So, unfortunately the janitors caught on quickly to Polka Dots appearing on walls that we don't own/have the right to. Boo Janitors. *shakes fist at you* However, there is one method of marketing/communication/networking in today's society that is particularly reliable and guess what? EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WALL, so nothing can get taken down! HOORAY FOR:
People "check their facebook" even more often than they check their email. This includes you, business executives. (Come on - you have a whole cubicle to yourself and you expect me to believe that you don't have a facebook tab up along with your email and multiple excel spreadsheets?? Puh-lease)
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People "check their facebook" even more often than they check their email. This includes you, business executives. (Come on - you have a whole cubicle to yourself and you expect me to believe that you don't have a facebook tab up along with your email and multiple excel spreadsheets?? Puh-lease)
In an effort to reach out to the masses, we are currently "playing" through our facebook statuses. Throughout the week, we will be posting provocative questions that we want your answers to. (Get your mind outta the gutter folks). Provocative meaning - "What Inspires You? What is your favorite video? What piece of art has provided you with the most inspiration?"(just to cite a few)
So...we want your answers! The best thing about this is you can post by commenting right under our statuses, and by doing that you are playing it forward. Doesn't get much easier than that!
So - if you are friends with Sarah, Karl, Chad, or I on Facebook, check out our statuses and reply! And if you don't know who the hell we are, then I challenge you, oh mystery reader, to use your Facebook status for this cause and then send us an email (forwardacts@gmail.com) with the results! We'll be posting our results on this blog shortly, and we'd be happy to post yours too!
Thanks for Playing!
EvaUPDATE
Here are the results! Thank you to everyone who played along.
Chad asked: What inspires YOU?
- Diane:
(1) The incredible, uplifting and life-affirming poetry I am periodically emailed from Panhala. (see archives here: http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html; subscription info is on bottom of page)
(2) The spiritual inspiration I recei...ve from the eloquent writings and breathtaking photography found on Abbey of the Arts. (http://abbeyofthearts.com/)
- Kelly: kindred spirits, animals in their natty habitats, the ocean, obsessions, art, true love ~ ~ ~ thee list is vast and i am thankful for that.
- Amanda: Good art, great friends, delicious food, strangers whose smiles intrigue me, odd chaps, empty journals and music.
AND BABIES!!!!!
Kidding about the babies. The rest is legit. - Hayley: friendship. love. pain. when the sun is shining. silence. rain clouds. http://www.goodmorningandgoodnight.com/ blank pages. a computer keyboard. natural, organic, yoga.
- Nikki: Clovers
- Amy: mac n' cheese.
- Julie: well first I was going to say you... but someone already stole that... and then tiffany's answer... but I guess... an actors/designers mind... As you know I am neither of these things and it amazes me how magical both of those people can be... how they can basically come up with something out of nothing... wish i had that talent...
- Alyssa: Knowledge and learning. There is something so miraculous and empowering to learn new things and see the world in a slightly different way.
Sarah said: Okay everyone, post the link to a favorite video, song, anything, that puts a smile to your face. Here's one I came across relating to the arts!! Keep this going!! :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuF6CpML3IQ
- Sara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9-sEbqDvUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouG4GpL1-I
- Phil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs
- Miranda : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKDbrS1m_A
watch this one on an empty stomach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAmWyfL_Ug
Sarah asked: "If you could invent an ice cream flavor what would it be called
- Alexia: Bacon
- Abby: Fruity eggnog or somethingTracy: Ritz cracker and applesauce
- Alecia: It would be called "go to bed" ice cream and it would be soooo gosh darn good.
- Rafael: chocolate and pepperoni
- Kristi: "Bare naked" - it would be an old fashioned vanilla type.
- Allison: It would be orange, and it would be called pulp fiction.
Sarah asked: "What is one of your bad habits? Mine is nail biting"
- Eddie: Mine is too. That and party habits
- Tom: Nail clipping, actually. Believe it or not.
- Parker: Oreos
- Phil: Sometimes I don't do my Spanish homework.
- Aaron: Meth
- Amy: Aaron's Meth.
- Tara: messing with my hair.
Sarah asked: "What is one of your biggest pet peeves? Do tell!"
- Cody: You :)
- Tara: Nails on a chalkboard...the word shall...people who sniffle. Get a freaking kleenex!
- Nikki: People calling me hun or sweetheart or darling when I don't know them or barely know them.
- Tina: People who don't clean up after themselves, talk with their mouths full (so that the half chewed food is visible), and ppl who take food off of ppl's plates w/o asking. I guess I have a few pet peeves, lol!
- Brittany: People scratching on material..ahh! It makes me cringe!
- Cathlyn: My top pet peeve: having my time wasted. But I also agree with Nikki - those names are in my top few.
- Alyssa: I hate when people cut me off in the hallway. The halls are wide people. And I hate those roller backpacks on the brick floors. It makes me so cranky.
- Phil: When perfectly able people take the elevator to go up one level.
- Allison: Usually it's when people ask me what my biggest pet peeve is.... but, I like you, Sarah, so I won't complain.
Eva asked: If you could choose one song, book, film, photograph, painting, sculpture, play, dance, etc. (piece of art) that has impacted you the most in your life or provided the most inspiration, what would it be?
- Affricanus: The sun
- Mallory: Greek goddesses...ahhahaha
- Marissa: Starry Night
- Courtney: The Sparrow - theatre.
- Chad: The Gift - Lewis Hyde
- Marty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJnYqrC_jfs
- Allison: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. I read it for the first time when I was 14, and I just re-read it a month ago, and the significance it has held in my life, whether outwardly manifested or hidden deep within, is vastly unparalleled.
- Parker: Into the Wild.
- Christopher: Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
- Robert: Francis Bacon's Tryptics
Karl asked: What is the most inspiring thing you have ever read, heard, seen or otherwise experienced?"
- Jordan: "I think sometimes we need to be reminded that we owe it to ourselves to not settle for the familiar and what's comfortable. Pursue the deepest desires of your heart. You deserve it."
- Sarah: a poem by ee cummings. let it go-the.
- Kelli: I'm sure ill change my mind as soon as i post this, but one is definitely, Before I Fall, a book.
- Joseph: Beerfest
- Hayley: There's like a million things I want to say to this, but the first thing I think of is "Eat, Pray, Love"
- Mary: Karl :) I'd have to say Eat, Pray, Love, as well! Inspiring, to say the absolute least...
- Phil: When I was fifteen years old I can attest that I saw a UFO. No lie.
- Dan: Never, ever give up. -Michael Scott. The Office.
- Tyler: "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Kristi: "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut
- Kristina: Hey, Karl,That's a big order to fill! Makes me dig deep, though, and get "all serious" about answering. I'll summarize and not get too detailed on the specific events, though. (That's me in a nutshell, I guess: detailed ambiguity. Most inspiring to me thus far: I've witnessed people speaking the truth in love to each other: actual love and respect and caring for fellow fallible human beings, while not abandoning each other to their own destructive devices but seeking lasting deliverance and joy for one another. At least once a day, the wonder and freedom of those experiences hit me again and spur me on, with the hope that it's always possible and available to rise above the dreadful tendency humanity has to drift toward chaos, to seek to truly come to care for and love people and not attempt to manipulate and control others when I feel inferior to their talents, accomplishments, honesty and happiness.
- Alyssa: Being in complete seclusion...where I am alone with my thoughts and my music.
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