[ilssa] Re: LAST CALL for Festival 2011
- From: maria <greenteacomfort@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
yes! i want in!
i really have no idea what to 'do' because my primary medium is fiber - dyeing,
spinning, knitting, etc, none of which really lends itself to any form of
remotely practical or even awesome non practical object of which 50 can be
completed in one day. so any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.
also let me know what i need to send you -- i just joined recently and still
haven't sent my proper email or letter with all my info. sorry!
--maria
--- On Fri, 6/17/11, ILSSA Operator <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: ILSSA Operator <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ilssa] LAST CALL for Festival 2011
To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 1:24 PM
So far we have 16 YESes for the Festival to Plead for Skills. So if you were
thinking of bowing out this year because you couldn't quite handle making 50
pieces this year, maybe rethink your participation?
Please let us know if you will participate by next Friday, JUNE 24. And we'll
send out the final number and the updated directory to all participants soon
afterward!
best wishes,your co-ops
----ALL ABOUT THE FESTIVAL below----email if you have more questions!----
dear ILSSA,
It is that time of year again! Time for us to count the heads (and hands and
hearts, but we'll stick to heads, as they are easiest to count) of those who
plan to participate in the 3rd Annual Festival to Plead for Skills on Thursday,
July 7, 2011.
As you may already know, each year on the seventh day of the seventh month
ILSSA celebrates its own version of The Festival to Plead for Skills. The
festival is derived from the Chinese holiday of Qi Xi and the Japanese festival
of Tanabata, in which celebrants wish for the betterment of their own
craftsmanship. Instead of wishing, the ILSSA festival is a holiday of
PRACTICING.We invite all ILSSA Members to observe this holiday by generating
some sort of small object as iterations of their practice. The resulting
objects should be no larger than 2 inches in any dimension, and should be the
natural result of practicing a skill: using a tool, trying a method, honing a
technique. Conceive of this project as something you can complete entirely on
July 7th. We imagine Impractical Laborers spanning the continents, practicing
together in observance of the holiday.After the Festival, we ask that you mail
one of each of your objects to all other participating
members, such that everyone can share in your practice of that day.
(International members, you may send one package of all objects to an Operator,
who will distribute your practice with hers.) To that end, we will send an
updated ILSSA Member Directory of all Directory members in early July,
indicating which members are participating in the Festival. If you have any
address changes, regardless if you're participating in the Festival, be sure to
let us know!As each member handles his or her own postage and box-making for
the accumulated objects (see template below) there is NO FEE to participate.
But in order for all members to know how many objects to make, we do need a
headcount! So please write directly to operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to let us
know if you're a YES.
*AND*another festival-related invitation:Did you participate in the 2010
Festival? Would you like to make a guide to the festival objects: a simple
affair that shows images of objects and their corresponding statements? (See
the below 2009 Guide for reference.) If you'd delight in making 75-100 copies
of such a thing, write your co-operators at operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx We
are happy of course to cover your (modest!) material expenses. (Perhaps you
didn't participate in the 2009 Festival and thus did not receive the 2009
guide. If you'd like a copy, email us! We have a limited quantity available,
first come first served.)
*other news*We are ashamed that you do not yet have in your hands the last 2010
Quarterly, but we co-operators will together be sitting and *hand addressing*
those at the end of May, so we can guarantee they will be in your hands within
the first weeks of June.
And, btw, have you renewed for 2011? This Quarterly will be your last mailing
if you have not, and we would be so sorry to lose you from our ranks. We'd also
be disheartened to remind you that if you do not renew, you will receive no
more publications from us, you will not be listed on the website, nor in the
directory, and thus will not receive anything from the Festival, nor would you
be eligible to participate in the 2012 exhibition at St Mary's. Gosh! It is SO
WORTH the $12, not to mention we need you to stay strong! (to
renew: http://www.impractical-labor.org/join.html, select "2011 membership",
and write a note via Paypal stating you're a renewal, and THANKS.)
yours ever impractically,the co-operators
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