Sunday, September 25, 2011

Let me clarify...

Today my dad asked me if this was some chain mail thingy. It's not!

This is a project, a six degrees of separation type of thing, the ultimate goal of which is to engage a community of people in the creation of a story. It's a bit of a social experiment, I'm genuinely interested to see how many people will follow through. But mostly, I've become interested in the idea that everyone has something to say if there is someone willing to listen, and while this is supposed to create a fictitious short story, I think that a collective effort to express creativity will result in some really cool stuff.

So there you have it, let's see what we come up with!

P.s. Just to spite him, my father has now become the sixth person in line to receive one of these, love you pops!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Today is the first day of Post History.

Five envelopes, addressed to five friends, each containing a page with an opening line which will soon become one of five different stories. Unfortunately it's Sunday...

I thought of this project several weeks ago and have been cultivating it ever since, sadly my type writer is not cooperating and my own -slightly OCD- issues about handwriting have caused me to go through far too many envelopes and many, many more pages. But finally, I have five stamped and addressed envelopes, and five pages and most importantly, five willing friends.

I will put them in the post today, they will be picked up and sent tomorrow, every one who receives one will add their bit and then send them along to the next person... Hopefully.

And so on and so forth. With any luck, the young humans of today still know where to find envelopes, where to buy postage stamps, and where to post mail. Its proven to be harder than I thought, even for a snail mail loving kid like me.

I can't wait to get the first stories back, and I will be sending out more as I go... Although I have requested that participants remain anonymous in the stories themselves, please feel free to leave comments on progress, or ideas and suggestions.

And I know this is corny, but I have to say it at least once, I'll keep you posted!