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CONSOLE
-xpub special issue xx
+xpub special issue xx
Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of healing; Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. @@ -51,18 +34,13 @@ Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and care; Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you ready to play?
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-<3 this publication -made possible thanks to:
+❤️ this +publication was made possible thanks to:
Lídia Pereira (ed.) Artemis Gryllaki (ed.) Manetta Berends Joseph Knierzinger Steve Rushton Leslie Robbins Michael Murtaugh Sébastien Tien and the Page Not Found team Anna M. Szaflarski Paul DD Smith Shana Moulton Bérénice Serra The Sun is its father The Moon its mother The Wind hath carried it in its belly The Earth is its nurse
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-#Table of contents
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Introduction
This Special Issue has been an attempt to understand the notions of @@ -283,28 +259,14 @@ counter-hegemonic practices of collective care and healing?
-Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help -yourself.
-Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of healing;
-Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries.
-Face the past and encounter your fortune.
-Console gives you a new vantage point; a set of rituals and practices -that help you cope and care for yourself and for others.
-Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers.
-Console invites you to self reflect, explore your subconscious, spin -the wheel of fortune and pick a card, explore what is possible beyond -what is obvious, guide yourself into the future and past, create -stories. Are you ready to play?
-History of Tarot
--
title: Documentation of Monday Morning Rituals author: Cara
--
Documentation of Monday
+ Documentation of Monday
Morning Rituals
-
*** For 8 weeks, students from XPUB prepared a ritual to perform at -the top of Monday morning class. We explored cultural rituals such as -the birthday cake and coffee-ground reading, but also more personal -rituals such as ‘going to sleep’ rituals, a personal hard-drive -purification, and the creation of worry-dolls.***
+For 8 weeks, students from XPUB prepared a ritual to +perform at the top of Monday morning class. We explored cultural rituals +such as the birthday cake and coffee-ground reading, but also more +personal rituals such as ‘going to sleep’ rituals, a personal hard-drive +purification, and the creation of worry-dolls.
Week 1, January 9th 2023: Tea and Cookies
Performed by… Artemis and Lídia
@@ -498,18 +456,16 @@ Guatemala. There is one in each box of our special issue. -Some Gossip on gossip
-An
+ An
hypothesised and randomly factual History of Tarot Cards
What follows is the story of a deck of cards and of all the more-or-less believable claims made about its origin. This brief history @@ -630,25 +586,23 @@ formats exist, often falling under the category of Oracle cards and as such not having the clear formatting rules of Tarot but still implicating divination and self-reflection through the interpretation of allegorical illustration.
-Holographic Oracle Deck
-:::::{#gossip .has-images}
+Some +Gossip on gossip and what coffee has to do with it.
Some -Gossip on gossip and what coffee has to do with it.
Godsipp (God and sib (akin), godmother or godfather) was in the 12th
century a word used for both men and women in fables and amongst
society. The church recognized the word as well. It was used to name
@@ -779,12 +733,11 @@ quality check 😊
- Creating a text adventure game is no easy feat. It takes a lot of
time, creativity, trial and error. The key to creating an interesting
@@ -925,18 +874,16 @@ https://fairytalez.com/the-most-precious-fruit/) The future cannot be predicted with certainty, but our current
understanding in various scientific fields means we can predict some
@@ -973,18 +920,16 @@ talk about death? ::::: ## Papa Louie’s Text-Adventure Healing Following this comic production, a small text-adventure Pyhton game
was developed following the same storyline. The game was fundamentally
an explorative game, in which the player could follow four levels of
@@ -1131,18 +1072,20 @@ possibilties for healing. The possbilities for each room were: Once one had picked up enough healing chances, the game would end and
thank you for healing papa. The following picture shows the introductory
illustration. Peace is a mindfulness game Cara created as
an in-class exercise in creating text adventures in python. The game can
be broken at any time by saying “I am now at peace”, but will also break
@@ -1178,18 +1121,16 @@ There is only sun and peace and lavender.
Would you like to explore another daydream?
if yes, then… and so on You can find the game on our website. In The Sims™ 4 some values are certainly given by the game; make
money to buy nicer things, progress in your career by doing tasks that
improve your skills, charisma is a skill but not kindness. But also
@@ -1216,18 +1157,16 @@ issue.xpub.nl/20 The question for me (Irmak) at the beginning was why people feel the
@@ -1265,18 +1204,16 @@ src="009.jpg" alt="Vibing" /> Tetris is a game where a single player is encouraged to organise the
@@ -1325,18 +1262,17 @@ alt="imagining a tetris without labour" />
- :::::{#Super(de)construction .has-images} # Super(de)construction ##
-text adventure game My text-adventure game was (first and foremost a struggle and) an
attempt to dive a little bit into the world of python and deal
peacefully with the potential trauma of coding. The first unsuccessful
@@ -1566,18 +1502,16 @@ are! ") else: taker("megaroom") ``` 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
@@ -1683,18 +1617,16 @@ something painful? What is art for? “Welcome, my dear! This exercise is all about healing, about
reconnecting with what is essential and authentic within yourself. By
understanding the true nature of our suffering, we can evoke compassion
@@ -1720,17 +1652,16 @@ fully processed or understood. As you reflect on these images and answer
the questions, you may gain new insights and perspectives about yourself
and your life. Enjoy the journey! Console” ::::: Those who dream of drinking wine may weep when morning comes;
those who dream of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While they
are dreaming they do not know it is a dream, and in their dream they may
@@ -1739,7 +1670,7 @@ a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that
this is all a great dream. And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too. Zhuàngzi 莊子 Have you ever woken up feeling like there is a word on the tip of
your tongue in a language you don’t quite understand? It’s the feeling you feel when a dream leaves too quickly after you
@@ -1791,7 +1722,7 @@ will reveal hidden patterns.click-click
- Holographic Oracle Deck
+ Holographic Oracle Deck
‘Crystals
& Energy’ is a holographic oracle deck exploring a range of energy
@@ -847,18 +800,16 @@ src="Diamond-holo.jpg" alt="Diamond" />
-Fruitual (fruit + ritual)
- click-click,
the clicking game - a matter of accumulation
clicking game
@@ -882,18 +833,16 @@ clicking? Nothing I guess.
