Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Costume
Chance: Reminds me of the time I agreed to help build a worm costume, then wear
it at a Port of Seattle event celebrating sustainable landscaping
practices. We constructed a 9' tall, tubular skeleton suspended from an
old backpack frame, then wrapped the whole thing in pink/beige fabric.
Going the extra mile, we added a system by which I could wiggle the
thing by pulling on handles attached to cords. Being not all that
handy, the only part that wiggled was the tip - in a vaguely threatening
way. Imagine me on a stage in a 9', flesh-toned cylinder with a
wiggling tip. Now imagine the expressions on the faces of the assembled
dignitaries when I crept toward them for photographs. Many emotions
mixed in there, but, mostly, I recall horror.
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