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The Irrational Objects Game |
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Iniciated by Arthur Spota |
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The Object: A Baby Rattle Lost In A Cave
1) How did it come to appear in the Cave? through the powers of the undead manifesting in the living world (Derek
Scefonas) A giant, diapered baby put it there.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) I dropped it there. (Virginia Valentine Coles) Because the baby who played in the cave was eaten by the lion.
(Zazie) By the reflecting of light on the Rattle, probably by moonlight.
(Willem den Broeder) Maybe a blind man who wanted to use it instead of a pocket lamp in search
for his soul. (Valentina Marandoiu) it was left there. (Lady Cadaver) That is for the cold cave-winds to know - if there's anyone who (still)
speaks their language (and I suspect Norway here),they should speak up.
(Xtian) The baby rattle fell from a fitful eye in a mirror--because chapstick was
not applied. (John Lawson) The baby rattle pre-existed caves and babies. When lava erupted through the
primordial ocean and hardened against the atmosphere, it created an island
underneath the rattle. The cave formed when a volcanic mountain disintegrated
and buried the rattle in rubble while leaving a respectful distance all around
it. (Parry Harndon) A great flood carried it there when the owners were forced to board slave
ships. (Andrew Torch) A bear brought it. (Craig Blair) It was abandoned there by a genii who began dreaming a civilization but
woke up before it had matured beyond the age of two. (Arthur Spota) It was mislaid during a personal nocturnal ritual.
(Gypsy Sherred) The appearance of little rattles have their roots in celtic origins. The
exact time of their appearance is unknown, but several muddy girls brought them
to their caves to play. (Richard Dotson) I left it myself in a dream. (Ribitch) fashioned by deposits. (Jason Palmer)
2) What is its latent relationship to the Cave? It is its mother (Derek Scefonas) An echo. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Sucking. (Virginia Valentine Coles) The whole entity is just a metamorphosis of the dissection table.
(Zazie) The Rattle and the Cave are both on the same moment in time, together!
(Willem den Broeder) A beginning of the world. (Valentina Marandoiu)
keeping the snakes company (Lady Cadaver) It is actually a foreigner - the story behind it is sad and tragic,
involving wooden ships. It belongs now, but that came via conflict.
(Xtian) The rattle is used by the cave to lure babies in for the purpose of
consumption. The cave dotes on the rattle, which in turn appreciates the
attention. (John Lawson) It demonstrates that every growing embryo is a potentially dangerous
snake. (Parry Harndon) The melancholiness of the darkness. (Andrew Torch) It is in love with it. (Craig Blair) It is a heavenly vault in an alchemical cauldron. (Arthur Spota) It embodies the cave's desire for sound. (Gypsy Sherred) It is a dream of balancing alternatives to time. Makers of rattles know
their secrets and reveal them to winged descendants. (Richard Dotson)
It was cold outside the cave, to which I needed to return for warmth.
(Ribitch) exists as an object of deformity a silent resemblance due to inherent
contnent. (Jason Palmer)
3) Who has suffered most from its loss? the virtuous (Derek Scefonas) Nobody, it has not been missed, the baby was annoyed but the constant
noise. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Adolf Hitler. (Virginia Valentine Coles) The baby (Zazie) The mother of the baby, he cried for 5 years! (Willem den
Broeder) The Cave if that would have was alive or the blind man would have was more
happy if he would have could give back the time with auxiliary it. (Valentina
Marandoiu) it was never lost. it is waiting to be found. (Lady Cadaver) A blonde woman - very long, thin, and drawn with a pencil.
(Xtian) The men of the United States Airforce (women remain unaffected).
(John Lawson) No one. Only the rattle itself realizes it is lost. (Parry
Harndon) All those that lost their childhood to a war. (Andrew Torch) The baby. (Craig Blair) Christianity. (Arthur Spota) A man in a black hood, who can no longer use it to summon and repel. (Gypsy
Sherred) Suffering loss is only the way for the forest. (Richard Dotson)
My dead brother, who's been hanging in the closet ever since. (Ribitch) the person who found it (perhaps a young child wishing it to be real).
(Jason Palmer)
4) Of all the species that have encountered it accidentally in the Cave, who was most affected by it, and how so? the fallen priests, they see innocence reflected back at them and they
weep (Derek Scefonas)
A cucaracha, that was wondering around, was finally frustrated by the mere
size of the thing. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Cave woman who has not yet learned to suck but does catapult herself into
21st Century paid-advertisment fame by inventing the Mastodon Stew Stirrer.
