the winter 2012 residents of the Wassaic Project are obsessed with these beautiful blue rocks. they are probably industrial slag, which is less than a beautiful idea, but they are beautiful products.
We used them as the centerpiece/main visual for the Passover Seder. Ashley and I had to take them to an in-house Rock Spa to get them ready for their big performance.
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WAS SO LOVELY.
Filled with friends old and new, with delicious foods, with ceremonies, singing, art, rocks, rituals.
quotes from participants:
“I was hesitant to come to the seder, based on my past experiences of Passover, but this was really great. I really loved being a part of this!”
“Thanks so much for facilitating Seder! I appreciated the social justice-y readings et. al. very much. Lovely all around.”
“Thank you for putting this all together. The Seder was a great experience!”
“Yeah, what what WILL make this year different from all other years?”
I CANNOT WAIT to keep updating the digital (powerpoint) haggadah and distribute it earlier next year for you all to use.
jeff washing his hands ceremonially for the whole table
dipping the karpas (also note classy cardboard matzo cover with gold pen embellishments)
no young children were in attendance at our seder (minus Gilvey, age 2 months), so we watched this cute girl on youtube sing the 4 Questions. And then added a fifth question — “How will (we make) this YEAR be different from all other years?”
do-di-li sung by the Milwaukee Children’s Choir (awesome).
breaking the middle matza for the afikomen
maggid — a Jewish Rock Opera
spilling a drop of wine for each of the ten commandments
the meal with Wassaic Farmer friends!
Handmade seder plate, made with much assistance and inspiration from Jeff and Breanne.
Ashley’s crazy Chocolate Matza Face Dance:
so good.
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last night I finished the update to the Bonar Family Haggadah that has been 20 years in the making.
My dad made this version in 1992. Before that I learned that our family used the Haggadah that my dad and his girlfriend PRIOR TO MY MOM made together — yeah I didn’t know that story till today either. Regardless, the Classic Bonar Family Haggadah is a great version, but there’s so much more to add! So each year we engaged in an imagined, collective performance piece called “Talking about Updating the Haggadah but Never Actually Doing Anything About It”.
AND NOW I HAVE DONE IT.
welcome to the 21st century, Passover. I introduce to you: the PowerPoint Haggadah.
Fully editable, easily added to, paperless & eco-friendly, modern and pretty. adaptable to the ages, especially ready for multi-media extravaganzas!
I’m so excited to use this on Friday at the Wassaic Passover! I’ve been ironing flags and buying groceries and making charoset and crowns and singing nerdy Passover songs…. SO GRATEFUL to the awesome Wassaic Community who have jumped into this — I’m so excited to celebrate this holiday with a new lovely group of people and friends.
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some things are more or less possible/awesome while one is wearing BusinessLady Nails.
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Last Monday I went to Nail School with my friend Breanne who is launching herself into an awesome project/career as a nail technician, exploring the social interactions and intimate spaces created when one paints another person’s nails. View her process HERE.
She had her Week 8 test on Monday, applying a full set of acrylic nails (french manicure at that!) — and needed a model! I was happy I could fulfill that role.
result = FANCY BUISINESSLADY NAILS!
The clicking clacking noise is really the best. So I made a movie. Videography by Ashley May.
This is what I typed while doing that performance (including the first take where we had the camera on the wrong setting):
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GOod morning!
It’s BusinessLady Time, Bitches. We are ready to roll and ready to click and clack our way to the FUTURE!!!! FUck that cuz we are getting going this mornign wiht a fucking cup of coffee and some yogurt and friends and we are just ready ready ready ready for ACTION. also, let’s bike our way into the future.
Good Morning!
It’s time for some mega action, Ladiez. We are ready to jump into the wide abys of LIFE. we are ready to jump in with our fancy swimsuits on and our headbands sparkling. we got our ladies in the back seat and also some snacks of course because we have got to be PREPARED. prepared for the hotties that are gonna stop by, prepared for the business meetings, prepared for some amazing things to just COME INTO OUR LIVES!!! we are just pumped. we are ready. we have glittery eyelner and healthy breakfasts in our bellies.
let’s go.
ALIYA
Turns out Ashley is an experienced typing-videographer! when we finished she said, “I did a project called ‘Typing Portraits’ once.” — AWESOME/PERF. Check it out HERE.
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