The Wheel of Fortune (not to be mistaken with the tarot card) is a tool for self-inquiry that you, dear reader, can engage in daily, weekly or at any frequency that suits you best. Beware: the game can be played individually or in small groups.
The main components of the game are a virtual spinning wheel, accessible at issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel , a deck of twenty photo slides, a notebook, and a pen(cil) to store the potential insights you might find for yourself.
To start the exercise, you need to visit the website and spin the virtual wheel. The Wheel of Fortune spins for quite some time, and then it gives you a random question. Take these questions as an invitation to have an explorative conversation with yourself. The list of 404 questions is carefully collected, modified (where needed) and presented to you through a random web generator. Psychotherapists, philosophers, writers, and students from XPUB 2023 are among the authors of this long list of sentences ending with "?".
Another collection that can help you delve deeper into your inner world is a deck of photo slides. Hopefully, these captured memories of other people, paired with a random question on the screen, would evoke new emotions or prompt you to imagine possible futures.
The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in self-reflection and introspection. As such, it may contribute to any art publication exploring the human experience.
What do you want? ■ Why do you do what you do each day? ■ What do you think you are here for? ■ What are you doing with this day, today? ■ What are you searching for? ■ What are you looking at? ■ Have you learned something new today? This week? ■ What filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an analogue film? ■ Is this what you really want to do, or it is your way of delaying your realisation? ■ If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose and why? ■ If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience the world differently? ■ Do you speak horse language? (wild question) ■ If you were Kim, who would that person be? (wild question) ■ What does your body need today? ■ What does your mind need today? ■ What does your soul need today? ■ If your life was a treasure hunt what would you be searching for? ■ How would you describe your personality? ■ What would a person that loves you tell you if know you are suffering? ■ If you were in search of a new identity, what clues would you need to find it? ■ If you were a pirate, what kind of treasure would you be searching for? ■ If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your journey? ■ If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first and why? ■ Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when looking at it? And when eating it? ■ What is one "yes" that you have been ignoring lately? ■ What advice would you give to someone else who is experiencing loss? ■ What emotions have you been experiencing lately? ■ How has your relationship with others changed in the last five years? ■ How have your thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the last five years? ■ What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you have lost? ■ What activities or hobbies bring you comfort in times of grief? ■ How can you take care of yourself during hard times? ■ What were the six things you wanted to be when you were a kid? ■ What is time? How can you describe it? ■ What is beauty? How can you describe it? ■ What is happiness? How can you describe it? ■ What is love? How can you describe it? ■ What is faith? How can you describe it? ■ What is hope? How can you describe it? ■ What is fear? How can you describe it? ■ What is play? How can you describe it? ■ What is a ritual? How can you describe it? ■ What is a game? How can you describe it? ■ How does your body feel when you are in pain? ■ How does your body feel when you are in love? ■ How does your body feel when you are anxious? ■ How does your body feel when you are excited? ■ Do you talk negatively to yourself? Explain. ■ Are you mean to yourself? If yes, why? If not, also why? ■ Think of all your past partners. What are some qualities and traits they had in common? ■ Is sex usually the best aspect of a relationship or the worst for you? ■ What do your friends say about your partners? ■ Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a friend, a partner or a family member? ■ Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a stranger? ■ What does sex mean for you? ■ How does sex make you feel? ■ How does thinking about sex make you feel? ■ What words, metaphors or images do you associate with sex? ■ What is your attitude towards your body? ■ Do you have any tendencies for self-sabotage, procrastination or self-doubt? ■ Do you feel like a victim sometime? ■ Do you believe you have control over the way events unfold in your life? ■ How much sex is normal for you? ■ Were your first sexual experiences positive or negative? ■ How did you learn about sexuality? ■ What are your values around sexuality? ■ What losses have you experienced in your life, and how have you coped with them in the past? ■ What self-care practices have you incorporated into your daily routine to help you cope with grief? ■ What self-care practices have you incorporated into your daily routine to help you cope with anxiety? ■ What new perspectives