(Virginia Valentine Coles) The ants because it was not eatable. (Zazie) Species with ears more than species without eyes! (Willem den
Broeder) All those species which do not live without light and liberty in motion.
(Valentina Marandoiu) the octopus was confused as it tasted nothing like chicken! he's always
believed what does not taste like fish, must taste like chicken! talk about a
shock !!! (Lady Cadaver) I suspect certain types of beetles live in it (I don't
know their name / species). They have set up a propserous oasis for trading lines (for insects). (Xtian) Naturist blind ants, albino due to countless generations in the dark. They
worship this rattle as their Blood God, as it is perpetually drenched in blood.
(John Lawson) A herd of translucent termites which mistook it for their queen wasted
their lives protecting it from the cave's revenue collectors.
(Parry Harndon) The monkeys. They could never figure out what made it rattle...it
eventually resulted in deep psychological problems. (Andrew Torch) The ant, because it was in its path (Craig Blair) The scarobs, who mistaking the rattle for a ball of dung, rolled it
underground, crawled inside, and trying to feed off the residue child energy and
failing, could not lay their eggs. (Arthur Spota) The bats, whose sonar senses perceive it as a fallen cousin.
(Gypsy Sherred) By three million notes of organ music remembered by derelict winos that now
piss in the caves. (Richard Dotson) Three crows who were hunting for grubs, they began to argue over obsession
of the object. (Ribitch) many have passed by, failing to realize it's potential to spark ideas, they
were all affected the same, a moment lost. (Jason Palmer)
5) If you were to encounter it by chance in a disorienting setting, what
subconscious memory would it trigger in you? the houseboat where trees fly (Derek Scefonas) All that rattle.... (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) My father splitting his skull with a double-bladed axe.
(Virginia Valentine Coles) When i was driving on the highway at night and i was blinded by the cars
coming towards me. (Zazie) The anguish of being lost in time, or being locked up in time!
(Willem den Broeder) I think that would wake up in me an anxiety of primitive memory generated
by sentiment of a type of abandonment, incertitude, fear.
(Valentina Marandoiu) my grandfather who i have never met. (Lady Cadaver) I just don't know. (Xtian) A time when I was five years of age, wandering sidewalks alone, lost,
happy, feeling as though the sharks roaming the streets had devoured my family.
All the ankles and skirts and pants whizzing by were an ecstasy which no child
should experience. (John Lawson) A strange-coloured affection for the girl screaming on the Zipper carnival
ride. (Parry Harndon) Being left out in the rain. (Andrew Torch) Babar the elephant (really!) (Craig Blair) Waking up and looking out the window over my crib and seeing the head of a
taunt, primitive animal looking in at me with a hideous grin transfixed on its
face. At the time and until this day I cannot fathom if I was dreaming or it
really happened. Years later I encountered that animal again in a painting by
Wilfredo Lam. (Arthur Spota) Myself, at two years old, being watched by an elderly lady who lives in the
flat downstairs as I pursue a white cat up a fire escape.
(Gypsy Sherred) Gravel in wheelbarrows and a ham sandwich. (Richard Dotson) My Grandmothers teeth bared in a horrible grin as she hooked electrodes to
my testicles. (Ribitch) 70's sitcom music (Jason Palmer) 6) What is its most common, least obvious use?
most common:tranquility under stars
least:doing the dreadlords bidding (Derek Scefonas) It has been known to be useful in getting rid of ants in the kitchen.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Insole massager. (Virginia Valentine Coles) To protect yourself against snakes. (Zazie) Its most common is that the cave and the rattle see each other regularly
at the same time! (Willem den Broeder)
when mother cannot placate with milk, a noisemaker shall give her peace and
quiet. (Lady Cadaver) Most common: its a city (for aforementioned insects.
No pun intended: its a thriving community. Lights are on all the time. Least obvious: archeological find, proving alien contact
from light grey parts of Milky Way. (Xtian) The rattle is best used to flip "flapjacks" (pancakes). (John
Lawson) It is shaken over the High Priest's head during the ritual human sacrifice
at Bohemian Grove. (Parry Harndon) Punishment device. (Andrew Torch) Oral gratification (Craig Blair) Used by babies to hit other annoying babies over the head. (Arthur
Spota) Its most common use is to invoke sensations of thirst. Its least obvious
use is that it can also quench those sensations. (Gypsy Sherred) call forwarding (Richard Dotson) To call forth the shadows of the wind on the third morning of dust.
