Praxis (Completed Tasks)
Genuinely free, self-conscious, authentic activity as opposed to the alienated labour demanded under capitalism.
"Six Persimmons" by Mu Qi is a good example of the pinnacle of Chan (known in Japanese as Zen) philosophy applied to Asian painting. This was during the Song Dynasty. Totally genuine. I swear. I got it from a friend of a friend, who told me it fell...
Prologue: I had originally planned to get a bunch of other tasks done, but unsuccessfully hunting for a single plant in Strybing Arboretum yielded no results. Searching for a small weedy shrub in 20 acres, with no idea where to look, I should have kn...
When we decided to do a mission together, we decided to do the Taking Tree. You can read about that at the link provided. However, we also wanted to do another one. As we were scanning the list of available missions, we came across Fortune Not Cookie...
I didn't actually intend to do this task to begin with. It all started on the way back from Japantown, I'd fallen asleep in the car, and then my cousin woke me up and told me we were going to Grace Cathedral. I asked why, and she said, "To play in a ...
Written from about 2:15 to 2:45. It was actually kind of sad, I started it out writing horribly on a scrap of napkin, and moved on to typing it all up on my blackberry... I'm sitting in a restaurant in Japantown, cooped up at a table with my cousi...
Pretty basic task, bought a plant and left it our local green coffee store Pandemonium.
We were coming home from the coffee shop and had all been waiting on a time for this task and it presented itself here. The dates are a little messed up but we are working on it. Pretty simple write up for a simple task, ya know? Our fortune, for t...
The bottom of an empty bottle coming closer than its ever been measuring nights from tip to eraser losing yourself in the movie screen These complications and frustrations Close to careening over the edge Notes and lyrics lose their meaning and we're...
So I live in Alaska, which is definitely not short on trees. However, it was -20 degrees outside and the snow was knee deep. We decided that scarves were appropriate for the task since it is so cold. Instead of hiding the scarves we ended up dressin...
For christmas holidays I visited my sister who lives in SoundOfMusicCity. I grew up in SoundOfMusicCity. That may be the reason why I can't resist doing things like this task... Before I left home I prepared little paranoia-christmas tree-packages t...