Been a while since I jumped on the Daily Create train, but I could not resist today’s OG throwback in honor of ds106 hall of famer Sarah Kountz:
It is a testament to Sarah’s insanity that among all the things I could think about on Valentine’s Day, such as over-sized Hershey Kisses, break-ups, lost loves, current loves, etc. All I can associate this day with since 2012 is this assignment. In fact, Valentine’s Day assignments have a rich history in ds106. I still use the 1970s Valentine’s day cards featuring DC super heroes:
I still show the above example whenever I ride the ds106 gravy train—I never tire of it. So anyway, I had to do the assignment, and now that I have I feel that old demented discomfort that cathartic ds106 art always brings to the fore. A Jonestown Valentine’s Day card?
Terrible, I know. But can’t I blame the Internet? Or Trump? Or some other calamity of global proportions?
“I guess that’s right on par / Who’s left to blame?”
THE RUSSIANS! 🙂
You’ll note I rang the Jim Jones bell on the same image!
I was feeling a bit guilty that my mind went right to Jonestown, but once there I couldn’t come back. Seeing you had the same inclination for the same image made me feel a bit better, so thanks for being equally demented 🙂
Sara’s challenge is one of my most favorite DS106 memories and said so much about the ethos of DS106 community, that a former students would issue a creative challenge to the next group. I cannot help but to re-play it again and again.
I agree, that was one of the great highlights, and it was just so fluid and right. Interesting, that it was not just a version of Tom’s 2011 Alternative Valentine’s Day assignment—which became a way for the folks in the community to show each other love—but it almost turned that assignment into a genre. It is wild, and speaks volumes to the whole assignment bank/challenge focus as so crucial to making that class something different. And that is why I love ds106, it is truly different:
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