So, I finished my portfolio for my 417 class 5 days early. And in the twenty-seconds I took off to celebrate, I thought,
"why the fuck have I never put together an honest-to-God time capsule?"
So I'm taking that project on. Anyone with any advice about how to construct or populate the capsule should leave me a comment, because I'd appreciate the input. This is for all of us, you know. So we can remember this great era.
Here's what I'm thinking of including so far:
--current news clippings
--journal entries bearing on life goals, thoughts on issues, etc. Submissions welcome.
--photos. Ditto the submissions thing.
--a really good book or two, signed
--art
--a few trendy knick-knacks
--a 2006 dollar
--a tape of a day in the life, voices from today, etc. recorded on my big ol' tape recorder
This bears further thought, certainly. Where will I bury the capsule, for one thing? I need to be able to come back for it in twenty-years or so, and I should tell others where it's at in case I die...
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Time capsules are fucking awesome. I like the idea of making an audio documentary to go along with it. Do you have a deadline? Maybe we could get the DC involved?
great idea, Margaret! I like the idea of a DC capsule a lot.
in my time capsule:
- a mix cd consisting of exactly nine trashy songs and nine of what i believe are the best songs of that moment as defined by lyrics, instrumentation and vocals.
- a xeroxed poem by janice gould
- a hand-scrawled note saying, "i probably love you"
- and a random photograph that i currently have no use for
but where oh where would i bury it? i don't even think i would remember to come back for it. instead, i'd love for someone else to discover it.
I love the idea of poems and mix CDs. I'm totally adding those to the capsule.
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