I’m getting a strange idea. What could possibly turn into a huge idea. This would not be SD related but with the blessings of one of the mods here, I’m proposing it here and looking for a bit of brainstorming of how to do it, how to implement it, set up a website for it, what should be on the site, any other ideas that you feel might contribute to the project.
You will think I’m loony. If you don’t already.
It’s called The PURSAM Project.
PURSAM stands for “Perform Unexpected Random Spontaneous Acts of Madness.”
I don’t use madness in the negative sense, but in the sense of the unexpected, the things that you can do spontaneously to help someone else break out of their shell. Nothing illegal, of course, and certainly nothing that would cause harm to another human being.
I had to go to the hospital yesterday. While I was walking the sidewalk to the front door I saw a group of doctor who looked SO serious. The only think I could think to do was, as I was passing them by I raised my right hand and said “Dos Vodanya, Comrades!” and kept walking on. Without looking back to see a reaction. Just as a random act of madness.
But maybe it made one of them think in a little different direction.
In a sense, sometimes I think what the world calls sanity is actually madness. A lot of us don’t trust our government. Health care is prohibitively expensive for a good number of Americans and out of the question for some in other countries. We boil our minds by scratching the ground for every cent we can dig out of it. We sit in front of the television and veg out all night thinking that will improve our education and intelligence.
This is what we call sanity. I call it madness. I want to reverse that.
Maybe the PURSAM Project can help people break out a little bit. If nothing else, making it can just help people laugh for a few seconds. Maybe for some people that’s all they need. Physics tell us that objects moving in one direction only need a small nudge to move them in a different direction. Maybe some of us can be the nudge.
Yes, it sounds Pollyannish. Yes, it sounds nuts. But stranger things have been proposed. And yes, it does sound like delusions of grandeur but changing the world begins with one step. Or maybe just changing a bit of your community. Or maybe just your family. Or one of your friends.
One domino topples the other.
I’m finished ranting. I’d be interested in hearing what ideas or suggestions others might have in the project. God knows I could use the help; even if someone good at graphics could design us a logo or something. Or if you even have to take me to the Pit and call me a complete psycho. I’ve been called worse. If you’d prefer your comments to be kept quiet, you can always e-mail them to me privately. But I think this is a step I need to get started on.
Yours, getting stranger every day,
Euty
