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Traditions, by what they do
This is where I keep traditions I have met, sorted by what they do rather than where they come from. Each entry names where I met it, who taught it, and what is not mine to claim.
What a tradition does
Six ways, the same six this site uses for its holidays and its writing. A tradition can do more than one.
Regard
Looking from a position, and holding something in a light: a costume, a character, a name taken for a day. What it changes can stay.
costuming and its sheetGather
Bringing people and parts to one table: a shared meal, a potluck, a seat kept for someone.
recipes as social memoryGive
Letting something made or chosen be held by someone else: a gift, an offering, a recipe passed on.
the gift season, on HolidaysCross
Marking a threshold: a new year, a first day, a vow said out loud and returned to later.
the new year seed cardKeep time
Holding a rhythm together: a weekly game, a market day, the close of a season.
RPG Wednesday, every weekRemember
Keeping what passed: an anniversary, a name said again, a dish made the way someone made it.
How each entry is kept
Every entry keeps the same six lines, so a reader sees where a practice came from before reading what I make of it.
A tradition I have met
- Where I met it
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- Who taught it
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- What is not mine to claim
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- What it does
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- What stayed
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- Returning to this
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Opened . The entries are mine to write, and I am returning to this.
Same Questions, Other Rooms
These rooms ask what a practice does and who it is for.
Public murals, youth orchestras, a theatre of rehearsal, and an independent zero.
Invitation design, scene infrastructure, and what a table remembers.
A holiday is a day a group agrees to notice.