(Ribitch) conversation (Jason Palmer)
7) What is its most subversive use? mocking the druids (Derek Scefonas) Creating disconcerting dreams in your neighbor if you can gain access
unobstructed to the side of his or her bed in the middle of the night.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Houses a smart bomb triggered by sucking.
(Virginia Valentine Coles) To use it as a microphone. (Zazie) Makes noise, each rest assassinated! (Willem den Broeder) training. (Lady Cadaver) The power to attract charlatans. (Xtian) The rattle has been used to bore into the thighs of the indevout which in
turn allowed all the little mechanoids to escape their fleshy imprisonment.
(John Lawson) Cuban communists shake it to transmit Morse Code propaganda that hypnotizes
Americans into wanting socialized medicine. (Parry Harndon) Torture device for the blind or against the blind....
(Andrew Torch) As a weapon (Craig Blair) A dream catcher to accelerate a child's psychic abilities. (Arthur
Spota) The provision of a scratching, echoing, rattling sound at the periphery of
hearing, inducing subtly hysterical effects which disrupt the normally
complacent psychological states of the daylight hours. (Gypsy
Sherred) scraping rock surfaces (Richard Dotson) Used as a shaman's drum to evoke my ancestors. (Ribitch) more conversation. (Jason Palmer)
8) If it was in your hand right now, how would you incorporate it
productively into your daily life? I wear it around my neck with a pouch filled with proactive herbs
(Derek Scefonas) I would mambo down the street dressed as a giraffe.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Toss it into the Phi Sigma Kappa house. (Virginia Valentine
Coles) It would give the rythm i want to my daily live. (Zazie) I would rattle to everyone around me to be quiet, and to kneel to me if I
be the king himself! (Willem den Broeder) first - I'd transform it in a positive real thing and then - just like
A.Schwarzeneger I'd shoot with it all wrinkles of humanity.
(Valentina Marandoiu) i would take it to the politicians of the world and shake it in each ones
face until i found one who smiled and said 'thank you' (Lady Cadaver) I'd use it to make music, or maybe - I just remembered
the insects. I was going to say use it to flatten dough, but the insects would be in the way. I'd probably pickle it (I pickle objects - pegs, brains, keys, whatever. I'm planning to have a museum of pickled everyday objects one day.) (Xtian) Absolutely not, in fact I would bash you in the head with it for suggesting
such a thing! (John Lawson) I would use it to tenderize meat. (Parry Harndon) Use its rhythm to meditate. (Andrew Torch) Use it to relive stress (Craig Blair) I'd use it to hypnotize and regress the ghost in my hallway, so I could
find out what it wants of me. (Arthur Spota) I would bang it repeatedly on the edge of my desk, until it broke or my
hand started bleeding. Then I could return to work satisfied.
(Gypsy Sherred) I could never do that. I have no daily life. (Richard Dotson) I would use it as a ladder in my sleep. (Ribitch) acting as if it were a chicken drum-stick just to get an absurd cackle here
and there. (Jason Palmer)
9) Is it capable of metamorphoses? no (Derek Scefonas) It would become a multicolored balloon for hamsters to travel in.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington)
Only under the full moon. (Virginia Valentine Coles) Sure it is. Very often, when it wants to get some attention it starts to
liquefy itself into a pool of blood. (Zazie) Natural change in air pressure displacement and public safety!
(Willem den Broeder) no. it is sad about this though. (Lady Cadaver) No, not at all. It will break down due to wear and
tear (and because of the natural growth of the "Insect Oasis"), at which point the insects will have to leave the cave - forever. (Xtian) No, only when it is assisted by the horrid shadows left behind by Danny
DeVito (he does not recycle his shadows). (John Lawson) Yes, but only when no one is looking. (Parry Harndon) No (Andrew Torch) No (Craig Blair) No, but capable of inter-dimensional functions.
(Arthur Spota) No. (Gypsy Sherred) Only if it carried to Bell Island and delivered to the Pelican Girl
herself. (Richard Dotson) Yes! Like a shape shifter under my eyelids. (Ribitch) yes, chicken. (Jason Palmer)
10) Is it capable of transforming others. If so, how? yes; passing through worlds and worlds (Derek Scefonas) Ahhh! now we are talking about a whole different kind of rattle
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Yes. It can blow them to smithereens.
