Tasks / City Of Neighborly Love
Introduce yourself to a neighbor you've seen around, and perhaps nodded to, but never spoken with. Share a meal, or simply a story. If your neighbor doesn't want to be documented, tell us about your encounter; what did you expect your neighbor to be like? Did anything about your neighbor surprise you?
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In the zone of: Humanitarian Crisis
Created by inquisitive dragonfly
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Somewhat unrelated to National Neighborhood Day, yesterday (Sept. 19th) my block held it's first block party. Nothing grand, nothing special - an unrehearsed Cumbia Trio, an A Capella rendition of Bob Marley, and lots of fried chicken and american cheese.
But then one man asked another woman who she knew on the block, who promptly replied, "I'm not a guest - I live on the block." The man had lived there for 6 years, and had never seen her. She had purchased a house on the corner four years ago. They lived 500 feet apart, and this was the first time they had ever seen eachother's faces.
And this was the recurring story of the afternoon - which made me realize the indismissable importance of something so mundane and un-hip as a one-block neighborhood party. Though I'll be moving away from this block in less than a month, I will leave knowing that these people know eachother's names now, and will say hello on their way to work, and will gather eachother's mail when people go out of town. It's amazing to see a neighborhood's internal strength go from practically nothing to cohesive and healthy within the span of 6 hours.
Just some words of encouragement for everyone to spend today (September 20th) making a connection in their neighborhood.
despite almost daily finding some poor tourist to scare, somehow id feel really odd doing this, although ive considered doing it a millions times.
Praxis
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Introduce yourself to a neighbor. Document a burgeoning relationship. The neighbor must be one you have lived near for AT LEAST 6 months without having more than nodded at in passing, because that will freak them out even more. Eventually, get them to invite you to dinner.
This is an SFZEROSAT task from inquisitive dragonfly.