Social Experiment - Potential Competition
Anonymous
I had this wild idea, to produce spontaneous prose and poetry, and maybe, do a competition. But It might not be worth it, so If anyone any thoughts please respond.
The idea:
Take an hour- Switch of your T.V, Switch of your WiFi, and switch off you phone. Sit for an hour, with no tech, time it with a clock or timer, then write the first thing that comes to your head. could be a poem, could be a thought.
I don't know, lock-down has made me think about the over reliance on tech.
This sounds almost like 'The Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron. Except that you were supposed to get up an hour earlier to write a stream of consciousness for an hour. This supposedly cleansed you from any harboring negativity, anxiety, et al that you may inadvertently be holding onto. ( It does work, btw, I've done the program/course. ) Yours, if I'm reading correctly, would allow you to do this any time of the day, as long as it's for an hour without technology involved?
Anonymous
Yes,
It has no time scale, or correct time to do it. it can be done when ever anyone has a free hour. But I wanted to see if there was any interest first, before launching some avant garde competition.
I also didn't want to make it competitive - just a selections of responses uploaded with no winner. I would participate myself. I want to see if technology or lack of has any effect on expression.
It has no time scale, or correct time to do it. it can be done when ever anyone has a free hour. But I wanted to see if there was any interest first, before launching some avant garde competition.
I also didn't want to make it competitive - just a selections of responses uploaded with no winner. I would participate myself. I want to see if technology or lack of has any effect on expression.
Anonymous
Thank you.
Anonymous
I barely watch TV to be fair, so this is pretty much how I write all the time...😂
But yes. Totally encouraging this idea.
But yes. Totally encouraging this idea.
Anonymous
Frustrated_prole said: I want to see if technology or lack of has any effect on expression.
Out of all my Ghostly Bible entries, I feel the “Mariah Scary, and the telly prompter” came out better than any other passage, because I wasn’t watching YouTube or using my phone to look at what others were doing in the background, and getting distracted.
What’s being asked of, is what I usually do anyway, for more than an hour. Following hundreds of people and trying to respond to everything and everyone is pointless.
Out of all my Ghostly Bible entries, I feel the “Mariah Scary, and the telly prompter” came out better than any other passage, because I wasn’t watching YouTube or using my phone to look at what others were doing in the background, and getting distracted.
What’s being asked of, is what I usually do anyway, for more than an hour. Following hundreds of people and trying to respond to everything and everyone is pointless.
Anonymous
Great feedback. I'll make a comp up at some point.
I never *empty* my mind...
I let the glass floweth over...;)...
Yet , funny enough ;
*Thought + Empty Mind* = 319 = Television
Interesting , to me , at least...
Yet , I believe that insisting the mind shut
down , to receive response , or messages ,
is not what we are designed for...
We are designed for information input...
Integration of information ?
Ahhh... now we are speaking where you are
suggesting , and heading , with your question...
That I could do , if you are interested !
I let the glass floweth over...;)...
Yet , funny enough ;
*Thought + Empty Mind* = 319 = Television
Interesting , to me , at least...
Yet , I believe that insisting the mind shut
down , to receive response , or messages ,
is not what we are designed for...
We are designed for information input...
Integration of information ?
Ahhh... now we are speaking where you are
suggesting , and heading , with your question...
That I could do , if you are interested !
Yes absolutely , I would give it a go , only I would have to request an alternate period of time modified choice There is NO WAY I could sit for an hour Or write for an hour Or clear my mind
Hahaha
Not laughing at you I like the idea
I must laugh at myself It took alot of years to get to where I am today
Profound Adult ADHD
I could do 15 on 5 off and set a limit of ten things to write on
I am not joking if you would like to modify
It is something I find enjoyable some of my best short stories started this way
Much Love V
Hahaha
Not laughing at you I like the idea
I must laugh at myself It took alot of years to get to where I am today
Profound Adult ADHD
I could do 15 on 5 off and set a limit of ten things to write on
I am not joking if you would like to modify
It is something I find enjoyable some of my best short stories started this way
Much Love V
Anonymous
15 mins sounds better yet you could do something like between 15 - 60 mins make it less strict. As its experimental. Even 10 - 60. I agree that an hour was quite an intense period of time. It being a social experiment and not a chemical experiment, I think that what you said makes sense.