(Virginia Valentine Coles) When it has become a pool of blood and you are looking at it you will be
transformed into a vampire. (Zazie) No it only works at idiots as I! (Willem den Broeder) no. it only distracts (those who are distracted) into being themselves.
(Lady Cadaver) Well, it has dragged insects from insectness into
mythological empire builders. (Xtian) The process occurs when too much caffeine has been absorbed into the
bloodstream of others (IE arctic wolves, lumps of quartz, et cetera). The
rattle employs screwdrivers to manipulate the systems which other forms take for
granted and makes use of selkie hair. Others never become aware of their
transformation. (John Lawson) It can transform other baby rattles into reptiles.
(Parry Harndon) Yes, telepathically. (Andrew Torch)
It has a calming effect on some, an annoying effect on others (Craig Blair) Yes, by converting the echoes of a dharmic plain into inner feelings, it
conveys a deep sense of emptiness and loss to anyone who's within 20 feet of
it. (Arthur Spota) Yes, since all who encounter it can use it to produce something out of
nothing. (Gypsy Sherred) Every 17th one has transformational properties. But the last one in the
sequence remains as a mama's boy. (Richard Dotson) Only if others are receptive to transformation. (Ribitch) yes, through violence.....senseless violence.... also laughing (deep down
inside) because it looks like chicken. (Jason Palmer)
11) If you were to see it reflected in a mirror, what would its negative
image suggest to you? a starfall (Derek Scefonas) A transparent glass tree. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Yuppie larvae. (Virginia Valentine Coles) That there must be something wrong. (Zazie) The reflection succeeds not, therefore the mirror picture would be
transparent! (Willem den Broeder) The inquisition. (Valentina Marandoiu) the octopus was right. it would tast nothing like chicken. nor fish for
that matter. (Lady Cadaver) Forgetfullness. (Xtian) A lightless cluck-hole, squirming and featherless, ready of the barbecue of
iniquity. (John Lawson) A bird feeder surrounded by wasps. (Parry Harndon) Loneliness. (Andrew Torch) Nothing (Craig Blair) Bone marrow. (Arthur Spota) A blind cave fish, washed ashore by a subterranean tide. (Gypsy
Sherred) Cat whiskers. (Richard Dotson) A kiss! (Ribitch) a small bag of sand existing within it's own gravitatinal pull....upward.
(Jason Palmer)
12) With what Historical figure can it be associated? Dath'toraon (Derek Scefonas) With Dwight Eisenhower. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) The Queen Mum without her hat. (Virginia Valentine Coles) With Hitler. (Zazie) Absolute with the figure five, because the figure the five origin is of all
rattles, as at confesses everyone! (Willem den Broeder) The inquisition. (Valentina Marandoiu) any with more than 2 legs or 4 hands. (Lady Cadaver) Tricky one - not a human. Someone from outer space
(greay part of Milky Way) who lost it, and the richest insect merchant who "controls" the oasis. (Xtian) Chester Alan Arthur, twenty-first president of the United States.
(John Lawson) Anne Ninon de Lenclos, who used it as a diaphragm. (Parry
Harndon) George W. Bush (Andrew Torch) Napoleon (Craig Blair) Dr. Gaston Ferdiere. (Arthur Spota) Lee Scratch Perry. (Gypsy Sherred) Bo Diddley (Richard Dotson) Comte De Lautremont. (Ribitch) Antonin Gaudi. (Jason Palmer) 13) What part of a sleeping woman's/man's naked anatomy would you place it
on? solar plexus (Derek Scefonas) Well, the naked bodies would be sleeping, have their hands gently placed on
their chests with the rattle in their hands. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) In between the big toe and index toe. (Virginia Valentine Coles) On the ribs. (Zazie) Ten inch above the buttock split! (Willem den Broeder) I'd put it by one ear. (Valentina Marandoiu) woman: breasts
man: standing upright sticking out of the bellybutton. (Lady
Cadaver) I don't think I would. I'd have to find it first, and even then - eurgh,
The insects. I hate insects. (Xtian) The pelt. (John Lawson) The forehead. (Parry Harndon) The ear lobe. (Andrew Torch) The forehead of both (Craig Blair) The solar plexus. (Arthur Spota) The sternum. (Gypsy Sherred) Between the middle and fourth toes (Richard Dotson) On a woman, the curve of her thigh, on a man the butterfly of his penis.