-Long Time
- Fruitual
+ Fruitual
text adventre game
-Fortnite
- Long Time
+ Long Time
Six Sigma Fortune Telling
-Papa Louie’s Ghosteria
- Sometimes
the world as it is and the world as it could be are devastatingly close
to each other.
@@ -999,20 +944,18 @@ sometimes it’s sunny and you’re standing there and there’s something
cinematic about the whole thing, is it worth it just to be there for
that maybe. There’s really no difference between a dream about falling
and a dream about flying.
-Peace, Monday Morning Ritual by Cara
- Papa Louie’s Ghosteria
+ Papa Louie’s Ghosteria
Papa
Louie’s Ghosteria is a comic-like fan fiction written by us.
@@ -1115,8 +1056,8 @@ and overcame his troubles.
-Papa Louie’s Text-Adventure
+Healing
:::::
+
+Sims Mod
- Peace
+ Peace
Youtube Tarot
- The Player is the Author
+ The Player is the Author
-Tetris Fantasies
- YouTube Tarot
+ YouTube Tarot
YouTube comments as Tarot
readings
Super(de)construction
- Tetris Fantasies
+ Tetris Fantasies
Death,
Geometry and the Structure of the Individual
The Wheel of Fortune
- Super(de)construction
+text adventure game
:::::The Wheel of Fortune
+ The Wheel of Fortune
a tool for self-inquiry
Oracolotto
- The Wheel of Fortune — Manual
+ The Wheel of Fortune — Manual
Fiction Friction
- oracolotto
✧ Preface
+✧ Preface
:::::
-The Legend of the Worry
-::::: # Fiction Friction ## storytelling tool
+Fiction Friction
+storytelling tool
The Fiction Friction cards are made by two wanderers who spent a fair amount of time thinking about healing, witchcraft and (contemporary) witch-hunting, rituals, and Tarot culture. This approach can be seen as @@ -2406,29 +2326,30 @@ individuals etc. The main components of the game are a deck of illustrated cards, dice with different methods of interpretation, an empty deck to host the new potential stories along with a a deck of questions created by the players.
-How to play:
--One player picks a card from the illustrated card deck along with a -question card and places them in the middle. The card is the starting -point of a collective story.
--Everyone takes an empty card.
--In turns, players write their own interpretation of the collage card -having in mind the revealed question card that works as a navigator for -the story. (There is the possibility to use the dice in the process so -as to specify the method that a player should use to “write”)
--At the end of the round a small story will be created out of the -interpretations of each player.
-:::::
+How to play:
+-
+
One player picks a card from the illustrated card deck along with +a question card and places them in the middle. The card is the starting +point of a collective story.
+Everyone takes an empty card.
+In turns, players write their own interpretation of the collage +card having in mind the revealed question card that works as a navigator +for the story. (There is the possibility to use the dice in the process +so as to specify the method that a player should use to +“write”)
+At the end of the round a small story will be created out of the +interpretations of each player.
+
bibliography
-The Legend of the Worry
+The Legend of the Worry
Worry dolls
Worry dolls (also called trouble dolls; in Spanish, Muñeca quitapena) are tiny, hand-made dolls originating from Guatemala. According to @@ -2446,17 +2367,16 @@ overcome their troubles.
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+莊子, 齊物論, Zhuàngzi, “Discussion on making all things +equal,” 12. from Zhuàngzi, Burton Watson trans., Chuang Tzu (New +York: Columbia University Press, 1996), 43. ISBN 978-0-231-10595-8 +[1]
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-CONSOLE
-####xpub special issue xx
-Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help -yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of -healing; Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. -Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new -vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and -care; Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you -ready to play?
-##<3 this publication made possible thanks to:
-Lídia Pereira (ed.) Artemis Gryllaki (ed.) Manetta Berends Joseph -Knierzinger Steve Rushton Leslie Robbins Michael Murtaugh Sébastien Tien -and the Page Not Found team Anna M. Szaflarski Paul DD Smith Shana -Moulton Bérénice Serra The Sun is its father The Moon its mother The -Wind hath carried it in its belly The Earth is its nurse
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