An Image for Divergent Thinking Practice

I love the caption for this image from Twitter:

Another juggler gives up on his dreams… pic.twitter.com/c1EEQFGzkq

— John Donoghue (@JohnDonoghue64) April 16, 2014

I think this is an interesting way to practice our students’ divergent thinking skills. What else could this trash can’s icon represent…

• throwing away a snowman?
• levitating balls out of a can?
• giving up punctuation?

I’m sure your students could come up with dozens of non-standard interpretations of this image. What a great morning brain-warmup!