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4 May 2010

#124 Make cauliflower poetry

The last thing you expect when you buy a package of frozen cauliflower at the supermarket is that there would be a small pouch with a poem inside. That is exactly why you must write ten poems and hide them in cauliflower packages, cornflakes cartons or in any other packaging. In the Norwegian film Elling that is precisely what the protagonist does. There are other movie characters who decided to change their world by giving encouraging gifts, a kind of self-Sweet Art and action that make the people around them stand still and concede a smile: 

- Amélie in Amélie

- Ed Bloom in Big Fish

- Tyler Durden in Fight Club

Start by looking at any of the films, a bit like skateboarders viewing skate movies before they go out and skate. Get inspired and then sit and write ten poems or ten inspiring quotes. Make the notes small so you can hide them in packages at the store. If someone asks what you're doing, you tell them that it's cauliflower poetry. 

Required time: 
One hour, all in all.
Cost: 
Paper, scissors, pencil. Maybe a fine if you happen to wreck a package of cauliflowers.
Cons: 
Those who work in the shop might think that you devote yourself to vandalism or shoplifting, and get mad at you. Try to talk to them calmly and tell them that you want to do something good.
Pros: 
People who read poems become happier.

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