It almost seems that we should emulate my pal (and Paul's) Lock
Wench's notion and follow the Creative Thinking Workshop with some
creative drinking. Lock Wench is hosting Desperately Seeking Sun
http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=106
Followed by Desperately Seeking Suds
http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=117
I'm sorry to say that my best potential contribution to a Creative
Drinking event is currently making the rounds as a postal letterbox.
I carved a multi-block print called Absinthe, the Green Fairy, which
is flitting around the country.
http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/showboxinfo.html?gBoxId=10958
I've been intrigued by dandelion wine, because it has such a Ray
Bradbury ring to it. But dandelion sap is so bitter, that I can't
imagine what the finished wine might taste like.
I've had homebrew Absinthe, but the swill my friend made probably had
about as much in common with the real Absinte as moonshine has in
common with single malt Scotch...
And speaking of swill, we lost power for several hours this mornning,
and realized that we're not as "emergency prepared" as we could be.
Nevertheless, Robb made a pretty funny coffee making contrapition, out
of a fondue set, three tea lights, aluminum foil, and a candy
thermometer. He dubbed the result Desperation Brew.
And finally, I wanted to mention that Robb and I have a date (if it
isn't pouring) tomorrow with the geocachers who stumbled across my
rose boxes while hunting for a place to hide their geocache. We've
going to try out each other's activities. A good way for me to
"test-drive" a gps!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Lisascenic
Creative Drinking Workshop? And Geocaching...
3 messages in this thread |
Started on 2005-12-31
Creative Drinking Workshop? And Geocaching...
From: Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2005-12-31 20:52:27 UTC
Re: Creative Drinking Workshop? And Geocaching...
From: Paul (pgonyea@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2006-01-01 16:31:03 UTC
--- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa Lazar" wrote:
>
> It almost seems that we should emulate my pal (and Paul's) Lock
> Wench's notion and follow the Creative Thinking Workshop with some
> creative drinking.
I do want to allow for some social time after the workshop. After all,
if people end up creatively stimulated, we'll all be bouncing ideas
off each other.
There will be a small amount of pre-work that people should do before
coming to the workshop. I'll publish a web page with details, but
basically, you arrive with certain ideas that we'll work with. For
now, here are 2 things you can begin thinking about. If you have a
small notebook or journal that's easy to carry around, make it into
your 'idea book', and write down your thoughts about these 2 questions:
1. What is YOUR definition of what a letterbox is?
2. What attributes can a letterbox have (i.e., size, hiding place,
logbook, etc.). List as many as you can come up with -- then see if
you can come up with some new ones.
Then, start a list in your idea book of themes and categories that
encompass areas like historical periods, environments, geography,
sacred/special places, art/architectural styles, pastimes, symbols,
things magical/supernatural/mythological, notable people, ethnic
groups, moods, ephemera... and ... and
You can find items for your list by looking around your home, at your
books, music, movies... and thinking about what catches your eye and
interests you.
Here's a bit of my list (some of these have inspired boxes or quilts
or...)
Venice, volcanos, medieval pageant plays, ancient Rome, old maps,
spice trade, Silk Road, voodoo, Atlantis, mazes, Eden, the circus,
totem poles, superstitions, Versailles, the Crusades, Art Deco,
croquet, planting and harvesting cycles, fireworks, eclipses,
fountains, Greek mythology, masks, illuminated manuscripts...
Once you start compiling this list, you'll be amazed at how handy
it'll be -- for a variety of things, not just boxes. And, you can
begin combining themes to come up with real novel concepts. Guess
what? This is what Cirque du Soleil does -- they blended gypsy music
with Icarus and the rain forest to create 'Varekai'.
Oh, and Lisa, dandelion wine uses just the petals of the flower, not
the greens. When you cook a lot of dandelion petals to make wine, the
smell is incredible. The finished wine doesn't taste like anything
you'd be familiar with. Traditionally, you pick the flowers and make
the wine in the spring, and drink the wine around Christmas. And yes,
my dandelion wine making friends did a performance of Ray Bradbury's
story in the stage version...
Paul in SF
>
> It almost seems that we should emulate my pal (and Paul's) Lock
> Wench's notion and follow the Creative Thinking Workshop with some
> creative drinking.
I do want to allow for some social time after the workshop. After all,
if people end up creatively stimulated, we'll all be bouncing ideas
off each other.
