This is a kind of prayer you do with your eyes open and a pen and paper in front of you. It's well suited as a short exercise of 10 or 15 minutes and is particularly good at getting something stirring when otherwise you are feeling stuck or dull. Since it takes only a little while (and you can keep your eyes open) I recommend giving it a try for real now rather than just reading about it. Don't read all the way ahead but follow each instruction as it comes. In preparation, find a nice sheet of paper -- A4 or letter-sized is fine for now but feel free to experiment later -- also maybe something to lean it on and a pen or pencil you can jot with. I prefer to have the paper arranged 'landscape' rather than 'portrait'. Got all you need? To begin, turn your inner senses toward God and ask briefly , in whatever way feels helpful, that this exercise will help you be aware of God's presence. The first step is to look at your blank piece of paper and right in the centre of it write the word 'GOD' clearly and legibly. Another time it could be any other word that happens to feel like a good starting point given what's going on in your life but 'GOD' is a good start for now. When you have written your word move on. Now take a long look at the whole piece of paper