Tasks / I Saw Something Beautiful
Using a saw, destroy something beautiful beautifully.
- or -
Using a saw, make beautiful music.
1 to 3 players
45 points
Level 3
Requires EquivalenZ OR The University of Aesthematics
Created by The Villain
2 completed :: 0 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
this task is retired
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I was thinking the same thing. And I was thinking it FIRST. Though when you've been thinking about a thing for this long without doing it, I suppose other people have the right to think about it too.
I dunno if you were thinking it first Senator.
I'm pretty sure there was nobody signed up for this when I signed up for it, and seeing that you're the only other one signed up for it, I think it's safe to say that we are the only two that can do anything about all of these whacky thoughts...
Them's fightin' words, respected Senator, accurate though they may be. Shall we settle this the old fashioned way? On the field of praxis? On the saw-strewn field of this task's praxis, in particular?
I must warn you, though, I've lost more duels than you've fought. When it comes to experience losing duels, none can match me. I wouldn't want to take advantage of someone untried in battle. No one will think any less of you if you choose to back down.
I erred. I had to drop that task to make way for something apparently.
I kept looking at it with big ideas, but after months had passed with no action, I decided to drop it in favor of something I would actually work on and complete.
I am sure our creators would activate the task for you so that this duel can take place... besides, when has something like a task being retired stopped you from completing it?
I'm signed up for it, but I have no real plans. It's yours, should you want it, Lincoln.
OK. Whether by using Loki to give me his task or by using Level Zerø, you're on Senator!
Did you hear me?
You're on!
Timeline?
I need some supplies, which can be gotten either fast or cheap. Prefer cheap. Couple weeks min maybe? But, it's up to you. As challengee, it's only fair that you get to set a deadline, or lack of deadline, as you wish. I'm in no hurry. (I realize there are Journeys to plan and other life-occupying activities afoot. Tasking on deadline can be fun, but it's only fun if you aren't skimping on other more important things.)
My life is crazy busy right now, but I can always find time for tasking.
I set a June 12th deadline.
DEADLINE!!
The 12th of June it is. Posts by the end of the 12th SF0 time, votes within a week to decide duel?
We shall see who is the last man standing.
Best not to assume that my goal is to remain standing. Assumptions may be your undoing, or your untasking, in this case.
I knew it was anna one's birthday.
I did not know it was Flea's birthday ass well.
The time draws near,
the children cower,
and look with fear
toward the saw-filled hour.
With sharpened blades,
we take the field.
Soon soft, pink flesh
to steel, will yield.
Circulars, bands,
mitres, and hackses -
all saws we command,
for honor, and praxes.
Those of you quivering in anticipation will be delighted to hear our praxes will be submitted soon, very likely today. But not by noon today.
ps. Happy birthday, birthdayers among you.
I wouldn't let him talk to you like that Lincoln, if I were you...
a little instigation never hurt anyone
Good point, Minch.
Also, dude, he totally just called you a sissy.
With an abundance of saws and a great void where the inspiration for the "beautiful something" should be I set raced through the week. My mind churned and chewed over the essential question of beauty; was beauty merely in appearance or substance? Could I destroy a piece of my art work? Does anyone, myself included, find my art beautiful? These and many other concerns plagued me this Yule, and as I lay on my roof watching the recent lunar eclipse I was struck by the idea that beauty is not simply how something looks or how much it can make you feel, but in how it changes you.
With this vague idea I summoned my trusty saw to work and set about destroying a piece of my childhood that changed me; "The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis.
The final entry into the Narnia series has always been my favorite and the idea of a life lived only to experience an even more potent sense of feelings and even more lucid sights as that life progressed is an idea I continue to believe in and pursue.
Actually destroying the book was harder than I initially thought it would be.
The pages and cover offered far more resistance than one would expect. After what seemed an endless hour of sawing the deed was done, and the loose pages fluttered around me in the growing wind. I buried the book properly by covering it in lava.
Utility indeed.
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(Part II)
(Part III) <(You are here)
(Part IV)
(Part V)
Praxis
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This proof is part of a taskduel with Lincoln. Please take a look at his proof before voting. This is one of those tasks which doesn't require much introduction. All I'll say in advance is that the audio is genuine, recoded with a microphone plac...
Boy did I have grand plans for this one. I was going to destroy something beautiful with a bunch of saws and film it all, and then I was going to cut all of the footage together in such a way as to make a song. Thus fulfilling both parts of the tas...
Heck, why not both?