June 25, 2004
1000 Journals Project
The 1000 Journals Project is and ongoing, collaborative experiment attempting to follow 1000 journals throughout their travels.
The project consists of 1000 journals (the real, physical kind). The first 700 or so were sent to folks who asked, to travel at random throughout the world. More recently, a sign up function was added, to allow more people to participate. These last journals are more controlled, and are sent from person to person on the sign up list. People are allowed to add whatever they like to the journals, writing, painting, scraps of food. (food might actually be a bad idea... due to international customs regulations).
The goal is to provide a method for interation and shared creativity. If you ask a kindergarten class how many of them are artists, they'll all raise their hands. Ask the same question of 6th graders, and maybe one third will respond. Ask high school grads, and few will admit to it. (explained in Orbiting the Giant Hairball)
What happends to us growing up? We begin to fear criticism, and tend to keep our creativity to ourselves. Many people keep journals, of writing or sketching, but not many share them with people. (when was the last time a friend invited you to read their diary?) You will not be judged here. And you will have company. This is for you. For everyone.
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Last winter my friend, Nick Paul, had one of the sketch books, I don't recall which number it was at the moment. We passed the book around; over the course of a few hours we able to leave our mark. I love this idea, it was really fun and touching to collaborate with such intamate honesty, with others by connection of the blank page. To turn the pages and see feeling expressed in so many forms was transcendant, it inspired a moment of realisation of the multifaceted face of humanity which we all color. This is something that needs to keep happening, I would love to see this happen for years to come globally and within say our department!...?
Posted by: SEDinehart at June 25, 2004 11:13 AM
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