You Bet Your Bippy

[AFK]

I think not being able to formally organize is an impediment.¬† I think some of you sockfuckers don't want to reach a wider audience and deal with the problems of increasing our collective numbers.¬† Probably because on some level you're happy with the social dynamics that work with a smaller group.¬† It's cozy.¬† That's why you're more than willing to produce a booklet in a style easily written off as "leftist whack-job" from the very first glance.¬† I should know,ÄîPortland, OR is fucking full of similarly styled zines only more about aBoLiShInG pRiSon! or boring ass interpretations of situationism or bad poetry.

Honestly I think it has more to do with people here having a lot on their plates than worrying about the integrity of the clique.  I don't see formal organization really being possible unless someone here is filthy rich and can afford the time AND money.  

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That's definitely part of it RWHN, probably a bigger part than my amateur psychology angle. (case in point: this hasty reply)


We could work on the financial and flexibility angle, LHX, especially me.  I has some connections, but I couldn't do it by myself.


Ok, I'll do some b&w illustrations for BIP 2nd ed. LMNO.  Graphic design for the whole thing plus illustration would take me entirely too long.  Prolly.  No, yeah it would. 

[P3nT4gR4m]

That's definitely part of it RWHN, probably a bigger part than my amateur psychology angle. (case in point: this hasty reply)


We could work on the financial and flexibility angle, LHX, especially me.  I has some connections, but I couldn't do it by myself.


Ok, I'll do some b&w illustrations for BIP 2nd ed. LMNO.  Graphic design for the whole thing plus illustration would take me entirely too long.  Prolly.  No, yeah it would. 

I can't draw worth a wank but I've had an idea for BIP tarot cards. The idea has only gotten as far as a couple of cards tho -

The Prisoner. Basically he's holding himself on a leash and he's holding a barred window up in front of him with his other hand, he's standing, alone, in paradise with a desperately depressed look on his face.

The walls - recursive geometric repetition of pop culture images

The Dupe - He's standing next to a huge prison wall, with a rope ladder descending from it. He's in the street outside, he's broken free. He's flipping it the bird with a demeted look on his face. He's in a cage.

Jus throwing it out here in case it's worth a fuck

[LMNO]

Idea- throughout the work, we can insert images of the BIP tarot, allude to it, without ever having to actually produce a full one.


Fake esoterica, ftw.

[Jenne]

You could solicit others' help to do the rest of the deck, Silly.  Unless you want this to be a sole effort.

But I've seen this done elsewhere (ahem, MW) where you solicit from people to do a card or a few cards and put them together to form a deck.

The result is pretty cool.

[Mangrove]

i like LMNO's idea of only doing a few illustrations that allude to the existence of a full deck.

from an SSOOKN point of view, the tarot as it stands now already contains (IMHO) plenty that is relevant to the BIP anyway.

the tarot was probably some renaissance geeks' version of BIP in the first place.



(by renaissance geeks, i meant geeks who lived in the period of the 14th to 17th centuries as opposed to ren-faire geeks.)

[Jenne]

I have the Scarpini deck...I totally get what you're saying, Mang!

[P3nT4gR4m]

You could solicit others' help to do the rest of the deck, Silly.  Unless you want this to be a sole effort.

Like I said - I cant draw worth a wank. If I throw something out there it's up for grabs. Sole efforts I just do then show.

LMNO - I thot the partial thing would be a good idea