Quick clips from experiments in this issue

by Geez staff

The following snippets are from longer pieces in the Spring 2009 issue of Geez magazine.

I’m miles from home, carrying three pairs of underwear and a homemade tent strapped to the back of a bicycle.– Cecilia Greyson

I wanted to find a way to connect with strangers in a meaningful and surprising way. I thought the laundromat might be a good venue.– Natalie Boustead

No sugar. No meat. No processed foods. That was the vow that I and my roommate made to each other. – Emily Mekash

I’m going to be nice. I’m going to be Hallmark nice. In every five-minute conversation I’m going to go out of my way to compliment the person I’m talking to. – James W. Miller

To see if I could curb my addiction, I decided to deprive myself of some distractions and electronic interactions. – Will Braun

I resolve never to pass someone on the street without a greeting or a conversation: something that acknowledges dignity, something that might help level the power imbalance. – Josiah Neufeld

I wonder what might happen to the retail corporate machine by trying to barter instead of simply buy? – Josh MacIvor Andersen

The whole rink is made from grey water – entirely from our main floor bathtub. – Derek Eidse

Plastic permeates our life. But January, 2009 was going to be different. – Jennifer deGroot

When the three weeks were up, the cabin was standing and livable. Then Dad left. I was on my own. Alone in the woods. – Jennifer Kazda

What happens when you expose her to 24 hours of an entire day and night of Trinity Broadcasting Network? – Nadia Bolz-Weber

This was it. The plug had been pulled. Life without the Internet had begun. – Chico Fajardo-Heflin

I decided that I would wear only 10 percent of my clothing for a semester. – Corinne Klassen

I decided to give up complaining. – Jim Mondry

This meant one objective, one simple path – to buy nothing new in 2008. – Sharlene Murphy

The only way out of the hole is to keep digging . . . to forge the “Mediated Experience to End all Mediated Experiences.” – Chris Reilly

If I hear a tragic story, I try to turn the radio off for a while, just to let myself feel the weight of it. – Marcus Rempel

I wrote letters for Lent. One a day for each of 40 days. – Jonathan Hiskes

[From Geez magazine No. 13, Spring 2009. Subscription info here. ]

Comment

1. I just wanted to say that I think this whole project is a welcome addition to the spiritual stuff out there. It appeals to me on the basis of the art but especially the message, which challenges the established norm. I like this. I hope to read and be influenced. Read and be inspired. And I’d like to share this with others.

   aaron

   — Aaron Knox · Jul 12, 02:09 AM · #

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