If and Then

Played the Surrealist game 'Conditionals' with Shaun on Monday night. But it really developed into 'If and Then'.

My favorite?

"If leg hair grew as fast as the hair on your head, then I would be your biggest fan."

Most relevant?

"If yellow was the only perceivable color, then all artists would be killed and the world would be devoid of art."

Black = Rachel

Blue = Shaun

So what's a Surrealist game?

Or would you rather start with, 'what's a Surrealist?'

Start with looking up these people: Wifredo Lam, Remedio Varo, and Salvador Dalí.

Notice anything? All pretty crazy, dreamlike and bizare, right? Surrealism doesn't only come in visuals though. Look for André Breton, Paul Éluard and Aimé Césaire. Writers, poets, creative beings. Crazy, wonderful, free beings! All these people!

These artists had ways of gathering their images and their words through playing games. These games help generate poems, stories, and images through a fast paced flow of automatic responses.

This game, Conditionals, is one of many.