Update 'web/oracle/interpretationtext.md'

web/doc-monday-rituals/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+---
+
+title: Documentation of Monday Morning Rituals
+author: Cara
+
+---
+
+# Documentation of Monday Morning Rituals
+
+***Over the course of 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 Lidia***
+
+Artemis and Lidia introduced us to Monday Morning Rituals on the first cold, dark, wintery Monday morning. We shared cookies with tea as a way to open up the semester and get to know each other. The ritual of a hot drink and cookies are well-known around the world as a moment of gathering, peace, gossip, and self-care.
+
+![Artemis and Lidia's Preparations](Lidia_Ritual.jpeg)
+
+### Week 2, January 16th 2023: Coffee Fortune-Telling 
+***Performed by... Aglaia***
+
+For Aglaia's ritual, we sat in a circle while the coffee was being  prepared from the ancient Stove priestess who placed in the middle. When it was done, it was served to the participants in special coffee cups. We drank our coffees while gossiping and eating cookies. When everybody was done, we swirled the cup counter-clockwise 3 times and turned the coffee cup upside down over the cup's saucer. We waited patiently for 5 minutes for the fortune to be prepared. Everybody had to tell the Fortune of the person sitting on their left side by reading the coffee grounds until the circle was done. 
+
+![Aglaia's Ritual](Aglaia_Ritual.jpeg)
+![Overturned Coffee Grounds](Aglaia_ritual_2.jpeg)
+
+### Week 3, January 23rd 2023 Hard Drive Purification
+***Performed by... Stephen***
+
+Stephen prepared a few zines with instructions in order to conduct a ceremonial cleansing of not only our browser history and cookies, but also our trash cans/recycle bins. All operating systems were welcome. 
+The zine was a reminder to 'clean' messy space up (for yourself), and was written in such a way that instructed us to recite sentences at the same time, with one person leading the group – a play on the magic circle.  
+
+![Stephen's Ritual](Stephen_Ritual.jpeg)
+
+### Week 4, January 30th 2023: Birthday Cake
+***Performed by... Boyana***
+
+To celebrate Agalaia's birthday, Boyana baked a cake (and Ada made jellies). We sat in a circle, gathering around the cake. The person who had their birthday most recently sliced the cake, and we took turns to wish them our blessings. After going through a round, we ate together. 
+
+![Boyana's Birthday Cake and Ada's Jellies](Boyana_Ritual_Cake-jelly.jpeg)
+
+### Week 5, February 6th 2023: Special Issue Prediction Ritual (SIPR) 
+***Performed by... Ada***
+
+For Ada's ritual, Ada brought in a deck of tarot cards to read the fortune of the Special Issue you are holding in your hands right now. 
+
+Her text made us laugh, and we have chosen to include it in full:
+ 
+"The priestess Ada will start the ritual by playing the ceremonial music on the sacred Spotify. Candles shall be turned on.
+Then three human sacrifices will be selected amongst the group through a collective decision. 
+The three sacrificial people will then select three cards from either of the two decks given by the priestess. While they do so, they must think of the special issue.
+The priestess will then interpret the cards and together we shall rejoice in having found out our special issue’s future." 
+
+![Unfortunately, we forgot to take photographs of this ritual. We were too distracted by our fortune. Here is a stock image instead.](ada_ritual.jpeg)
+
+### Week 6, February 13th 2023: Guided Meditation (A Nighttime Ritual)
+***Performed by... Cara***
+
+Cara's ritual related to her history of having a hard time falling asleep at night. Over the years, she has found that music - especially quiet music with the sound of nature (field recordings) – really helps her fall asleep. She DJs outside of class and plays a lot of ambient, narrative DJ sets. For her ritual, she played a sound-piece she had made of field recordings around Rotterdam (the sound of water lapping against a water taxi, the sound of wind, the sound of rain) and read out a poem about sleeplessness from a collection of literature about the Night. The ritual was meant to lull everyone to a moment of peace. 
+
+![Cara's Ritual](Cara_Ritual.jpeg)
+
+### Week 7, February 20th 2023: Worry Dolls
+***Performed by... Irmak***
+
+Irmak's ritual was about how to ease our worries. We wrote down our worries on a pink piece of paper and shared them with a hand-made doll that Irmak brought. These dolls are called Worry dolls (also called trouble dolls; in Spanish, Muñeca quitapena) and originate from Guatemala. There is one in each box of our special issue.
+
+![Irmak's Ritual – A Worry Doll](Irmak_Ritual.jpeg)

web/oracle/interpretationtext.md

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ You may also choose your own path, disregard what I said and make your own game,
 :::::{.hide-on-web}
 
