

Nothing available for this roundup. It happens; sometimes people are just too busy or drained to make things, or sometimes prompts just don't spark anything. Or possibly other reasons I'm not aware of. Whatever the reason, I have nothing to report for this time period. Anyway: If you actually have posted something over the past two weeks and I just missed it, please feel free to let me know and I'll update the post accordingly! Or, if you've seen some cool artistic thing that's MGA-themed, share a link here or at the Dreamwidth post; I'd definitely be interested in it, and I'm sure the rest of the MGA Creative folks would as well. Alternately, maybe you don't have a Tumblr or a Dreamwidth account, but still have something you want to share; in that case, post the thing you're sharing, or a link to it, in comments of the Dreamwidth post and I'll be sure to signal boost it. And whether or not you have anything to share or to say, I wish you plenty of creativity :)

[mga-creative]

Prompt: Gifts

Phew, sneaking in right by the deadline! I don't know how I convinced myself I still had another week; glad I decided to double-check. Anyway, our new prompt is Gifts. Is it something you're literally giving to another person (or to people)? Is it another name for talents? Who all is involved in this, anyhow? Tell or show me all about it, and I will feel truly gifted :)

[mga-creative]

Roundup Post: Dec 28, 2015

And now, back to "Pretending it's still yesterday," the hit new technique for community mods who oversleep! @bi-space-ace wrote a lovely pair of mirrored poems for Visibility called Invisible And soc_puppet/@bisexualbaker made a pair of Bi-noculars, doubling up on the Visibility and Puns prompts, which can be found at both Dreamwidth and Tumblr. And that's all I'm aware of for this posting period. If I've missed you, please let me know in the comments at the Dreamwidth post or in a reblog at the Tumblr post, and I'll be sure to update the post to include you. Likewise, if you've created something you'd like to share since the last roundup post and don't have a Dreamwidth or Tumblr account, or if you have a link to something cool and creative and MGA-related that you didn't make, I would like to welcome you to share in the comments section of the Dreamwidth post. Thanks, everyone, and here's to more creativity!

[mga-creative]

Prompt: New Horizons

Ack! That was just supposed to be a nap! How did it turn into 8+ hours? /)_(\ I know, we'll just pretend it's still yesterday. That'll totally work, right? Right! Our next prompt is New Horizons. It's all about exploring new possibilities, and learning new things. On the cusp of a new calendar year, I thought it was pretty appropriate. So, for ideas:

Write something about a new discovery, about yourself or about the world around you/your character

Been meaning to try a new art style, or a new craft? This is your opportunity! Then share the results with us :)

Try going literal and painting/drawing/coloring an actual horizon

Consider a song mix with all new-to-you artists, or a new-to-you style, or themed on discoveries and exploration

Got a monologue on the subject you really like? Perform and record it, then share it here!

I hope this prompt opens you up to new possibilities, and I look forward to the results :)

[bisexualbaker]

[Image Description: A pair of binoculars decorated with pink, purple, and blue ribbon, and pink and blue rhinestones]

For @mga-creative‘s Visibility prompt - though it could also work for the Puns prompt: A pair of Binoculars! Now you, too can see bisexual and biromantic people from great distances! All previously invisible bi people will be rendered visible to anyone using these binoculars. In addition, any bi people who use them will be able to see other previously invisible elements, as well as viewing the world through a bi pride filter and locating the door to the magical realm of Bitopia. Also, things that are far away will look like they’re actually close up.

I actually finished these a week and a half ago, but then work ate me, and then I got sick, so I didn’t have the time or energy to post the pics until now. Anyway, I’m on the mend and my stress levels are greatly reduced, so I should have the next prompt and roundup post ready to go as re-scheduled.

[mga-creative]

Image description:

A two column poem titled “Invisible”

First column (justified left):

I elbow my way through the halls White headphones trail out of my back pocket around my waist and up my chest.

Tegan and Sara fill my ears. I smile.

I glance up as I reach the intersection of the West and North hallways. It’s crowded.

I catch the eyes of a girl A girl I’ve never noticed in the hallway of the school I’ve gone to all my life.

A blonde in a cheer skirt beat up black converse a sparkly headband and a nose ring.

