Super Vote by The Revolutionary
December 30th, 2007 9:02 PMthe significant Modus Operandi of the solo Seoul tasker Flitworth.
Beginning on December 3rd with Creation Donation, Flitworth learned how to fold an origami rose, which is nothing short of hours of solitary struggle, and still had the drive when she was done to make 30 of them as a gift to Queen Bex, 41 to plant conspicuously around Seoul to spread word of the Revolution, and at least 24 more as the Army of One. These beautiful roses pour like water from her hands, and she makes no sign of stopping any time soon.
This inspired The Revolutionary to try to make such a rose for a puppet show, performed on December 28th. Terpsichore and he sat down at 9PM on the night of the 26th, with instructions for the folding of an origami rose designed by Toshikazu Kawasaki. The next two and a half hours were the greatest test of the sanity of these two stalwart taskers. The Kawasaki Rose is 5 pages of origami-instruction madness, each page more harrowing than the last. Only through teamwork and their insistence to prove their worth to the Tasker of Seoul did they manage to make it through all 29 steps. At one point Terpsichore went into convulsion for 15 seconds. The Revolutionary thought his teeth were chewing through his spinal chord for steps 13 through 29. This is not a task to be attempted alone.
The prize: two floppy-looking white roses covered in highlighter and chicken-scratch were set in a box, with a typewritten letter, to Flitworth of Seoul.
Two more roses, one red and one blue, were folded for use in The Revolutionary's Revival of the Oral Tradition. Thanks to Flitworth, this was the capstone for the entire performance.
Jesus Christ, this was hard!
As this is the end of the Era, and we are losing sorely to the Pirates in the battle for Flitworth's affection, we are posting this to the Praxis before receiving word that the package has arrived in Seoul. Please accept these photographs as proof of the Super Vote, and may the physical package make its way across the ocean with great speed.
Our first attempts at origami roses.
The ugly little fruits of 150 braincrushing minutes.
Kawasaki Rose
This should be a level 5 task.
Flitworth, this is the package you are looking for.
Sent 9m53s before the closing of the post office on the last day of Glasnost.
13 vote(s)
JJason Recognition
5
Lincøln
5
Jellybean of Thark
5
anna one
5
lara black
5
Charlie Fish
5
lucky penny
5
Flitworth
5
High Countess Emily
5
Bex.
5
susy derkins
5
Secret Agent
5
Pixie
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Flitworth calls for proof of donations to be made to SSI. This is selfless, and entirely possible. Let's do it!
Getting mail from The Revolutionary is one of the most exciting things in the world.
The package was received...I had another rose project but it fell apart...I have reconstituted it into a relevant message (with a limited section of the alphabet) that captured a small portion of my pleasure upon viewing the contents.
I should add that getting mail from The Revolutionary really is an honour, as is being the subject of a Super Vote. Having the two combined...I am forced to think of a BS IR Theory word, "fragmegration". So many things are causing a sense of shattering surprise and pleasing wholeness these days...
We'll beat those pirates yet!