We closed out the week of actions with a picnic in the park near the base of the Queensboro bridge, Queens side. We had a lot of good snacks: saltines with sardines, fluffernutters, homemade cookies, chips, stuff like that. Some of us ate strange concoctions of various foods while blindfolded. Always good for a laugh. [...]
On Friday, we set up a card table near a high school in Long Island City Queens, around the time school let out. Eva had prepared a bunch of hybrid multi-user balloons by cutting and pasting balloon parts together with rubber cement. People came along and blew up the balloons: you had to work together [...]
We met up at Diane’s place on Thursday for a balloon parade along Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy. You can get helium-filled balloons at lots of dollar stores for about 50 cents or less, just f.y.i. We played around with the balloons removing our hats and filling our umbrellas and such. Then on the way back [...]
On Wednesday, we did another pop-up action in midtown at lunchtime. We set up a card table and offered to make PB&J sandwiches for people passing by. To hold up their part of the bargain, folks just had to direct us as to where to find the needed ingredients on the table, since we were [...]
We threw a pep rally in Herald Square from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday morning. We greeted and cheered people coming out of the subway on their way to work. Surprisingly, very few people looked annoyed, we actually got a lot of smiles and some folks even joined in on the cheering! Diane made some [...]
On Sunday, May 18th, we joined Elizabeth and friends for a neighborhood walk and sing on the upper west side. As we walked around singing songs by composers famous and not who lived in that area, we made more kick-the-can ice cream along the way. We discovered that the tin can telephone worked great for [...]
We kicked off Kindness and Imagination Development Week in Union Square, Manhattan on Saturday, May 17th. Several of us showed up with a few duffel bags full of costumes and snacks and we proceeded to have a good old time. EMT started things off by displaying his encyclopedic knowledge of handshakes, high-fives, and hugs. He [...]
The K.I.D.S. Has Some Work to Do From May 16 to 23, 2009 the Kindness and Imagination Development Society (K.I.D.S.) will partner with Flux Factory to carry out a series of events and actions in parks, on quiet streets, on busy sidewalks, at workplaces, in private residences, in public libraries and museums, and anywhere else [...]
Fellow K.I.D.s, Here’s a wrap up for everyone who wasn’t at the meeting on Thursday, and an idea of how to proceed… Sorry it’s so long, ach! . Christine counted 18 people at the meeting. There are 40 people on this email list, and maybe 10 of them are far away, so it was a [...]
INITIAL PERCEIVED CONNECTIONS/FOCUS AREAS: 1. Hammocks, tents, naptime, blanket forts, teepees, spaces to relax and discuss 2. Food, ice cream, foraging, freeganism, cooking, gardens, the natural world 3. Singing, music making, rock and roll, listening, dancing 4. Bookmaking, libraries, painting, drawing, crafts, kites, bubbles 5. Walking, adventure, exploration, scavenger hunt, mapping, grappling hooks, swings 6. [...]
The K.I.D.S. Has Some Work To Do Deadline: March 6 Contact: Emcee C.M. – thekidsforever(at)gmail(dot)com (Subject: I am a K.I.D.) Scheduled for May, 2009 The Kindness and Imagination Development Society (K.I.D.S.) is getting ready to do some work with the Flux Factory. Together we will carry out a series of temporary events and actions in [...]
In September, 2007, two boys and a dog set out on an adventure that would change the face of the world. One stood bent and weak, a broken collarbone on one shoulder forcing one arm into a sling, a dog leash in the other hand. The other was dressed in jeans and a collared workshirt, he carried a giant suitcase, salvaged from the streets. Within this suitcase lay coiled the rope, pulled from the navy yard in broad daylight, eaten by time but strongly made, and thick as Popeye’s arms. Between the boys rolled a single tire, found in a vacant lot, discarded for its utilitarian purpose, reclaimed for its joyitarian purpose.
We made a good-sized blanket fort in a bedroom on Archer Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx. It was in Blanka’s room for a month. She puts on art shows and community events there. Check it out: bronxbbp.com. The fort was a lovely place to sit and think and talk. One day, we sent some balloons [...]