(Ribitch) her left clavical, wondering if will will roll into the soft valley of her
neck or have a stand-off with her breasts. (Jason Palmer)
14) And if he/she were dead? 3rd eye (Derek Scefonas) The rattle gets buried with them for the purpose of simple music in the
after life, an antique gramophone would be added for additional sources of music
along a bunch of 78 records. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Up the ass. Might save on funeral costs. (Virginia Valentine
Coles) On the skull. (Zazie) In the skull (Willem den Broeder) It beats me. (Valentina Marandoiu) i wouldn't - they've obviously been overdoing it again and need a different
flavour. (Lady Cadaver) In the mouth - let the insects travel into the belly. (Xtian) The portions not used for cooking (to keep things kosher). (John
Lawson)
Inside the mouth. (Parry Harndon) On the big toe (like a toe-tag) (Andrew Torch) Same (Craig Blair) On The Forehead. (Arthur Spota) The left hand. (Gypsy Sherred) In the right ear (Richard Dotson) It would be removed and shaken above them both from head to foot.
(Ribitch) the same (Jason Palmer)
15) In what material do you see it wrapped? It is wrapped in spider webs. (Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Baby mastodon gift wrap (the furry kind). (Virginia Valentine
Coles) In the baby's skin. (Zazie) In gold foil (Willem den Broeder) dirt. clay. bichamin (spelling?). tar. mud. (Lady Cadaver) Dirt. (Xtian) Glittery, aluminum-style gift paper. (John Lawson) A death shroud. (Parry Harndon) A comfortable blanket. (Andrew Torch) It is naked (Craig Blair) Foreskin. (Arthur Spota) A very thin, but infinitely elastic, translucent skin. (Gypsy
Sherred) Grape leaves (Richard Dotson) The first layer would be a layer of fog, followed by a layer of silk.
(Ribitch) tissue paper, like a sad gift. (Jason Palmer)
16) If it was made available to George W. Bush or Saddam Hussein
mysteriously in the middle of the night, what would their initial impulses
towards it reveal about them? they are children (Derek Scefonas) The rattles from the opposing sides would be detonated in the middle of the
desert thus solving all the problems of the world.
(Pablo Weisz-Carrington) Infantile paralysis. (Virginia Valentine Coles) That they are bloody monsters. (Zazie) She will have to ask on that moment where their youth in the brain is
remained and where thoughtless behaviour to can suffer!
(Willem den Broeder) If their chilhoods had not died, probably G.W.Bush would have said [ once
more ] "I must fight for it ( the chilhood) not die definitive" and S.Hussein
would have had the chance of a doubtful moment for what is really him - maybe
not. (Valentina Marandoiu) they would be frightened. confused. until little johhny howard turns up
gurgelling like a pigglet and steals it whilst running off and shaking it. only
then would they understand and argue over which one of them is at fault until
the sun rises and destroys them both. (Lady Cadaver) Hussein loves waltz - and would dance till dawn. Bush
- he'd have diarrhea and go catatonic forever, shaking, sweating, eyes bulging, terrorised catatonia. (Xtian) The impulse to wear pink tights at seeing said rattle would reveal an
inclination toward self-loathing, the cultivation of nail fungus, and a severe
lack of air conditioning. (John Lawson) George W. Bush would eye it suspiciously, nudge it with his toe, look
around, pick it up, shake it, and continue playing with it till dawn. Saddam
Hussein would cover it with gob and use it to slick his hair. (Parry
Harndon) That George really longs for his childhood and mother's breast milk.
(Andrew Torch) They were going insane. They are both too concerned about reality.
(Craig Blair) George W. would feel an inexplicable revulsion to his own loins, followed
by a barely conscious memory of once being content nestled between his mother's
breasts, the attention and approval he's been searching for ever since. For a
laugh Hussein takes it back to bed with him and vividly dreams of himself riding
in a gondala in Venice with the most loving woman imaginable, only to wake up in
the despair of knowing his life is a tomb. (Arthur Spota) That they were two sides of the same coin.
(Gypsy Sherred) They should be too busy making love to notice.
(Richard Dotson) Complete and utter terror, for it would reveal the marvelous to which
neither could understand. (Ribitch) Bush, ....brief startle....brief denial.......no conclusion (it reveals
his direspect to time passed))
Hussein, ......fear.....real fear......then realizing he is not scared at all.....no real conclusion (it reveals that he feels that being consistent changes everything with nothing at all) (Jason Palmer) |
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