If I’d seen her before, I’m sure I would have remembered.

I wonder if she’d like me.

I look again at the cheer skirt. She’ probably going to meet a pretty-boy boyfriend.

I sigh I look down I keep walking down the North hallway.

Second column (justified right):

I elbow my way through the halls, A blonde in a cheer skirt beat up black converse a sparkly headband and a nose ring.

My now ex-girlfriend walks away. I smile.

I glance up as I reach the intersection of the North and West hallways. It’s crowded.

I catch the eyes of a girl A girl I’ve never noticed in the hallway of the school I’ve gone to all my life.

White headphones trail out of her back pocket around her waist and up her chest.

If I’d seen her before, I’m sure I would have remembered.

I wonder if she’d like me.

I look again at the headphones. She’s probably listening to pretty straight-girl pop.

I sigh I look down I keep walking down the West hallway.

_

Written and submitted by @bi-space-ace

[mga-creative]

Announcement: New Prompt & Roundup Rain Check

Hello, everyone! I know this is usually the day when I do a response roundup and post a new prompt. Unfortunately, I seem to have caught something analogous to Con Crud due to the past two weeks at work being hyper-busy, so I'll be taking this week off and postponing the roundup post and new prompt to next Monday. Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to all the creativity you'll have to shower the world with in the future :)

[mga-creative]

Roundup Post: Dec 7, 2015

Time for our next roundup post :) For I Wish, the fantabulous @bi-space-ace provided us with not one, but two poems! The rather melancholy I Wish, and the anticipatory A Bit of Luck. And that's all I'm aware of for this posting period. If I've missed you, please let me know in the comments of the Dreamwidth post or in a reblog of this Tumblr post, and I'll be sure to update the post to include you. Likewise, if you've created something you'd like to share since the last roundup post and don't have a Dreamwidth or Tumblr account, or if you have a link to something cool and creative and MGA-related that you didn't make, I would like to welcome you to share in the comments section of the aforementioned Dreamwidth post. Thanks, everyone, and here's to more creativity!

[mga-creative]

Prompt: Visibility

Ack! How did it get to be the other Monday already? I swear the last one was just a few days ago... In any case, here is our new prompt: Visibility I know visibility is an important topic to the MGA community especially, considering how often we're overlooked. Essays, rants, and raves on that topic are more than welcome for this prompt. Or maybe you want to go more literal, and share the story of a MGA ghost? Or take the opposite, and write something that focuses entirely on the other senses. Perhaps now's the perfect time to break out that neon-colored yarn you bought on a whim when it was in fashion a year or two ago*. Buy some glass color and paint up some cheap reading glasses, to see the world through MGA-colored lenses! Original connect-the-dots pics might be kind of fun to make for something like this, or paint-by-number. There's a lot of fun possibilities here, so I hope you find one that works for you :) * I put the Bi in autoBiographical ^^a

[bisexualbaker]

Vitality Giveaway

As a reminder, I am doing a giveaway of @readvitality subscriptions and gift certificates. You can find the details at the following links:

Giveaway Part One (download code for Season One) Giveaway Part Two (download code for Season Two) Giveaway Part Three (three $5 gift certificates and one $10 gift certificate)

If you want to signal boost but aren’t interested in the Special Mystery Prize for whatever reason, feel free to reblog this post instead :)

[mga-creative]

Do you think submissions need to include Multi-gender attraction explicitly or is me, the creator, being MGA enough? And Idk if I will or not, but can I submit stuff more around my being ace? Working on another poem for "wishing" now . . .

I’m saying yes, that the creator being MGA is enough. The goal of this community is to create a place for MGA people to be creative together, and plenty of us have other aspects of ourselves that we want to see in creative works as well. So I’m throwing the metaphorical doors open on this to works that aren’t explicitly MGA-related, or aren’t MGA-specific.

Followers, if you have any thoughts on the matter, you’re welcome to share them.

[mga-creative]

A Bit of Luck

He rolls the penny between his fingers He found it lying, covered up, Beneath one of the potted plants. He remembered the legend and picked it up.

He thinks of where he is. In a parking lot on the edge of a highway, With the foothills to the west, Standing in front of a café.

