Come hang out and celebrate the summer solstice! This is now confirmed for the 20th, the actual date of the solstice which I thought was the actual date of the solstice.
We'll meet shortly before noon, around a handful of trees near the Richmond Park gates Bishop's Gate and Cambrian Gate. WhatThreeWords is timing.still.brave. At noon we'll start to explore the park and find somewhere to plonk ourselves down, and then we'll update with that location. (The update is likely to be at the Partiful event, NOT on LW. So you'll need to go there, and I think you'll need to RSVP to it to see comments.)
We encourage you to bring something cool. A game, a toy, an idea, whatever you feel inspired to bring. Weird is good. More detail in the sections below.
Phenomenological Potluck
There’s going to be a phenomenological potluck. That is: you can bring an Experience that you think other people might choose to partake in, and you can partake in Experiences that other people bring. This is intentionally vague. Some possible Experiences: “cool toy you can play with”; “check this out, it tastes/smells great/awful/super weird!”; head scritching spider; “I will fight anyone who challenges me”; “close your eyes and I will lick you somewhere”.
(Please don’t feel like you can’t do one of those things just because it’s on the list. If we get 30 people all offering to lick and/or fight each other, we’ll be happy.)
Contributions and Coordination
During the event, we want you to be free to do what you feel like in the moment. We encourage you not to strongly commit to any specific plans. That said, some things are more fun when you do them with other people, and some options are only available if someone brings the required material (or some other preparations). So in order to allow for more options, and ultimately more freedom, we’ll have some coordination mechanisms.
Coordination mechanism 1: The contributions spreadsheet. If there is something you might want to organise, and want to gauge interest, or maybe something you predict that you will definitely want to do, and you want to build hype, add it to this spreadsheet (https://shorturl.at/jhDzz). Also vote on others’ contributions (approval voting) to let them know your interest. Nothing here is a commitment! Neither adding something or voting is a promise.
Coordination mechanism 2: The coordination bell. There will be a bell. Sometimes someone will ring the bell. Every time the bell rings, this is a Schelling point to propose and start activities that involve multiple people.
We invite you to bring solstice traditions from your home country. (Your home country might not be a country that literally exists on planet Earth.)
Food and Drink
As a group, we’ll need a bunch of food and drink. If we don’t have enough, it’s unlikely to be a disaster, but we’ll need to orient to that situation somehow. You could consider bringing some to make this less likely.
Come hang out and celebrate the summer solstice!
Come hang out and celebrate the summer solstice! This is now confirmed for the 20th,
the actual date of the solsticewhich I thought was the actual date of the solstice.We'll meet shortly before noon, around a handful of trees near the Richmond Park gates Bishop's Gate and Cambrian Gate. WhatThreeWords is timing.still.brave. At noon we'll start to explore the park and find somewhere to plonk ourselves down, and then we'll update with that location. (The update is likely to be at the Partiful event, NOT on LW. So you'll need to go there, and I think you'll need to RSVP to it to see comments.)
This is a time of spontaneity, lightness, abundance, following whims and passions. Magic: The Gathering colors red and green (https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/the-mtg-color-wheel).
We encourage you to bring something cool. A game, a toy, an idea, whatever you feel inspired to bring. Weird is good. More detail in the sections below.
Phenomenological Potluck
There’s going to be a phenomenological potluck. That is: you can bring an Experience that you think other people might choose to partake in, and you can partake in Experiences that other people bring. This is intentionally vague. Some possible Experiences: “cool toy you can play with”; “check this out, it tastes/smells great/awful/super weird!”; head scritching spider; “I will fight anyone who challenges me”; “close your eyes and I will lick you somewhere”.
(Please don’t feel like you can’t do one of those things just because it’s on the list. If we get 30 people all offering to lick and/or fight each other, we’ll be happy.)
Contributions and Coordination
During the event, we want you to be free to do what you feel like in the moment. We encourage you not to strongly commit to any specific plans. That said, some things are more fun when you do them with other people, and some options are only available if someone brings the required material (or some other preparations). So in order to allow for more options, and ultimately more freedom, we’ll have some coordination mechanisms.
Coordination mechanism 1: The contributions spreadsheet. If there is something you might want to organise, and want to gauge interest, or maybe something you predict that you will definitely want to do, and you want to build hype, add it to this spreadsheet (https://shorturl.at/jhDzz). Also vote on others’ contributions (approval voting) to let them know your interest. Nothing here is a commitment! Neither adding something or voting is a promise.
Coordination mechanism 2: The coordination bell. There will be a bell. Sometimes someone will ring the bell. Every time the bell rings, this is a Schelling point to propose and start activities that involve multiple people.
We invite you to bring solstice traditions from your home country. (Your home country might not be a country that literally exists on planet Earth.)
Food and Drink
As a group, we’ll need a bunch of food and drink. If we don’t have enough, it’s unlikely to be a disaster, but we’ll need to orient to that situation somehow. You could consider bringing some to make this less likely.
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