Song Wants You!

[songwriterscramp]

For a project to let people see the faces behind statistics.

Let me explain. Today one of my profs was talking about some disaster and how thousands of people have died. He couldnt remember exactly how many, but he said something to the effect of it being a "shocking number". I thought, "Not for most people. Its hard to conceptualize numbers."

And then it hit me. If I could get a thousand, or, more realistically, a hundred people to write or maybe draw something personal and compiled it in a book hopefully to actually be published, then I could show people what it means when 100 people are killed in an accident, war, genocidal act, etc. Its 100 lives, hopes, ambitions, visions, dreams and heartbeats, not just a one with two zeros.

So thats the project. All of those written and drawn pieces would be compiled and presented to the world as the face of statistics. It could be a poem, a song, a story, an essay, random thoughts, a photograph, a sketch, a painting, a comic or anything else you can think of.

Oh, and please spread the word around and outside of Gaia. I want as much diversity as possible.  

[ynattirb73]

Wow, Song, that's a amazing idea. I'll do it

 

[Antiq]

I don't swear, but that's effing brilliant gonk  

[songwriterscramp]

You really think so? redface Thanks!

I want to get people from different countries but Im not sure how to go about that... confused  

[ShirleyAMOR]

OH MY GOD. That's amazing. And you're letting me be part of it? (:  

[Everlasting Chaos]

Hey, that IS a good idea! I think you should start by telling all of your family/friends about it. Run an ad for it in a newspaper. Once you get the first few hundred of items you could call your newspaper and tell them what you're doing, and hopefully get an article written about it. In the article have it include a way for people to send in their contributions. As you get more you can start telling larger newspapers until it really starts rolling. 3nodding  

[songwriterscramp]

@ Shirley: Of course 3nodding

@ Chaos: Yeah, I was thinking of starting with my uni newspaper. I know a girl who works for them, so Im sure shed run an article. mrgreen  

[ynattirb73]

Web-method?
Like
You've told us
and we all get our friends/people from our family to do it?

Oh:
I don't know what I'll do yet, but...when I'm done, do I just like
email/PM you? Or actually send it to you? whee

 

[Everlasting Chaos]

Also, if I might make a suggestion, I would recommend against taking any digital submissions. Make sure everything you use was written/drawn/etc by hand. It'll have more of an impact if it isn't typed out on a computer. It seems much more human.  

[songwriterscramp]

If its a picture you can either scan it or actually send it to me. Otherwise, pming it or emailing it to me is fine. 3nodding  

[ynattirb73]

I was thinking the same thing that Chaos was saying, but I didn't know what you wanted. xd

 

[Alabastor Pianostring]

This is an amazing idea.
3nodding

 

[songwriterscramp]

I guess hand written would be cool... but it has to be legible. mrgreen  

[Night Of The Shadowraven]

I have a great picture of a heart on my hand drawn in someone else's blood, I want to do something with it but I'm not sure what.  

[songwriterscramp]

The Legend Of Shadowraven

I have a great picture of a heart on my hand drawn in someone else's blood, I want to do something with it but I'm not sure what.

That could work. Im sure youll think of something. 3nodding