He thinks of what he’s about to do, Of what he’s about to reveal. He breathes and hopes and dreams and wishes, And scolds himself for what he feels.

Why should he hope, When he already knows where she stands? Why should he wish, When his fate is completely in her hands?

Nobody can help him now. He’s done what he’s done. Only he can gather the courage. By staying. By refusing to run.

He sees her approaching from across the courtyard. She smiles. She has no idea That he’s about to begin his trials.

He breathes and He stands and he turns so he’s facing the mountains. And then he turns back And flicks his penny into the fountain.

He can do this. He knows he can. And maybe only he can get him unstuck. But there’s still nothing wrong With asking for a bit of luck.

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[Written and submitted by @bi-space-ace]

[mga-creative]

I Wish

I wish she was here with me

I wish i’d told him how much i cared

I wish they knew the extent to which they make me feel better about myself

I wish i had the courage to explain just how complete and happy and comforted i am when she lets me put my arm around her

I wish he understood that it’s okay to let himself be vulnerable around me

I wish i understood that too

I wish cowardice wasn’t this goddamn isolating

I wish i understood how they feel about me

I wish i could tell whether or no ta risk this potentially devastating was worth taking or no

tI wish i had the courage to take it anyway

without knowing

without caring about the consequences

i wish

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(Written and submitted by @bi-space-ace)

[mga-creative]

Roundup Post: Nov 23, 2015

There's plenty to round up this week, thanks in no small part to a signal boost from @bi-puns :) For Puns, we had the following responses on Tumblr: From @barbidreamdumpster, a beautiful pastel biceratops. For extra awesome, the design is available on Redbubble, and "profit will be donated to @biwomensupport, a survivor-led resource to support bi women who have experienced sexual violence." The mod of @bi-puns submitted a variety of lovely sand art bottles. And @bisexualbaker once again neglected to cross-post to Dreamwidth (sorry!), but did manage to provide Pigs In A Blanket and Bisexuoil. And finally, since prompts never close, for Warm we have: A surprisingly warm Biro-Ace lap blanket by @bisexualbaker. Since tracked tags are no longer working on Tumblr, it's not only possible but likely that I missed more submissions. If that's the case, my sincerest apologies! Please link to your post(s) in the comments of the Dreamwidth post here, or reblog with links/pics/what-have-you in this post, and I'll be sure to reblog them properly. If you don't have a Tumblr or Dreamwidth account but still want to share MGA-themed creative things you made, the comments section in the Dreamwidth post is also the perfect place to do that. Or if you've found something creative that's MGA-themed but made by someone else, you can reblog this post or share a link to it in the comments in the DW post :) And of course, here's to more creativity!

[mga-creative]

Prompt: I Wish

It's the other Monday of "every other Monday", which means it's time for a new prompt! Opening today is: I Wish. Writers of poetry and prose, consider writing about wishes that do or don't come true, and the consequences of that. Or just write a list of things you wish for! Reviews, critiques, rants, and essays are also creative writing, so if you've got a load of griping about a show/book/story that refuses to label a character or gushing about one that finally gave you the ship you always wanted, those would totally be welcome. Wishes come true, gone awry, or still waiting to be voiced. There's also stars to think about, since so many people like to wish on them. They'd be a great visual theme for graphic artists. Or draw something you wish would come true - or already has come true. There's songs about wishes you could reinterpret or collect with an MGA twist, or you could compose your own. People who make 3D art, you can always make something that you wish existed in real life, like a pan pride colored griffin. Or you can work on something that you wish you'd finished already ;) Write down wishes on colored paper and stick them in a bottle; fold paper cranes in pride colors and take pictures of them swimming through life together. Pour a wish for someone into something you make, and then give it to them. There's all sorts of ways you can go with this prompt, and I hope you find one (or more!) that works with your style. And then that you share it with us, to inspire us to make more, because creativity is great like that. Happy creating!

[bi-puns]

Bisandsual Bottle and some Gendersand Bottles

[Image description: three tiny bottles filled with sand, one with pink/purple/blue bi flag colors, one with purple/white/green genderqueer flag colors, and one with yellow/white/purple/black nonbinary flag colors]

@mga-creative this is my first submission for the puns prompt (I haven’t finished my other projects yet but they will be forthcoming)