 ### ✧ How to care for the Oracolotto
-You may have been told that objects do not have spirit and have believed it. If you have, I suggest you tuck the inner skeptic into bed and let the curious child out to play for the following sections. You see, the Oracolotto, like any Tarot or Oracle, does not believe itself to be an objects. In fact, it thinks that no object is just a thing, but most exist in the spiritual plane as well. As such, all objects have a soul, a spirit that connects to yours.
+You may have grown up believing that objects do not have spirit. If so, I suggest you tuck the inner skeptic into bed and let the curious child out to play. The Oracolotto, like any Tarot or Oracle, does not believe itself to be an object. It thinks that no object is simply a thing, but also exists in a spiritual plane. All objects have a soul, a spirit that connects to yours.
 
-This particular one, the Oracolotto, has a playful and deep soul. It asks to be cared for as if it was a living thing, more a plant than a pet. It asks to be touched, used, cried on, laughed with. Most importantly, it asks for a place to rest every night. I would also recommend, at your discretion, to free negative intention from the cards if you stumble upon it. This may happen if you do a reading for someone who turns out to have bad intention, or just a very heavy painful load. It may also happen if you use them alone in a moment of intense sadness or anger. In these cases, I recommend finding a way to release these feelings from the cards, by leaving them out to breath, or holding them in your hands while thinking positive thoughts.
+The Oracolotto, has a playful and deep soul. It asks to be cared for as a living thing (more like a plant than a pet). It asks to be touched, used, cried on, laughed with. Most importantly, it asks for a place to rest every night. I would recommend, at your discretion, to free negative intention from the cards. This may happen if you do a reading for someone who turns out to have bad intentions, or a heavy, painful load to carry. Or it may happen if you use them alone in a moment of intense sadness or anger. In such cases, find a way to release these feelings from the cards, leave them out to breath, or hold them in your hands and think positive thoughts.
 
 ### ✧ How to Do a Reading
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alternatively and if applicable, you may choose one card and place it on your al
 
 .One Card Spread
 
-A single card can be used for several pur­poses:
+A single card can be used for several purposes:
 
 -   Draw a card in the morning for guidance about what you need to know that day.
 -   Draw a card after you ask a question. The one you pick is your answer.

