Welcome to Day Three (of Seven) of the Tarot Randomizer Group Creativity Experiment! If you just came across this experiment and wonder what it’s all about, please read the invitation and see this for the very simple rules: the first draw. Please join us! If you haven’t seen it yet, please take a look at [...]

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My hope for this experiment is that you would have two sources of inspiration: 1) the random spark from the card, and 2) the diversity in the submissions. You all exceeded my modest vision–I was hoping to make it to the base camp of Everest, and you all are standing on the summit. Great, great [...]

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Welcome to Day Two (of Seven) of the Tarot Randomizer Group Creativity Experiment! Thanks to everyone who participated yesterday. If you didn’t and would like to join in, come join the party! If you’re tired or busy and need to go out on the balcony for a day or two, no problem. We’re easy like [...]

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Welcome to Day One of the Tarot Randomizer Group Creativity Experiment! The premise is simple: I draw a card, and you use it to trigger some new creation. I included video of me shuffling and picking the card, so that you can participate virtually in the card selection. I promise, no Penn and Teller-style slight [...]

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Past collaborative projects here at Mind on Fire have produced some fine creative work, like the results of the 18-hour comic day, and the virtual First of May Choir–you know, the JoCo song that goes, “First of May, First of May, Outdoor fucking starts today” (original call, final song). In the that same spirit of [...]

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Since I mentioned zombies and vampires which made xJane in turn think of ghosts, I thought I’d post this ghostly picture. Inspiration cycle! I’m kind of proud of this, less for the outcome and more for the fact that from first test shot to Photoshopping to uploading, it took me 57 minutes. You can view [...]

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For some reason, John’s request for favorite vampire/zombie movies and books reminded me of this—which is a song and about ghosts. So…yeah, I don’t know what the connection is. I love the simplicity and sweetness of this track and the awesome video made me love it even more.

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For some reason, usually when I hear about homophobic bigots being homophobically bigoted, they’re doing it against gay men. I have my own theories about why lesbians fly under the radar (girl-on-girl appeals het men, the mere existence of lesbians doesn’t threaten men and who cares if it threatens women, &c.), but no more. The [...]

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Rainbow Shelf in the New Yorker Online, originally uploaded by mind on fire. Just wanted to make sure that this official connection between our names and CatGirl’s image and the New Yorker was recorded for posterity.

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I have only recently discovered the concept of “privilege” and freely admit that I am a privileged white [heterosexual] woman. I’ve probably got a lot of other privilege, too. I grew up in the United States to parents who cared about my education—they even paid for my college education—and now I am in law school. [...]

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