CONNECTED // CONNECTING // ALWAYS AND ESPECIALLY NOW // DAY 8

A Thought:

“It’s easy to sell an empty large package or fake items, but what we are thinking is totally different. Most important thing is emotion and soul, things on the inner side. If I said “I will share this with you”, I really share with you. If I said “I’m working with this mountainous village”, I’m really working with that mountainous village…. We would like many people to have this mindset “don’t compete, share” even if it takes a long time.”

- Virigilio Martínez, Interview Foodion.com

An Action:

Assignment #8: Plan a Virtual Dinner Party

Plan a Virtual Dinner Party. Send out an invite to 4 - 6 people. Ask that everyone has their meal prepared by a specific time, that they have their table set, and that they get a little gussied up for the occasion. Position your computer so you can capture the entire meal (example below). At the determined time, everyone joins the online hang (google, zoom, uber) and shares in each other’s company.

D O C U M E N T A T I O N > Take a screen shot of everyone once dinner has commenced. Enjoy. Email screen shot and names of participants to friends@stoveworks.org

Framing Your Meal

This doesn’t meet the muster. Ideally, your computer is pushed far enough back to be able to capture your meal and yourself. ;)

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Gallery: Day 7: Collections, The Void

Jodi Hays, Nashville, TN

“A lot of the void is knowing the trees that lined these homes just two weeks ago. It’s barren and broken from the tornado.”

Charlotte Caldwell, Chattanooga, TN

The sidewall of the Fish Shack at the base of the Walnut Street Bridge. Nobody notices it anymore. They don’t seem to.

Jennifer Holder, Chattanooga, TN

“Things Are Not As They Appear”

I've been using a spice jar to hold my office supplies, buttons, extra earring backs, nails -- you name it -- since I was in college. It reminds me of the labels that society puts on us, and how they're usually wrong or don't tell the whole story.