Creative Jam, Anyone?

[ysabetwordsmith]

There 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:  There's a lively discussion over on LiveJournal now.  I'm collecting suggestions for themes, so feel free to leave yours in a comment.  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 theme poll on Monday.  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.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

I think that sounds awesome. I would be interested in both prompting and writing.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's good to hear.

There's more discussion going on the LiveJournal community too:
http://crowdfunding.livejournal.com/340989.html

Would you like to suggest a theme? I'm planning a vote for Monday.

Re: Yay!

[clare_dragonfly]

I actually just finished reading the comments on LJ! XD I tend to see things first on LJ, just because I have a much shorter friends list there (very few communities), but I prefer to comment on DW because I think it's a better service and also I have more icons.

Ooh! How about a QUILTBAG theme? (Queer/questioning, unidentified, intersex, lesbian, trans*, bisexual, asexual, gay.) That might be a little vague...

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Ooh! How about a QUILTBAG theme? <<

That's basically what I had in mind with "alternative sexualities." Anything beyond vanillahet would be fair game.

Re: Yay!

[clare_dragonfly]

Ah, I hadn't noticed that! (But don't you think QUILTBAG is a fun term?) Hmm... "blood" could be an interesting theme. Lots of interpretations.

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yes, QUILTBAG is fun; I've added it on the same line as "alternative sexualities." *giggle* Imagine opening your sewing supplies and having a bunch of queers tumble out of it!

"Blood" is also on the list. I agree, it has the advantage of flexibility.

Re: Yay!

[clare_dragonfly]

XD I think I would enjoy that very much! Especially if they were attractive...

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

There is so a story in that.

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[clare_dragonfly]

Oh... absolutely.

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[wyld_dandelyon]

I do like the term!