There will be a small amount of pre-work that people should do before
coming to the workshop. I'll publish a web page with details, but
basically, you arrive with certain ideas that we'll work with. For
now, here are 2 things you can begin thinking about. If you have a
small notebook or journal that's easy to carry around, make it into
your 'idea book', and write down your thoughts about these 2 questions:
1. What is YOUR definition of what a letterbox is?
2. What attributes can a letterbox have (i.e., size, hiding place,
logbook, etc.). List as many as you can come up with -- then see if
you can come up with some new ones.
Then, start a list in your idea book of themes and categories that
encompass areas like historical periods, environments, geography,
sacred/special places, art/architectural styles, pastimes, symbols,
things magical/supernatural/mythological, notable people, ethnic
groups, moods, ephemera... and ... and
You can find items for your list by looking around your home, at your
books, music, movies... and thinking about what catches your eye and
interests you.
Here's a bit of my list (some of these have inspired boxes or quilts
or...)
Venice, volcanos, medieval pageant plays, ancient Rome, old maps,
spice trade, Silk Road, voodoo, Atlantis, mazes, Eden, the circus,
totem poles, superstitions, Versailles, the Crusades, Art Deco,
croquet, planting and harvesting cycles, fireworks, eclipses,
fountains, Greek mythology, masks, illuminated manuscripts...
Once you start compiling this list, you'll be amazed at how handy
it'll be -- for a variety of things, not just boxes. And, you can
begin combining themes to come up with real novel concepts. Guess
what? This is what Cirque du Soleil does -- they blended gypsy music
with Icarus and the rain forest to create 'Varekai'.
Oh, and Lisa, dandelion wine uses just the petals of the flower, not
the greens. When you cook a lot of dandelion petals to make wine, the
smell is incredible. The finished wine doesn't taste like anything
you'd be familiar with. Traditionally, you pick the flowers and make
the wine in the spring, and drink the wine around Christmas. And yes,
my dandelion wine making friends did a performance of Ray Bradbury's
story in the stage version...
Paul in SF
RE: [LbNCA] Re: Creative Drinking Workshop? And Geocaching...
From: Hedglin, Nils A (Nils.A.Hedglin@Intel.Com) |
Date: 2006-01-03 08:49:37 UTC-08:00
-----Original Message-----
From: LbNCA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LbNCA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Paul
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:31 AM
To: LbNCA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNCA] Re: Creative Drinking Workshop? And Geocaching...
--- In LbNCA@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa Lazar"
>
> It almost seems that we should emulate my pal (and Paul's) Lock
> Wench's notion and follow the Creative Thinking Workshop with some
> creative drinking.
I do want to allow for some social time after the workshop. After all,
if people end up creatively stimulated, we'll all be bouncing ideas
off each other.
There will be a small amount of pre-work that people should do before
coming to the workshop. I'll publish a web page with details, but
basically, you arrive with certain ideas that we'll work with. For
now, here are 2 things you can begin thinking about. If you have a
small notebook or journal that's easy to carry around, make it into
your 'idea book', and write down your thoughts about these 2 questions:
1. What is YOUR definition of what a letterbox is?
2. What attributes can a letterbox have (i.e., size, hiding place,
logbook, etc.). List as many as you can come up with -- then see if
you can come up with some new ones.
Then, start a list in your idea book of themes and categories that
encompass areas like historical periods, environments, geography,
sacred/special places, art/architectural styles, pastimes, symbols,
things magical/supernatural/mythological, notable people, ethnic
groups, moods, ephemera... and ... and
You can find items for your list by looking around your home, at your
books, music, movies... and thinking about what catches your eye and
interests you.
Here's a bit of my list (some of these have inspired boxes or quilts
or...)
Venice, volcanos, medieval pageant plays, ancient Rome, old maps,
spice trade, Silk Road, voodoo, Atlantis, mazes, Eden, the circus,
totem poles, superstitions, Versailles, the Crusades, Art Deco,
croquet, planting and harvesting cycles, fireworks, eclipses,
fountains, Greek mythology, masks, illuminated manuscripts...
Once you start compiling this list, you'll be amazed at how handy
it'll be -- for a variety of things, not just boxes. And, you can
begin combining themes to come up with real novel concepts. Guess
what? This is what Cirque du Soleil does -- they blended gypsy music
with Icarus and the rain forest to create 'Varekai'.
Oh, and Lisa, dandelion wine uses just the petals of the flower, not
the greens. When you cook a lot of dandelion petals to make wine, the
smell is incredible. The finished wine doesn't taste like anything
you'd be familiar with. Traditionally, you pick the flowers and make
the wine in the spring, and drink the wine around Christmas. And yes,
my dandelion wine making friends did a performance of Ray Bradbury's
story in the stage version...
Paul in SF
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