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Stranger of the Month is a collaborative art project produced and deployed with the aid of a Kickstart Development Grant for Next Wave Festival 2008. Next Wave Associate Producer: Tai Snaith.
1. Go to your nearest railway station, and buy a Snickers bar for a stranger on the platform.
(If the store doesn’t have Snickers, instead buy the most disgusting ‘treat’ on offer.)
2. If they don’t accept it from you, ask them why not. Note this carefully on a sheet of paper.
3. Show each subsequent refuser the sheet of paper once you’ve noted their reason.
4. When somebody accepts, end.
5. Insert coins to play again.
stand in a busy public area - a shopping centre, perhaps - holding a large sign above your head. it doesn’t matter what it says.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, at the top of a well.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, at the foot of a mountain.
dont blink for 10 seconds.
write down your dreams
especially the one about you and your friend exploring a crystal cave
Draw me a map to some place cool.
Leave it where you know i will find it.
You are cargo. How:
1 -
Travel to your nearest sea port, where cargo ships come and go.
Find a good vantage point, close to where the ships pass.
Look at the back of the next ship that goes by you. Where’s it from? What’s it called?
2 -
Go there, and be called that.
Think of something you did and loved as a kid and no longer do.
Do it again.
give yourself a massive hug…
YOU ARE PRETTY AWESOME
lie down in the dark and close your eyes.
think of a person who you held hands with in primary school but have not seen in years and years.
send them a telepathic message telling them that you are okay.
do not search for them on facebook.
keep warm.
Don’t hang up.
Light a candle
When you are driving along and another driver is rude or aggressive towards you - don’t get upset - just smile, wave and blow a kiss. This is far more effective than wagging your little finger at them - they probably already realise that they are lacking for something and therefore have to overcompensate by being a big, loud driver.
Write a poem & place it in the letterbox of someone you have never met.
Start saying yes in situations in which you would normally say no.
When you do finally say no, it will mean so much more.
Look up more often.
If you don’t like your old one,
Find
a
new
one.
act like a three year old all day.
if you like someone - tell them.
if you think someone smells - tell them.
If you feel like a nap - do it.
if you want to put sand in your sandwich - do it.
Call mum and tell her -
thank you.
Re-read Billy Pilgrim’s epitaph from Slaughterhouse Five:
“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt”.
Don’t wait for governments to tell you what to do.
Take responsibility for your place on the globe.
Start composting.
Learn to like a new food.
Or love, even.
Mine is liquorice.
Extend your life range: learn to be a better liar. And not to get caught. Practice on small things, and work your way up. Do the things you want to do, and become skillful at not hurting others in the process.
Question everything. Including this instruction.
have a warm beverage. tell someone you love that you do and why.
Learn the alphabet backwards.
Why? Why not.
Smile at bum’s, beggars and homeless guys.
Scoop out your spare change for buskers.
Hold doors open for everyone.
How to become a writer:
1. Convince yourself that even though everybody is getting their work published; you are the only one who truly ‘gets it’, and that the only reason they’re published is because they are much more motivated than what you are.
2. Learn to use semi colons correctly.
Next Wednesday, if you usually wear lipstick or gloss, Don’t. If you usually don’t wear lipstick or gloss, next Wednesday, do.
Ask a child in your life what they want to be when they grow up.
Remind them of this in 15 years time.
Invent your own recipe… then give the dish a name. It doesn’t really matter if the dish has already been invented (eg. french toast) you could make it yours and call it “eggbread” Proceed to tell everyone of your new recipe, really try and generate some enthusiasm for it so that it might soon become a fad.
HOW TO GET BETTER AT BEING THE PEN
>>> More inky inside.
<<>> More shouting. The pen only shouts.
<<< Make friends with it and meditate for hours.
<<>> Don’t go so far you can’t come back. String in your back pocket.
eat fish. clean between your toes. love someone you don’t know.
1. Breathe in
2. Breathe out
3.Repeat
Paint something hang it on your wall and be proud of it.
Stop loving so hard.
(You’re hurting me.)
Today is a day for colouring outside the lines.
Dream a little more
take the nail out of the wall, but be careful you don’t ruin the paint again.
next time, choose a better way to show your love
Art fun for free
1. Lie down on the ground under full sun or bright light
2. Place both hands over your eyes, keeping eyes open
3. Manoeuvre hands in to various positions and enjoy looking through your fingers
1. think of a number.
2. write it, and every number before it, on a piece of paper.
3. next to each number put one thing that you think is beautiful.
4. give this list to the next sad person you see, along with a genuine smile.
Take a bus.
Sit next to someone you don’t know.
Ask them what’s in their pocket.
Pull apart your food.
Pull apart her food.
Pull apart his food.
Pull food apart.
1. Visit a supermarket
2. Purchase an item you have absolutely no use for
3. Find a person who could use it
4. Alternativly use the item to form a 1 minute sculpture
just smile.
Imagine everyone you meet
was your best friend; mother; partner;
soulmate in another life.
Don’t scowl at strangers.
If you catch a stranger’s eye by accident, smile on purpose.
If some-one accidentally catches your eye, say hi.
Don’t panic.
You’re in control.
Say in a sane voice:
“I love friendly strangers”
in public.
If I’m around, I’ll say
“I love you too!”
Have a sneaky go on the swings or slide.
Please your INNER CHILD!
Go outside. Put your head deep into a pillow , face forward with your eyes closed for 20 seconds. Quickly spin around and open your eyes as wide as possible. No matter how bright it is, keep your eyes open.
Know the backs of your friends houses.
(As years pass and they move on, you can always revisit the porches and verandahs of your past. But your knowing the weight and pitch of the backyards, window panes and clotheslines is now or never.)
[…] and to creating alternative realities. For example, reading through some of the submissions on Strange of the Month, one of the instructions was : You are cargo. […]
…DO SOME LAME WISTFUL fART…in THE REALity of THE WORLD…NOT T HERE…in THE VIRTUAL…realITY…
Search out & find your deepest secrets hidden within your old friends, the people who only truely know you. Relive your moments - feel the feelings, lighten your shadows… for the better or worse?
Reflect.
don’t be cynical…but don’t be not cynical…live in the between state that is entirely fun, hysterical and brilliant. also invent the next thing but keep it to yourself and enjoy…only share it with same…yum
don’t be cynical…but don’t be not cynical…live in the between state that is entirely fun, hysterical and brilliant. also invent the next thing but keep it to yourself and enjoy…only share it with same…yum
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