From Twitter 07-26-2010

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Six Items or Less

Interesting. A New York Times article (here) caught my eye about this project. Reminds me of the Uniform Project.

Six Items Or Less
A global experiment examining the power of what we don't wear

The Experiment

What do our clothes say about us? Why do spend so much time on what we wear? What happens when we don't?

Starting Monday, June 21st 2010, a group of people from California to Dubai are going to take part in a little experiment: each participant gets to choose six (and only six) items of clothing and pledge to wear only these six items of clothing for a month. They'll share their experiences here at sixitemsorless.com

There are exceptions that don't count towards the six: undergarments, swim wear, work-out clothes, work uniforms, outer jackets (rain slicker, outdoor jacket), shoes and accessories. You can get multiples of the same item for laundry purposes, but different colors count as separate items. Or you can tell us to stuff it and make your own rules.

People have asked what the philosophy is behind the experiment and most assume it's a statement about consumerism. In reality, we haven’t dictated a driving thought. Rather it’s about putting a challenge out there and seeing what people bring to it, do with it and talk about.

Check back daily – people are posting all the time. or follow us @sixitemsorless. questions? sixitemsorless@gmail.com

It should be an interesting month.

I'm already wearing the Uniform Dress on Fridays. That's been fun. I might think about doing this, too.

Maybe.

Panting for air

After last night's triumph at sparring class, I squandered all my credit by cutting karate entirely tonight. The dew point's so high that I can hardly breathe. I'm soaked with sweat. Usually I have a pretty good tolerance for humid heat--much better than Rob, anyway. But not tonight. Tonight I'm finding it wildly irritating. It got up to 95ºF today.

Hope this heat breaks soon. There was a thunderstorm tonight. Maybe that will help.