At Camp Welaka, the Girl Scouts write wishes on paper airplanes and send them out into the world. But we don’t trust airlines to get our wishes where they need to go. Write your wishes on tiny pieces of hand-made biodegradable confetti made from leaves and cast them into the wind. — Inspired by Katie
Start a new trend: evergreen eyebrows. Post to Instagram tagged #EvergreenEyeLooks and #GISH. Submit your original photo and the link to your public social media post.
Create a superhero named Cowboy. No not THAT cowboy. Cow Boy.
You know the old saying: something old, something new, something borrowed and something polyethylene. Create a beautiful wedding gown made out of recycled plastic shopping bags and other plastic refuse. (Recycle afterwards!)
Create a “beaded” curtain out of whatever you can find in your kitchen that is NOT beads or pasta.
We’ve seen face masks for humans and even for dogs, but we have yet to see one for your car’s grill. Fix this egregious oversight.
Our friends at The Art Department have been collecting futuristic postcard mail art, inspired by postal art of the 1960s and 70s, which was visual, concise, non-commercial, and political. Make a piece of original mail art, featuring your vision of an imagined future. Tell us what kind of world you want to see, including your own variation on “Please imagine a world…” Submit your original postcard art to us and mail your postcard to the address noted on this website.
A velvet painting of Supernatural characters in the Men of Letters Bunker playing poker.
At dusk, seek out one or more real living fireflies somewhere in the US or Canada, document and upload your observations to iNaturalist. Join the Firefly Project and tag your observations to: Fireflies of the USA and Canada. Send us a screenshot. Bonus points: Share a video of yourself or loved ones communicating with the fireflies. – Karina W.
It’s hard not to be dazzled by your favorite celebrity. Create a bedazzled portrait of them, then post it to social media and tag @GISH and the celebrity with #YouDazzleMe. Then, submit the original image and the social media link to us.