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Blanket to cover floor of communal shade area.
Something soft/warm like a cushion or similar for the cuddle puddle/communal area
Found art item
Snack or drink for the party. Pandora has researched food, here's what they snacked on in the 50's that would be easy to bring: Chexmix, fruit kebobs, salted almonds, marinated olives and/or mushrooms, cheese ball, Vienna sausages, cheese whizz, dips and crackers, Tang.

o Pandora is bringing Jello-O with alcohol
o Kylie is bringing olives and a bunt cake
o Chad is bringing martini glasses

How you can help

More ear flowers to go in the garden would be great! Wed like as many people to contribute as possible so it feels more like a camp art piece we create together. We haven't gotten any animals to put human ears on...
If anyone has any Astroturf it would really make the garden project and of course more ear plants would be fabulous. If you find you have any spare solar lights, that would top it off nicely too.
We need found art objects. Think about small items to bring which represent where we are evolutionarily (anything you would like to gift or an object that has relevance to our evolution). We need ribbons/reusable ties to secure them on with. The objects can be any size as long as they can be secured to the fencing and as long as the fencing will support their weight. We could really use some el-wire or solar lights so it could be interactive 24 hours and so people don't run into it.

For a sign we will probably write our camp name on a banner made out of an old sheet or pillowcases unless anyone wants to do something along the signage line. We also have an old flag that can be used.

Afternoon party for interacting with our immediate neighbors. We will be inviting people with fliers .
If you have or come across any old style Tupperware bring it along with some food or drink for the party and of course bring your inner 50's housewife out to the playa.

Involving the public in influencing the evolution of our camp's name over the course of the week. As people come and physically change our name using E, A, and R words, they will be reflecting their ideas and experience on us and everyone who walks past. The more we influence each other and have experiences which inform us, the further along our evolutionary path we move. We will furnish a base set of words for people to use but participants will also be able to create their own words to add.
The Name Game is going to be on fabric with velcro.

We have a picket fence for the ear garden and some ear plants. Plastic and rubber ears attached to some silk leaves. Ear lights that light up when pressed. Plastic human ears on the animals.

People can challenge themselves psychologically with the "E.A.R.", our *E*volutionary *A*coustic *R*eceiver: a 10'x6' lounge-able foam ear with it's canal opening onto the playa. We will invite participants to speak into the E.A.R. and facilitate their own evolution by expressing the things they wish they could say to themselves, a specific person, our leaders, our culture, our nation, our community, our world, our reality. Things they wish they had said in conversations past, things they are afraid to say or admit, anything can be expressed and heard. We will offer a safe environment to explore the connection between expression, belief, dogma and truth in an intentional, positive, impromptu way. We've found the E.A.R. to be a draw for people 24 hours a day.
Cuddle puddle: using a spare blow up pool with pillows and blanket, rugs, and pillows brought by camp members. Tarps work well underneath the layers of blankets. Ideas include putting flags on poles out front with our camp name on them.

Will allow participants to physically wash away the dust that has collected in their ears while also metaphorically opening up their ears to more conscious listening.

A painting structure which begins playa life each year as a 20' x 12' white empty canvas and goes through continual evolution as an art piece throughout the week as participants contribute their creativity. It is sturdy enough to hold people on its roof (we have an experienced builder in camp who brings this project) so every surface of the structure gets layer upon layer of colorful expression.

Participants will encounter a treasure trove of found objects which may be mounted together to form an evolving art piece. People may use our objects (which will include ceramic shapes created by a ceramics artist in our camp) or contribute their own as they manipulate the objects into a representation of our collective evolutionary status.
We have 4 posts of rebar set in a square with barrier fencing around them to make 4 surfaces for mounting the objects. So each panel will be 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. So far we have some pieces of rebar but they are a little smaller than our ideal. There is fabric to drape along the rebar and across the top so it doesn't look so industrial.

Questions, comments, problems? Send email to Darius!

Darius: dgalinis@gmail.com