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The Society

The Society is a most esteemed organization whose full name is as elusive as our ambitions are grand. Our goals may be known only to initiated members who swear to forget them. Our power is great, our scope is distant, our ways are mysterious.

To become ensconced amongst our tribe, convene at our encampment in Black Rock City at the time of 6 of the clock each Thursday, in a location near the junction of Rue de 3:30 and Desert.

You are welcome to bring such treats as may befit a gathering of great minds.



Seal is from a bibliography society. Wight refers to an early printing device.

Haberdashery

What will we need for the next meeting?

What will be the best way to make top hats?

The playing card method seems to be sturdy method. I'm sure we could make it taller with more flare.

What other methods could we use?
What materials do we need?

I imagine making a hat, then cutting out windows so that you can see inside the workings of the (cardboard) gears. Light it up at night (if the light rotated, it would look the gears are moving). Solar panel on top to charge during the day.

Or

Maybe we can work off of cylinder paper lanterns.

Maybe our camp name can be related to our brain gears - the Prognosticating Hatters, Gear Brains, The Calibrated Cranium Society... Some inspiration here?

We'll also make that master list of everything we need to buy, make and plan.
And think of party activities.

Transmogrificatory!

Thanks for filing that meeting report, Prof. It's all true!
(Scroll down and read Third-Group Meeting Rundown first.)

Update on potential other camp members - I talked to Dan Donohue. He did get a ticket but is not 100% sure he can go. I showed him the blog and got him up to speed, somewhat. He has other camp offers - but the Luscious Gizmoteer and I will work him over some more this weekend. LG will also redouble efforts to talk to Kristen Nadaraja nee Nygaard.

Also, at the meeting, I showed some little sketches of making our bikes into little perambulators. The idea would be to attach some sort of arched pole coming from the back of the bike with a little fake balloon on top so that the bike looks like a balloon-carried vehicle. The balloons could be lit up which would be very practical at night. The practicality of making such contraptions? I dunno. I'll try and post some of those sketches at some point.

We had plenty of little ideas percolating around the lasagna. The concept of Transmogrify came up. I've got some ideas - use whatever parts of them you want...
We could be a camp of Transmogrifiers! People could bring us objects (or ideas) and we can work with them to transmogrify it- perhaps with a specialty in synaesthesia. Can we satisfy people's transmogrify needs? I qhoth the philosopher, Hobbes, "It's amazing what they do with corrugated cardboard these days." (Go to Transmogrifier.com and search Calvin and Hobbes for the word "transmogrifier" for technical details about transmogrify technology).

We bring some crafting supplies and tools (glue gun, paint, staple gun, tape... as well as manipulatable would-be-trash like plastic and corks). Maybe we help someone transmogrify their simple sun hat into something with shiny decorations, or perhaps we could transmogrify their song into a flavor... We could transmogrify plastic containers to be part of our faux-stained glass. When someone comes and asks us to transmogrify playa dust into booze, we can proclaim "It cahn't be done!" with a flourish. We could all have our specialties - taste, alchemy, whatever. We have a sign out front to let people know when services are being offered (whenever we feel like, plus a few set hours). We don't have to do anything all that spectactular, so long as we deliver strong schtick - then we're providing entertainment and a very creative experience.

We would be able to find others to collaborate with. If the Taste Wagon continues to roll in 2007, we could work with them - hopefully get them to be there for our party. I can imagine holding a couple transmogrify workshops early in the week where we may even be able to recruit a few fellow burners to help provide transmogrify services. I know some folks who will camp elsewhere, but might be willing to play at this sort of think. I think the concept allows for all sorts of fun interpretations - from the practical reuse/recycle end to the more trippy fantastical end.

In this context, my collaborative art cyclorama would be an excercise in worldwide societal transmogrify.

Am I making sense? Whatchyou think?