The Crush of Normality Parts I to III

JeffMinute020: Parts I-III - I: Going to work, II: working, III: life begins anew. Or something like that.


I wish i had mixed those kids' voices in a bit better - they're a bit loud, i think they overwhelm the music in a way i didn't intend.. Oh well. Enjoy!

The Crush of Normality Parts I to III

LawrenceMinute0025: Part I through III - The Ogre chronicles

LawrenceNotes:
I started working on my minute around 3:00 am last night and to be honest i was half asleep when i was doing it. The result is pretty poor. If i feel like it and find the time i'll work on it some more.

The Crush of Normality - Parts I & II

Minute II = the struggle to succeed, methodical craft and workmanship involved in striving towards a dream. Building towards minute III, the great awakening of hope.

JeffMinute019: Hard at work -> the struggle for innovation

The Crush of Normality - Parts I & II

LawrenceMinute0024: Adding Part II - Our ogrish hero stands around and picks his nose

LawrenceNotes:
Jeff, i'm doing it all wrong! I'm glad i decided i would just continue my own stupid minute instead of butchering your minute. Anyhoo i don't think my minutes reflect this weeks theme at all.

You haven't stipulated how this adding procedure should be blog-a-fied. I simply 'forged forward' and posted the whole thing as it is right now (instead of only posting the second minute). This made sense particularly because i've made some changes to the first minute as well. The second part now makes more sense i think.

The Crush of Normality - Part I

Well, I briefly tried continuing Lawrence's minute, but found that my mood didn't quite suit the spirit of creating something vibrant. So here's my intro minute - dreary style.

JeffMinute18: going to your job deep in the sewers beneath a now lifeless city

The Crush Of Normality - Part I

LawrenceMinute0023: Part I - How the big fat ogre gently wept

LawrenceNotes:
It's getting late Jeff. No time to call you today - but i will tomorrow. In the meantime you can listen to this minute. I hope you didn't have a terrible evening. But hey... cheer up... grapes and toga's await!

ps. How do i label this?

The Crush Of Normality

Well, I'm back. Had an amazing time in Japan, it's gonna be a bit rough to find myself in the office tomorrow morning. Anyway, no sense in dwelling on that - a new week of minutes awaits! I think it's my turn to define the rules for the week, so here goes:

I could really use a lift, so that's what the minutes this week will be about - minutes that somehow lift us up out of the dreary realities that await us in our daily lives. Actually, how about a set of minutes that tell a sort of narrative? We've got six minutes to work with, so I propose this:

Minute 1 & 2 - Each of us creates a minute that expresses despair and hopelessness. The crushing monotony of everyday life.

Minutes 3 & 4 - We each create a minute that somehow expresses the struggle we experience while trying to rise above our situations and change our lives for the better.

Minutes 5 & 6 - We create minutes that lift us out of the dreariness and into the light of joyful self realization.

So 3 sets of minutes - depressing, struggling, uplifting! We'll each make one every other day, and the creator of minute 1 will be determined by the flip of a coin. Ready? Ok, Lawrence is heads, I'm tails. Ok... shit Lawrence, looks like you win - you cool with that? Making minutes on Monday Wednesday Friday?

-jeff