2020 – Page 8 – Team Apokaleypse

Item 157 – Storytelling in Photography – Self-Portrait

In our April Hunt, our beloved friend, photographer and humanitarian Giles Duley, hosted a ‘storytelling in photography’ panel in which he spoke of the empowering act of turning the camera on yourself (literally or metaphorically) to tell your own story. (If you missed it, you can watch it HERE.) It’s time to take a page out of Giles’ book: create a self-portrait that accurately illustrates some facet of yourself and your story that you would like to reclaim to empower yourself. Caption the portrait in a footnote that explains briefly what your image communicates.

Item 156 – Uncage Willie Simmons – Origami Dove

In our most recent mini-hunt, we wrote letters to Willie Simmons, a man who has been jailed in Alabama for 38 years over a matter of a $9 robbery. He’s still in prison, despite good behavior, a clear victim of the inequities of the for-profit incarceration system in the United States. Let’s do something about that. Send an origami dove to Gov. Kay Ivey (600 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, AL 36130). On it, write a quote about justice and “Uncage Willie Simmons.

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Item 155 – Soft Play

Soft-play centers in the UK are facing closures due to COVID, leaving kids no place to jump and scream their energy out while parents have a coffee and think about their life choices. There’s only one solution: turn your living room into an all-ages soft-play center for your inner toddler, using couch cushions and other household supplies.

Item 154 – Ballerina Soldier

Show us a soldier dancing a beautifully choreographed, physically distanced rendition of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy or Swan Lake while dressed in full combat fatigues.

Item 152 – Pet Forced Perspective

Using forced perspective, take a portrait with your pet aligned so that the pet’s nose and mouth become your nose and mouth, as though you are one entity.

Item 147 – Fruit Basket Hair TikTok

(TIMELAPSE) A TikTok-style “process” video of you braiding your hair into a fruit basket.

Item 146 – GISHBOND Buddy

It’s time for #GISHBOND 2.0! Using the GISH App, reach out to other Gishers and find one person who has an unconventional commonality with you. (It can’t be fandom related.) Find one thing that each of you could use to get through this rough year and figure out a way to provide it for each other. Submit an image or video of you both illustrating your strange bond and how you helped each other out. (If you participated in the first #GISHBOND challenge, check in with your previous GISHBond-buddy and see how they’re doing, too.) Post to social media tagged #GISHBond. Please submit your original image or video with a link to your social media post.

Item 145 – The Last Time

Lasts: Find an old photo that depicts the last of something for you. For example:

The last time I held your hand

The last time I saw you

The last time we hugged

The last time my parent carried me in from the car

The last time I felt truly carefree

Etc.

Item 153 – Leaf Confetti Wishes

At Camp Welaka, the Girl Scouts write wishes on paper airplanes and send them out into the world. But we don’t trust airlines to get our wishes where they need to go. Write your wishes on tiny pieces of hand-made biodegradable confetti made from leaves and cast them into the wind. — Inspired by Katie

Item 142 – #EvergreenEyeLooks

Start a new trend: evergreen eyebrows. Post to Instagram tagged #EvergreenEyeLooks and #GISH. Submit your original photo and the link to your public social media post.