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@outsidemywindow.bsky.social

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This is the project account for the Outside My Window collaborative art initiative aimed at "reclaiming the commons one window at a time". You can learn more and contribute your own window re-imagining at https://outsidemywindow.org/

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · 28d

Catching up on writing (part 1)

A May Day post, a little late for Labor Day.

In a better world though, perhaps every day would be celebrating us workers, and this post would be right on time.

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May Day Play

Sometimes our imaginings scream or sing, and sometimes they whisper or hum quite lullabies. In this evening of worlding, we stayed quiet, gave voice instead to the more-than-human world through our…

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 8

Thank you! ❤️🌞

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disaster joy (mostly not on here atm) @joyfulcarla.bsky.social · May 8

this is a very neat-o project. one that inspires imagination, making worlds, and collaboration. and in some cases a glimmer.

props to you @outsidemywindow.bsky.social

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Reclaiming the commons one window at a time

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 8

Thank you!! We think so too 🌿❤️

There's a lot of darkness right now, so every glimmer can mean a lot

Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 7

There could be picnics with snacks and art supplies. Comment boxes on site. Walking discussions and visioning exercises. There could be so many things. But it takes time and energy to try them out.

If we did though, our public spaces could reflect the creativity and diversity of our communities.

Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 7

What if, instead of *allowing* for comments, our public institutions *facilitated* the public's input? Not through passive letters that are mostly ignored and thrown out, but through active and creative interventions?

What if they tried to make civic engagement fun?

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 7

Some people may open the municipality's letter. Of those who do, a handful may already feel strongly enough about the park to take the time and write something in.

But many many more people interact with this park, and, even if only for a few passing moments, have ideas about what it could be.

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 7

In a small park in #Tilburg stands a strange brick structure with a hole right in the center, creating a window onto the park's shallow pond.

The municipality is now collecting comments on renovations for this park. There's a QR code and a survey. But what if they did something more creative?

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A wall made of light and dark blue painted bricks, with a circular hole in the center framed by orange painted bricks. Through the hole, trees and a pond can be seen.

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 3

Situating the Outside My Window project within the concept of "enclosure", @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social reflects on how we can use art to challenge the systems that regulate how our bodies move and interact with the world.

#Art as #Resistance
#ReclaimTheCommons

Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · May 3

While Musk tries to control every aspect of his workers' lives by bringing back company towns, let's focus on imagining something different.

We can only resist their control if we can envision alternatives to it.

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Processes of enclosure and imagining our way out

By limiting the ways we move about our world, we also limit our ability to imagine alternatives. But by remembering how to move differently, we can begin to remember that we can live differently too.

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · May 1

Very excited to open a new regional page of window re-imaginings from New England!

You can learn how to add your own creations to the collection here:
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A better world is possible. We just have to imagine it first.

#ReclaimTheCommons

New England (USA)

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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · Apr 17

A beautiful thing to wake up to: the first from-a-distance @outsidemywindow.bsky.social project contribution!

I love organizing art parties in my community. But there's a very special joy that comes from a distant person sharing theirs with me.

More please 🌻

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Everyone, everywhere.

This is a collection of all window re-imaginings shared with us. To read each artist’s reflection on their process, click on an image and the ⓘ button in the lower corner.

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · Apr 14

Collaged re-imaginings from @arablelands.bsky.social

May we all find a reason to believe it's not too late.

#Art #Collage #ClimateHope #ReclaimTheCommons

Window frame displaying collage of a mountain view, with a California condor in the foreground. In the sky are the words "A REASON TO BELIEVE IT'S NOT TOO LATE"

Picture of a window framed displaying collaged material of foliage and classical statues of women. Underneath are the words "Bread & Roses"

Yellow background with black text reading "Jason (Arable Lands). Tilburg, the Netherlands. Usually, when I look out the window and see the barren pavement, the tiny fenced yards enclosing not a single living thing, the space taken up by garages full of SUVs and forgotten consumer goods, I curse Pangloss and think "truly, we live in the worst of possible worlds". This project was a pleasant invitation to instead tend to a hypothetical connective garden."

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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · Apr 9

"Imagining the end of the world is easier than imagining the end of capitalism" is only true if we forget that we are creative. And capitalism is really good at making us forget.

But all it takes is a few friends and some art supplies to remember.

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The First Gathering

Under the shifting shadows of a collapsing system, we have to look out our windows and learn to see possibilities, not just the world as it is. We have to envision and enact a world renewed, not in…

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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very excited to announce that a collaborative art project aimed at "reclaiming the commons" is now open for contributions!

These are not good times, and so I needed an outlet for creating, sharing, and fostering hope. This is my modest attempt at that. You're all invited🌻

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