web/peace/peace.py

@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+from time import sleep
+import sys
+
+def delayPrint(s):
+    for c in s:
+        sys.stdout.write(c)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sleep(0.08)
+    print("\n")
+    sys.stdout.write(">")
+    return " "
+    
+def delayPrintless(s):
+    for c in s:
+        sys.stdout.write(c)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sleep(0.001)
+    print("\n")
+    sys.stdout.write(">")
+    return " "
+
+welcome_message = """
+    Dear friend,
+                 Welcome to Cardboard Lamb's Game..."""
+
+welcome_message2 = """
+
+((
+\\``.
+\_`.``-.
+( `.`.` `._
+ `._`-.    `._
+   \`--.   ,' `.
+    `--._  `.  .`.                          aaaa
+     `--.--- `. ` `.                   squaaaaa
+         `.--  `;  .`._
+           :-   :   ;. `.__,.,__ __
+            `\  :       ,-(     ';o`>.
+              `-.`:   ,'   `._ .:  (,-`,
+                 \    ;      ;.  ,:
+             ,"`-._>-:        ;,'  `---.,---.
+             `>'"  "-`       ,'   "":::::".. `-.
+              `;"'_,  (\`\ _ `:::::::::::'"     `---.
+             `-(_,' -'),)\`.       _      .::::"'  `----._,-"")
+                   \_,': `.-' `-----' `--;-.   `.   ``.`--.____/
+                     `-^--'                \(-.  `.``-.`-=:-.__)
+      squaaaa                                  `  `.`.`._`.-._`--.)
+           aaa                                   `-^---^--.`-- """
+
+welcome_message3 = """
+
+    Do you feel peaceful? If not, then grab a cup of tea.
+    Are you prepared to escape into your imagination? 
+    This game works by slowing down your pace and reconnecting you to your senses. 
+    I will give you prompts – little written daydreams to imagine yourself in. 
+    Please only move forward when you are ready.
+
+    If you are ready now, tell me "yes."
+    ––––––––––––––
+"""
+#----------------------------------------------------------#
+### start of the game. this is a mindfulness game. ###
+
+print(delayPrint(welcome_message))
+
+print(delayPrintless(welcome_message2)) 
+
+print(delayPrint(welcome_message3))
+
+#step one#
+reply = input()
+if "yes" in reply:
+    print(delayPrint("""
+     I am so happy to hear that you are at peace. 
+     Let's start imagining landscapes."""))
+elif "ready" in reply:
+    print(delayPrint("""
+    I am so happy to hear that you are at peace. 
+    Let's start imagining landscapes."""))
+else:
+    print(delayPrint("""
+    You are not ready to play my game. 
+    Please close your eyes and take a deep breath. 
+    If you need some help, try searching for this URL. 
+        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTHF2Dfw1Dg. 
+    Please listen until you are ready..."""))
+    
+#Questions - how would i go back a step#
+#can you hyperlink inside of a python code?#
+#is there a way to always make it go back to step 1, like a return to homebase scenario#
+#could not figure out how to add a break after else. where does it go.# 
+
+#step two#
+    
+print(delayPrint("""
+    We are going to imagine our first daydream. 
+    If at any point, you feel like you are ready to return back to whatever you were doing,
+    just type in
+                    I am now at peace...
+    
+    If you are not ready to return, type in
+                    Let's go...
+                    """))
+#how do i actually make it so that if someone types peace at any point, it stops#
+
+#message = "What do you want to do?"#
+#print(message)#
+#reply = input()#
+
+while True:
+    reply = input()
+    if "go" in reply:
+        print(delayPrint("""
+         You are lying down in a lavender field."""))
+         
+        print(delayPrintless("""
+                      ,,,                      ,,,
+                   {{{}}    ,,,             {{{}}    ,,,
+                ,,, ~Y~    {{{}},,,      ,,, ~Y~    {{{}},,,
+               {{}}} |/,,,  ~Y~{{}}}    {{}}} |/,,,  ~Y~{{}}}
+                ~Y~ \|{{}}}/\|/ ~Y~  ,,, ~Y~ \|{{}}}/\|/ ~Y~  ,,,
+                \|/ \|/~Y~  \|,,,|/ {{}}}\|/ \|/~Y~  \|,,,|/ {{}}}
+                \|/ \|/\|/  \{{{}}/  ~Y~ \|/ \|/\|/  \{{{}}/  ~Y~
+                \|/\\|/\|/ \\|~Y~//  \|/ \|/\\|/\|/ \\|~Y~//  \|/
+                \|//\|/\|/,\\|/|/|// \|/ \|//\|/\|/,\\|/|/|// \|/
+            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"""))
+       
+        print(delayPrint("""
+            The field has not been harvested yet.
+            The ground is soft and warm. It has been baked by the sun."""))
+        print(delayPrintless("""
+         
+                               ;   :   ;
+                            .  \_,!,_/   ,
+                            `.,'     `.,'
+                             /         \
+                       ~ -- :           : -- ~
+                             \         /
+                            ,'`._   _.'`.
+                            '   / `!` \   `
+                               :   ; 
+                             
+          """))
+        print(delayPrint("""
+         You are wearing thin cotton. Can you feel the warm ground through the layer? 
+         Can you feel the warmth of the sun on your face?
+         
+         The smell of lavender and warm soil is thick in the air. 
+         The flowers are so full.
+         When you just touch them, 
+         it feels like they burst with beads of lavender oil.
+         
+         Their nectar is sweet. 
+         
+         The air is clear.
+         The sky is blue.
+         There are no clouds.
+         There is only sun and peace and lavender.
+         
+         
+         Would you like to explore another daydream?"""
+         ))
+        
+    elif "now" in reply:
+        break
+    elif "peace" in reply:
+        break
+     
+         
+