Have drum, will travel.
Hello, everyone. Happy to be grouped with you!
I'll be dragging some stuff from the main thread over here, and I'll also mix and match the quotes from this, so please don't be confused.
Generally, I believe that anything between 3-5 items per person is fine. A higher number of things doesn't necessarily make for a better oracle, after all.
I'll first quote from my post in the main thread:
Cat* said:
Now I'm thinking about the theme of my bag... At first, I was all for total randomness, but I'd actually prefer a natural materials theme (bones, stones, fossils, fur, leather, wood, wool, shells, teeth, seeds, maybe also glass and metal...). I also think I'd prefer smaller items, so the entire oracle could be held in two cupped hands (if barely). I don't require particular shapes or easily recognizable "symbols." Oh, and I would prefer NOT to get any Christian/angel things. I'm also not too keen on fairies but wouldn't mind them.
I'll add that I also have a hard time with many scents, especially artificial and/or strong ones. If in doubt, err on the side of caution or just ask me about the scent you're thinking of!
The phrase "blood and bones" keeps running through my head... I'm thinking of taboo stuff, of things that are both scary and fascinating, of death and transformation, of painful but necessary change, and of the creation of something new out of the destruction/remnants of something old. I tend to think of natural materials, but maybe something else feels like a good fit for that kind of energy, so let's say your items should fit at least one of these "themes."
Does this make sense to anyone but me? Am I being overcomplicated?
(I'll say that I'm also thinking of making a pop culture oracle with only plastic toys and such things, so if one of the items you're going to send me fits that theme rather than one of the others, feel free to throw it in.)
Milfoil said:
If each person sends their stuff in a bag to everyone else in their group, each person will have several bags which is a bit pointless. What about if the first person named in the group sends a nice bag to the next on the list and so on until the last on the list sends a bag to the first on the list?
I'm not too sure this would work. We wouldn't know beforehand what size the final bag needs to be. After all, "small" is a relative term for an oracle item... (I also posted this bit in the main thread.)
Milfoil said:
I'm sure I read somewhere that bags were being sent too, I wonder about this - do you all want to send a bag to the next person on the list or make/find your own bag/container for your oracle?
I'd prefer to make my own bag after I've got all the items. Otherwise it would be hard to determine both the size and final look of the bag, wouldn't it?
But I'd be happy to make a bag for one or two people from our group (four sounds unrealistic for the given time frame), so let me/us know if you'd like to get one.
rhombchick said:
I'm not sure mine has a theme yet.
Though I do love bright shiny things. Maybe the sparkly oracle, or shiny oracle.... or would that give me a head ache when I try to read....
Or maybe something along the lines of the fantood. Just a bunch of weird things with weird meanings....
Oh so many roads to go down.....
Weird things sounds good to me! I'll see if I can find at least one that's both weird and sparkly/shiny.
cardlady22 said:
The only No-No I have is scents since I have allergies. I love tiny things made from just about anything!
I'm thinking of including at least one item for you that I actually made myself. No idea what that's going to be, but I'm as curious as you to find out!
Milfoil said:
Well, anything natural, carved, metal, bone, stone, you get the picture - thats great.
I hope that the new snow we just got melts in time so that I can go and find something for you in the park!
Milfoil said:
No-nos would be perfumed, fairy, angel, fluffy pink stuff. (the first person to send me a fluffy, sparkly pink, Barbie eraser pencil top will be on the receiving end of my Paddington hard stare)
Now I'm sooo tempted...
(I also now want to make a Trashy Oracle that consists of such things
only...
)
Milfoil in her PM to us said:
why don't we all swap addresses and send out our bits and pieces to oneanother at the same time, then the mail can do its thing and we won't all be waiting for ever for our turn?
I hope you don't mind me quoting your PM here, but I like the idea. Especially since we're one of the wildly international groups. What do the rest of you say? PMing my address to you now...