Creative Jam, Anyone?
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crowdfundingThere exist several creative projects that are open-participation in various ways. Muse Fusion is focused on the shared-world setting Torn World, but any TW contributors can participate, everyone can leave prompts, and any kind of creative material is fair game. Sketch Fest is focused on art, but anyone can leave prompts or claim prompts. You get the idea.
Also prevalent are complaints that "there isn't enough X." Think of all the under-represented motifs you've heard of -- sexual diversity, characters of color, women in reasonable armor, women anything really. Various folks have responded by recommending favorite examples and/or creating more such stuff. Crowdfunding is particularly suited to filling this kind of gap.
What do you think about the idea of organizing some kind of "panjam" here where anything goes? Pick a theme, anyone can prompt, anyone can create whatever they create based on prompts -- sketches, sculptures, fiction, poetry, comic strips, music, etc. Folks could suggest themes and then vote on the most popular ones to try using. Creative jams are fun; we have a lot of awesome talent on this list and I think it would be exciting to give everyone a chance to play together.
Thoughts? I'm posting this on both the LiveJournal and Dreamwidth communities.
EDIT 9/20/11: Okay, it looks like some folks are interested. (See the Dreamwidth discussion also.)Let's start collecting possible themes. List your suggestions in a comment and I'll collect them up here. We have 15 themes now, and 15 is the maximum choices in a poll; I'm closing theme suggestion here, and we can always do another one later. I'll post a poll of the themes on Monday; that should give us time for more discussion. Probably the poll will contain a checkbox question for which themes you'd enjoy participating in, and a radiobox question for which theme you'd like to feature first.
PROPOSED THEMES (closed):
* alternative sexualities / QUILTBAG
* blood
* characters of color
* disabled people (invisibly and visibly disabled)
* feminism
* food
* growing old
* inner worlds
* kink
* misfits
* nonviolence
* outer space
* preservation/conservation
* respect
* women in sensible armor
Continue with "Further Discussion of the Creative Jam" for parameters and other topics.
Also prevalent are complaints that "there isn't enough X." Think of all the under-represented motifs you've heard of -- sexual diversity, characters of color, women in reasonable armor, women anything really. Various folks have responded by recommending favorite examples and/or creating more such stuff. Crowdfunding is particularly suited to filling this kind of gap.
What do you think about the idea of organizing some kind of "panjam" here where anything goes? Pick a theme, anyone can prompt, anyone can create whatever they create based on prompts -- sketches, sculptures, fiction, poetry, comic strips, music, etc. Folks could suggest themes and then vote on the most popular ones to try using. Creative jams are fun; we have a lot of awesome talent on this list and I think it would be exciting to give everyone a chance to play together.
Thoughts? I'm posting this on both the LiveJournal and Dreamwidth communities.
EDIT 9/20/11: Okay, it looks like some folks are interested. (See the Dreamwidth discussion also.)
PROPOSED THEMES (closed):
* alternative sexualities / QUILTBAG
* blood
* characters of color
* disabled people (invisibly and visibly disabled)
* feminism
* food
* growing old
* inner worlds
* kink
* misfits
* nonviolence
* outer space
* preservation/conservation
* respect
* women in sensible armor
Continue with "Further Discussion of the Creative Jam" for parameters and other topics.
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:38 pm (UTC)Actually I was thinking about this recently, but I didn't feel like I'd been a part of the community for long enough to suggest it. I think it would be great for everyone who can to get involved in something like this.
Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-21 02:57 am (UTC)Yay! I'm happy to hear that. Do you know anyone else who might be? If you have other friends doing projects, talking to them might rustle up a few more participants.
>>Actually I was thinking about this recently, but I didn't feel like I'd been a part of the community for long enough to suggest it. I think it would be great for everyone who can to get involved in something like this.<<
I'm glad that someone else was thinking along similar lines; that's encouraging.
By the way, about a third of our membership has only been here for a couple months, since the LiveJournal Spotlight in mid-July. We picked up a lot of people then. Some have already posted about their activities, but more are still just observing. It's good to get folks involved.
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-21 02:55 pm (UTC)disabled people (invisibly and visibly disabled)
inner worlds
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-22 12:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-20 08:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-21 12:34 am (UTC)...I follow Cooking as well as Crowdfunding.
*laugh*
Date: 2011-09-21 03:59 am (UTC)Do you want to suggest "cooking" or "food" as a theme? They don't all have to be Issues, I guess. Everybody eats.
Re: *laugh*
Date: 2011-09-21 10:52 am (UTC)Re: *laugh*
Date: 2011-09-21 07:06 pm (UTC)Other theme suggestions..
Date: 2011-09-21 12:36 pm (UTC)Growing Old
Re: Other theme suggestions..
Date: 2011-09-21 07:06 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 03:36 am (UTC)That's okay. What matters is rustling up enough folks that some-several are active each time. Nobody necessarily has to participate every time.
I've been mulling over timing with that in mind. There are two aspects. So far there are big projects with structured timing -- frex, the Muse Fusion is a weekend span, and the Poetry Fishbowl is typically the first Tuesday of the month. Avoiding conflicts would be helpful. So, we might pick a time that isn't already claimed, such as the last day of each month.
Conversely, Mondays and Tuesdays are LJ's highest traffic days. It falls off quickly after that, with barely a trickle by the end of the week.
We might get more participation if we put this on a Monday or Tuesday, more different people if we let the time creep, and fewer people if it overlaps another big project's window.
Thoughts?
>> I'd probably be able to produce at least one item!<<
Cool. One is fine, though if people want to do more, they're welcome to.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 10:58 am (UTC)I think a 24 hour window would be good, like what Sketchfest does. I even think their criteria are good! (noon Alaska time to noon Alaska time) That gives people who work at different times of the day a chance to set aside an hour or two when they're normally inspired.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 08:42 pm (UTC)http://crowdfunding.livejournal.com/341703.html
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 12:12 pm (UTC)Good idea!
Date: 2011-09-21 07:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-20 08:41 pm (UTC)Yes...
Date: 2011-09-21 03:38 am (UTC)Re: Yes...
Date: 2011-09-21 12:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-20 08:48 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 03:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-20 09:57 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-21 03:41 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 05:53 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 12:04 pm (UTC)How about "non-violence"?
Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 07:05 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-09-22 05:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-20 11:53 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2011-09-21 03:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-21 01:56 pm (UTC)As for a theme, I'd like to offer "respect." This could cover a wide array of possibilities, such as what someone respects most about certain cultures, ethnic groups, religions, etc. Or what someone thinks are traits that are not respected enough within certain cultures, ethnic groups, religions, etc., to which people should pay more attention. This topic could produce a lot of controversial material, too, but I think it's an interesting angle.
Also, since this is the Crowdfunding Community, am I correct in thinking that most of what is made during these creative jams will be available for sponsorship?
Okay...
Date: 2011-09-21 09:52 pm (UTC)Theme added.
>>Also, since this is the Crowdfunding Community, am I correct in thinking that most of what is made during these creative jams will be available for sponsorship?<<
Ideally, yes. I've mentioned this in a followup discussion:
http://crowdfunding.livejournal.com/341703.html
(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-21 12:05 am (UTC)Yes...
Date: 2011-09-21 03:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-21 12:44 pm (UTC)Other suggestions:
Kink
Misfits
Feminism (this could be controversial, so maybe for down the road a bit)
Outer Space
Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-21 07:16 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2011-09-21 07:07 pm (UTC)